What Happened to Disneytoon Studios?

Today, Disney may be cashing in its largest checks for Marvel and Star Wars projects, but the company’s primary claim to fame has long been animation.

Disney continues this tradition today with its two major feature-film animation divisions: Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios— the former being acquired by Disney in 2006 and the latter being as old as the conglomerate itself, producing over sixty films from 1939’s Snow White and the Seven Drawfs to this year’s Strange World.

However, devout Disney fans, especially those who grew up during Disney’s Renaissance era, may recall a third logo gracing the beginning of movies, one that produced a whopping forty-four movies over the course of twenty-five years before disappearing altogether — DisneyToon Studios, which grew out of Disney MovieToons.

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