> The first animated films to do this were the animated LOTR film and Fire and Ice shortly thereafter, both by the same director. Although rotoscoping is a ven

> The first animated films to do this were the animated LOTR film and Fire and Ice shortly thereafter, both by the same director. Although rotoscoping is a venerable technique, the results we're looking at with this service don't bear much stylistic resemblance to early works like Fire and Ice or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (or more recent rotoscoped works like The Little Mermaid either). If they did, I'd have given them a pass on the 'anime' claim, even though calling the Disney house style — or Bakshi's — 'anime' is still a stretch.