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This list includes the films made by Walt Disney Animation Studios; originally Walt Disney Productions (1937–1985) and Walt Disney Feature Animation (1986–2007).
- List of Disney theatrical animated feature films - Wikipedia
Most films listed below are from Walt Disney Animation...
- Walt Disney Classics - Wikipedia
The Walt Disney classics include 15 animated feature films –...
- List of Disney theatrical animated feature films - Wikipedia
Most films listed below are from Walt Disney Animation Studios, which began as the feature-animation department of Walt Disney Productions, producing its first feature-length animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937; as of November 2023, it has produced a total of 62 feature films.
TitleOriginal U.s. Theatrical Release Date ...Site [st 2]June 14, 2024 [187] [188] [189] [190] ...Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation ...March 22, 2024 [184]Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation ...February 9, 2024 [184]Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation ...January 12, 2024 [184]Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation ...This list contains all of the officially numbered feature "Classic" films Walt Disney Animation Studios has released. Disney maintains these numbered films, so personal opinion cannot just add or remove films from the list based on popularity.
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The Walt Disney Classics was a series of VHS releases of Disney animated features that spanned from 1984, with its very first release being Robin Hood, to 1994, with The Fox and the Hound; VCDs of this series were released from 1998 to 2003. Many Disney animated features made their home video debuts through this series. It is often referred to by fans as the "Black Diamond" collection, referring to the shape of the black diamond-shaped "Classics" logo seen on the spine of each video's case and at the beginning of each tape.
Although the series initially consisted entirely of older Disney animated features from before the mid-1970s, the success of The Little Mermaid led to more then-recent films being released as part of the collection as of 1990.
Walt Disney Home Video released the Classics line in 1984 to release their animated films on home video in a brand name. Before resigning, then-current Disney CEO, Ron Miller, had plans to release their animated classics on home video. The older Disney executives still believed that releasing their animated films on home video would be a little bit risky, despite having released Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, Fun and Fancy Free, and The Three Caballeros on home video around the early 1980s. The "untouchable" Disney Classics would usually be re-released in theaters around 7-10 years. And the executives thought that if they had the film on videocassette already, they would not go to the movie theater to see it anymore. Plus, it would gamble away from future theatrical revenue.
But by 1984, Walt Disney Home Video was getting increasingly popular, so they decided to release Robin Hood on home video to begin their new Classics line. It was chosen because Robin Hood wasn't one of the more popular Disney animated classics at the time, so it wouldn't be too much of a risk to release it on home video. Robin Hood was released with a suggested retail price of $79.95 on VHS and Betamax and $34.95 on Laserdisc. The tape was also part of Disney's wrap and ready-to-give promotion, since it was released a few weeks before Christmas Day. The release of Robin Hood was a small success, eventually becoming one of the best-selling home video titles in 1984.
•The very first version of the Walt Disney Classics logo from 1984 (a.k.a. "Walt Disney Home Video The Classics" logo) seen on the tapes from Robin Hood 1984 VHS up until Lady and the Tramp 1987 VHS were animated using traditional animation, similar to the earliest Walt Disney Home Video logos (a.k.a. the "Neon Mickey" logos) of the early-1980s. Subsequent versions of the Walt Disney Classics logo from 1988 onwards are however animated using CGI animation, much like the then-recent 1986 Sorcerer Mickey Walt Disney Home Video logo.
•Although the Black Diamond edition of Aladdin was first released on September 29, 1993, it was not officially advertised until October 1.
•Beauty and the Beast was the first Disney animated film to have a widescreen Laserdisc release (albeit letterboxed), in contrast to other Disney animated films produced in widescreen such as Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, The Little Mermaid, The Great Mouse Detective and The Rescuers Down Under which were previously released in this home video collection in pan-and-scan versions only on both their respective VHS and Laserdisc releases.
•The version of Lady and the Tramp used in the VHS and Laserdisc release in this collection is a cropped pan-and-scan version from it's theatrical CinemaScope release version, rather than it's alternate theatrical Academy ratio version, which wouldn't see a home video release until at least 1998.
1.McCullaugh, Jim; Goldstein, Seth (October 9, 1993). "Disney Uncorks A Monster Hit With 'Aladdin' " (PDF). Billboard. p. 6. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
2.https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=aladdin+laserdisc+delay&pg=RA1-PA60
•Walt Disney Mini Classics
•Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
•Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection
•Walt Disney Platinum Editions
•Walt Disney Diamond Editions
•Walt Disney Signature Collection
•Article about the videos at DVDizzy.com
•History from Preview of Imaxination's Guide to Disney Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbirIwLQh4&t=12s
The Walt Disney classics include 15 animated feature films – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Rescuers and The Fox and the Hound – which had only been shown at ...
No.Release DateTitleInitial Cost (usd)1December 3, 1984$79.952July 16, 1985$79.953November 5, 1985$79.954March 1986$79.95The Disney Animated Canon (sometimes known as the Disney animated features canon) is the name given to the overall body of work that is the Disney theatrical animated feature films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937.
The following is a list of the animated films that were either entirely produced in-house by Walt Disney Productions prior to 1986, or were produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, formerly known as Walt Disney Feature Animation, after 1986.
