Digital Trends

Toy Story broke animation. 30 years later, we’re still trying to pick up the pieces

There is something truly remarkable about watching Toy Story 30 years after the film’s release. Although CG animation has come a long way in the intervening years, the story remains undeniably ...
Polygon

Toy Story changed animated movies forever — yet it was almost canceled

The premiere of Toy Story on Nov. 22, 1995 wasn’t just the beginning of a franchise or even Pixar’s reign as a leading animation company. Today, the computer-generated animation pioneered in that ...
Variety

An Art Form Grows Up: The Transformation and Evolution of Animation Is Celebrated at Annecy

Thirty years after Pixar launched a revolution when it introduced the world’s first fully computer animated feature, “Toy Story,” its anniversary will be marked amid another sea change at this year’s ...
Cartoon Brew

Computer Animation Before ‘Toy Story’: The Wild, Brilliant Experiments That Built CGI Animation

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the John Lasseter film Toy Story, the first fully computer-animated feature film, we’re taking a look at early CGI milestones in the days before Toy Story. But ...