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Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) is a 3D animated film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Five centuries ago, the once peaceful sub-continent of Kumandra was destroyed by dark spirits known as the Druun, turning all living things to stone. Sisu, the lone surviving dragon, inherited her siblings’ magic which was contained in a precious gem. By concentrating her power into the gem, she vanquishes the Druun and restores life to Kumandra’s people, though not its dragons. This leads to a struggle for control over the gem and divides the people into five kingdoms named Fang, Heart, Spine, Talon and Tail – ...

Frozen II (2019) is a vibrant and imaginative animated musical by Walt Disney Animation Studios, now available through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. In the film, King Agnarr of Arendelle reveals to his daughters Elsa and Anna that their grandfather, King Runeard, had made a treaty with the Northuldra tribe by constructing a dam in their enchanted homeland, the Enchanted Forest. The treaty caused hostility between the two groups and resulted in Runeard’s death, causing the four elements of earth, fire, water, and air to become enraged and vanish. As a result of these events, a mysterious mist wall appeared and trapped all those who were present inside the ...

Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) is an animated comedy film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Following events from six years ago, Ralph and Vanellope remain close friends and spend their free time together at Litwak Arcade. While Ralph is content with their current routine, Vanellope craves something more exciting than the predictable nature of Sugar Rush. In an effort to please her, Ralph takes matters into his own hands and creates a secret track within the game. However, this plan backfires when the arcade player’s control breaks during Vanellope’s test run on the new track. With Sugar Rush’s ...

Released by Walt Disney Pictures, Moana (2016) is an American animated musical fantasy action-adventure film from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Set on the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess Te Fiti, who is believed to have brought life to the ocean using a pounamu stone as her heart and source of power. However, Maui, a shapeshifting demigod known for his trickery and mastery of wayfinding, stole Te Fiti’s heart centuries ago in order to give humanity the power of creation. This caused Te Fiti to disintegrate and Maui was attacked by Te Kā, a volcanic demon. He lost both the heart and his magical fish hook to the depths of the ...

Zootopia (2016) is an animated buddy cop movie created by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Set in a world of anthropomorphic animals, the film follows Judy Hopps, a determined rabbit from Bunnyburrow who achieves her childhood dream of becoming the first rabbit police officer in urban Zootopia. Despite her eagerness and ambitions, Chief Bogo of the Zootopia Police Department assigns Judy to parking duty. However, on her very first day, she crosses paths with con artists Nick Wilde and Finnick. The next day, she jeopardizes her job by leaving her post to apprehend Duke Weaselton, a petty thief who stole a bag of rare crocus bulbs. ...

Frozen Fever (2015) was released by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The short film was brimming with music and fantasy. A year after the events of Frozen, Queen Elsa is determined to give her sister Anna a surprise birthday party she will never forget. To bring her vision to life, Elsa enlists the help of Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf. Together, they embark on a treasure hunt planned by the queen herself. However, their celebrations are disrupted by an unexpected visitor – a cold. With each sneeze, Elsa unintentionally creates small snow creatures known as ‘Snowgies’. Kristoff and Sven try to put an end to their mischief-making while Olaf embraces them. ...

Big Hero 6 (2014) is an American animated film by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero team created by Man of Action, the film is set in a futuristic city called San Fransokyo (a combination of San Francisco and Tokyo). The main character is Hiro Hamada, a 14-year-old high school graduate and robotics genius who competes in illegal underground robot fights. To steer him away from this dangerous world, his older brother Tadashi, who studies at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, brings him to the institute’s research lab where he meets Tadashi’s friends: Go Go, Wasabi, Honey ...

The popular movie Frozen (2013), released by Walt Disney Pictures, tells the story of Princess Elsa from Arendelle who possesses magical abilities over ice and snow. After unintentionally hurting her sister Anna with her powers, their parents, the King and Queen, take them to a group of trolls led by Grand Pabbie for help. He uses his magic to heal Anna’s injury by removing her memories of Elsa’s abilities. As a precautionary measure, the King and Queen decide to keep Elsa isolated within the castle until she learns to control her powers. This isolation causes a rift between the sisters that continues into their adulthood. Sadly, their parents perish in a ...

The animated comedy film, Wreck-It Ralph (2012), produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, follows the lives of video game characters after Litwak’s Arcade closes. After leaving their in-game roles, they gather at Game Central Station to socialize. One evening, the infamous villain of Fix-it Felix, Jr., Wreck-It Ralph, attends a support group called Bad-Anon where he expresses frustration with his designated role. Feeling excluded from his game’s 30th-anniversary party, Ralph sets out to win a medal in hopes of gaining respect. He overhears that the first-person shooter Hero’s Duty awards medals and sneaks into ...

Paperman (2012) is a romantic comedy short film created by Walt Disney Animation Studios. In 1940s New York City, a young accountant named George is struck by a flying piece of paper while waiting on an elevated train platform. The paper is being chased by a woman named Meg who lost it to a gust of wind from a passing train. After another gust of wind dislodges one of the papers from George’s folder and blows it onto Meg’s face, leaving behind a lipstick smudge, he becomes enchanted by her beauty. But his focus on the kiss mark causes him to miss her boarding the train. Disappointed, he arrives at work and finds the same lipstick-marked paper on his desk. ...

Tangled Ever After (2012) is a six-minute American computer-animated short film written and directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard. On the big day of Rapunzel and Eugene’s wedding, Pascal and Maximus take on the role of ring bearers, scattering petals along the aisle. However, during the ceremony, a mishap occurs when one of the flowers falls causing Maximus to sneeze and launch the rings out of the castle. As panic ensues, the priest urgently asks for the rings, but to no avail. The situation becomes even more dire when it is revealed that the missing rings ...

Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (2011) is an American animated television special, created by Walt Disney Animation Studios and helmed by directors Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers. In the beginning of the story, we are introduced to the Coal Elf Brigade, a specialized group of Christmas elves tasked with delivering coal to children who have been deemed naughty. While this may seem harsh to some, the brigade also includes encouraging notes in hopes of steering these children towards the nice list. As Christmas Day draws near, Wayne and Lanny must race against time to ...

Introducing Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa (2010), a sequel to the 2009 Christmas special produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers. This animated short premiered on ABC on Tuesday, December 7, 2010. Wayne and Lanny, now partners, receive a call from Magee to meet with a top-secret contact for their latest mission. The duo is tasked with retrieving a box from Santa’s hidden workshop. Utilizing their advanced gadgets from the previous film, they sneak into Santa’s office while he sleeps. Thanks to ...

Tangled (2010), a 2010 American animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film, was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. A single drop of sunlight, descending from the sky, produces a magical flower with healing properties. An elderly woman named Gothel utilizes it to retain her youth. After many centuries, soldiers from the kingdom of Corona take the flower and utilize it to save their queen who is pregnant and ill. The queen gives birth to a daughter named Rapunzel. Gothel sneaks into the castle and discovers that Rapunzel’s hair inherited the magic from the flower, but loses its power when cut. To maintain control of ...

Prep & Landing (2009) is an American animated television special, based on an idea by Chris Williams at Walt Disney Animation Studios and developed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers into a half-hour Christmas special. Wayne, a dedicated Christmas elf, is part of this elite organization whose important job is to prepare homes around the world for Santa’s visit. After 227 years with ‘Prep & Landing’, Wayne eagerly anticipates being promoted to director of the naughty list. However, his former ...

Bolt (2008) is an American animated action adventure film, produced and released by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pictures. The main character, a White Swiss Shepherd puppy named Bolt, is adopted by a 7-year-old girl named Penny. They soon become the stars of a successful TV show bearing Bolt’s name, where they use his superpowers to fight crime and defeat the evil Dr. Calico who has taken Penny’s father hostage. To ensure a convincing performance from Bolt, the director designs the filming process so that Bolt believes everything happening on set is real, including his powers like invincibility, strength, and a powerful bark. As a result, Bolt can ...

Released by Walt Disney Pictures, Meet the Robinsons (2007) is an animated science-fiction comedy film. The story follows Lewis, a 12-year-old aspiring inventor who resides in an orphanage. His youthful exuberance, quirky personality, and faulty creations have discouraged potential adoptive parents. In order to find his birth mother who left him at the orphanage as a baby, Lewis constructs a memory-scanning machine. While en route to his school’s science fair with the machine, he encounters Wilbur Robinson, a mysterious 13-year-old claiming to be from the future. Wilbur explains that he needs help retrieving a stolen time machine from a man sporting a bowler ...

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) is an American animated science fiction action-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. In 6,800 BC, a massive explosion triggers a megatsunami that threatens the city of Atlantis. As the continent and city are submerged beneath the waves, the Queen sacrifices herself, merging with a floating crystal to create a protective dome over the innermost district. In 1914, Milo Thatch, a linguist and cartographer at the Smithsonian Institution, meets his grandfather’s old friend Preston B. Whitmore. Whitmore discloses that he made a bet with Thaddeus to fund an expedition to Atlantis ...

The American animated musical action-adventure film, Mulan (1998), was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. When the ruthless Shan Yu leads the Huns to invade imperial China by breaching the Great Wall, the Emperor orders a general mobilization. Every family is required to send one man to join the Imperial Chinese Army. Fa Mulan, a daring and energetic young woman, aims to bring honor to her family. Despite her efforts to impress a matchmaker, Mulan is rejected and considered a disgrace. As fate would have it, her elderly and disabled father Fa Zhou is conscripted as he is the only man in the family. Despite Mulan’s attempts to ...

The American animated musical historical drama film, titled Pocahontas (1995), follows the story of a Powhatan woman named Pocahontas and the arrival of English settlers from the Virginia Company. Set in 1607, the Susan Constant sets sail from London to the New World with Captain John Smith and other settlers on board. Excited by the prospect of adventure, finding gold, and fighting ‘Injuns’, they hope to make a new home in this foreign land. Meanwhile, in Werowocomoco, Tsenacommacah, Virginia, Pocahontas is faced with the possibility of marrying Kocoum, a serious warrior who does not share her free-spirited nature. After receiving a vision of a spinning ...