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 ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘Toy Story’ 30 Years Later: When Animation Gained a Third Dimension

When “Toy Story” premiered on Nov. 22, 1995, it didn’t just charm audiences — it detonated an artistic revolution. Pixar’s debut feature, it was the first full-length film made entirely with computer ...
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 ...

10 Greatest Animated Movie Masterpieces of the Last 100 Years, Ranked

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Beauty and the Beast, and Akira are among the greatest, most untouchable animated movies ...
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 ...