90s version : The most important thing are the emotions 2019 version: "We dont do that here"

Those people look too calm to have an actual lion in the studio.

Whoah! Animators with a good back posture???

Hand drawn animation is incredible. Unbelievable even. The skill and imagination it takes to create life with a pencil is astounding.

And that’s why folks The Lion King 2019 Remake just doesn’t work

I watched this film every week as a kid. Timeless masterpiece.

Wait they actually risked their lives by bringing a lion into the studio just finish this project? Such brave souls

90s: we need to exaggerate features to express character 20s: iTs GoTtA bE rEaLiStIc

Sarabi doesn’t get enough love. I want to see who was her supervising animator. What did they think of her character? :/

And to this day, The Lion King is still the best animated feature film that Disney ever produced!

We take everything granted we don't realise the hardworking behind the final product.

One thing that I always liked about behind-the-scenes for 2-D animated films, or even back when you watched the first trailers in theaters or vhs tapes, was seeing the unfinished animation and I found it charming and cool! Nowadays for 3-D films you really couldn't show "unfinished animation" in trailers without it looking creepy or life-less. (I guess there could be some exceptions, but it would be nearly finished compared to the line-drawings and sketches and shadows that are the bare bones for 2-D animation.)But for unfinished 2-D animation you can still see the life in the pictures even before all the details are added....Again it's charming and nostalgic. ^_^

"an actor with a pencil" That's exactly how I see myself, so I don't find it boring at all, in fact, it's great because you're not limited by what a prop department can build or what costumes and makeup are available, so you can really make the character you're drawing look like anything, and you can put in brilliant special effects that can never be done in real life or even in CGI (well, CGI you probably could, but you might run into quite a few hurdles due to the amount of RAM and stuff)

Animators always draw their characters based on the Actors; they do that after recording is complete. An Animator will go through the video tape takes and base the movement and face features based on that.

Back when it was all hand drawn.. And in my personal opinion, they did a lot better job that way than Disney's movies today. Things do change over time.. The new generation will adore their Disney movies like we will forever cherish ours. I will raise my kids with mine though ;)

R.I.P. to the lion who made it to the art studio, an inspiration for artists to make a film happen.

Its really cool that animators had to learn and animate every little frame , and how they captured a cartoon, yet big personality, of such realistic animals, i think that's the best part about this movie.

Ok it’s like this. I just watched 2019 Lion King. In 2 years I will probably go back watching 1994 version and forget about 2019 version.

Lion King is the MASTERPIECE. Great teamwork made great movie.

I love that they actually trying to get emotions and ideas as well as realism. I feel it’s much more an art than the more science approach of the realistic remake.

I love the old fashioned 2-D films, but please do not insult the cgi department either, those things are hard to do as well and require just as much work but not the same kind. They both have their ups and downs

This is quality, craftsmanship, and true art. One of my favorite movies ever. It's amazing to see the process behind the animation, honestly I'd be happy to watch the movie with just the original pencil work, it's beautiful.

Wished they had Aaron Blaise in the video. He's also animator of Disney that designed and animated Nala.

5:30 Funny story, Scar was originally supposed to be a baboon in the very first script. He would be leader of an entire army who was at war with the lions. But sadly, we'll never see how that would've turned out.

Add to it, the fact that this is FULL animation, every part is constantly moving... By drawing... Take A LOT of time but the fact that they did this all by hand, is just mind boggling

Disney+ should seriously bring these "making of" features on their service.

I’m really sad that this kind of thing is never going to be done again by Disney. It’s a shame all these amazingly trained artists won’t get to do this again, and the rest of us will never see the 2D animation again this mainstream. WHO WANTS TO MAKE A NEW 2D ANIMATION STUDIO WITH ME!

The audio is the first thing Disney is doing after the story has been selected and a script has been written. Once Audio recording is complete then the artists start working on their character designs finally animating them.

i think its really cool to see actual professional animators and artists doing the same kind of techniques i picked up naturally! like copying in real life what action or face youre drawing- i thought it was a weird habit of mine since ive never taken an art class, but watching these now, i think its cool of a sort of natural artist thing to do

In my opinion this is a good lecture for the 2019 movie, they could have took a lot of notes in this and the movie would have paid off even better... In the video I sometimes do those certain things for my animations so I understand where they're coming from.😉

The passion the hard work in this original is remarkable

That was incredible. I learned more watching this 9 minute 40 sec video than I have watching 40 videos from other animation studios. These guys are such incredible pros.

They always record the audio first so that the animators will be able to make the cartoons line up with the sound

That little moment at 8:20 where he says, "Im fried" and turns away was exceptionally animated

0:37 Fast forward to 2019 and the lions look all too real and without expressions, making the live action remake feel more like a National Geographic documentary with musical segments. The magic of the original classic was lost.

The lions in the Studio :D

The thing that they had Real Lions that didnt attack them, is Just awsome

Lion king is a bigg part of my childehood! I love that movie so mutch.

Really motivating to actually see a female animator talk about this stuff for once ^^

The remake just shits on these animators who put so much time to create a perfect blend of human expression and real life animals

Andreas Deja was born in Poland. I'm so proud that Pole participated in the creation of this masterpiece. :P

I'm looking now at this and think again. Most of movies are not so ... how to say... wild I mean they show us life of lions and others animals in the movie so perfect, they did a lot of work learning everything about lions. Walk, roar, emotions and they did the same to all main and second characters:0 I'm just thinking how godly they could be to draw all this , animate , learn and all thing I said before. THANKS TO ALL THEM! THEY MADE CHILDHOOD THE BEST IN ALL CHILDREN LIFES!♡♡♡

8:49 I love how she does things! I actually do move in my scenes too, and I usually use that as inspiration for some of my work! 😂 it may seem weird, but for me it really works to see it work in real life in a mirror, and breaking it down to an animation. very good technique.

Hey that’s my scene. On the KZfaq thumbnail. Was great working with Tony on Mufasa.

What about Nala, Sarabi and the hyenas?

This is why I loved Disney's animations. I normally value story over animation, so Pixar was always my go to studio, and any (typically indi) movies that strive to be art from a writing standpoint, but I can't help but gush at the musical theatre like movements. It's funny how even though they don't have to exaggerate movement because everyone could clearly see the scenes they picked and chose to be where, but they make a decision, that with their creative art form, they would strive for what can't be accomplished with any other medium as easily as hand-drawn animation. I also believe the best part about it is just how you can see the artists going to town and having _fun_ with what they're doing. And I guess it's easy to have fun with it too, because they believe in the story, character, premise, ect-plus they'd be getting pretty good pay! Since animation is the most notable feature in these films.

i Just Love the Drawing of the Adult Simba from The Lion King Film That Almost Inspired Me to Be Came As a 2D Cartoon Artist i Just Want'it to be For The Future Film

These people that put all this together are legends. You guys are amazing. You deserve more credit.

It’s so interesting how animated films are made 😁

One of my favorite animal and favorite animated movie.

Damn. They brought an actual lion to the studio?

When you're drawing everything in FULL animation, meaning each character is constantly moving and breathing, I'm sure it was more forgiving in terms of time to take them to their workplace so they could just get all of those mannerisms where they needed to...

OH MY GOSH THE LION CUBS ARE LITERALLY SO CUTE

Man, I miss good ol' 2D Disney! It really was the golden era of the studio.

3:01 Oh those poor animators that worked on the 2019 version. To be forced to forget about acting.

I have no idea why is this in my recommend but Im amazed -

Scar is one greatest villain in Hollywood movies

6:52 ...Lenny and George are from Of Mice and Men. I'm not saying I hate the entire video. I actually enjoyed it and it really helped me with my school project. I just get annoyed when people mix up literary references (even though I do it more times than I care to say).

Lennie and George from "Grapes of Wrath"...?

I miss 2D animation. I adore 3D animation, but I want variety. Hopefully it makes a comeback.

Damn i guess people like them are out of jobs in this day an age, they are so deep artistic people.

This is really cool! I am learning animation and seeing the process is really amazing!

This lion king is still Better then the 2019.

James Earl Jones - Magnificent for Mufasa i can hear him any day! Jeremy Irons: Great Scar! Very evil and pretty aggressive! Whoopi Goldberg: Sassy and cute yet evil hyena! Just great! Cheech Marin: Funny Bonzai! Robert G. : That wise and hilarious and very good martial arts fighter Rafiki xD Jonathon: Very cute and loyal simba x)

This is so fascinating. Miss the good old days when cartoons were hand drawn!

The funny thing is that, most of the animators shown here on this videos, are either unemployed, working doing really bad/low budget animations or teaching at schools... 2d animation today has became survival of the fittest.. unless you're a really known animator, like 'Glen Kean', your days are numbered in the animation business...

Thanks for the lovely art and giving life to each character ♥️.. miss those days

hatsoff......the whole team behind the lion king.hardworking always worth success.speechless work.every every like partical work behind speaks.wonderfull.

This is just AMAZING

Their workplace maked me want to have an own atelier or a room at a studio full of reference papers on the wall

Jeremy Irons is my favourite actor and i think his voice is the best, along with James Earl Jones. When you listen to Mufasas voice alone in the "Look at the stars" scene it raises the hairs on your neck. I heard it on the radio

thank you lion king cast & crew members for making the one of the best animated movies YOU ALL DESERVE MEDALS FOR YOUR WORK!!!!

I'm certain that they will start making movies like this again... The time's are a changin'.

I look back on films like The Lion King and Aladdin, and remember that these animators were my heroes as a kid. While animation wasn't my thing (I never had a knack for it, but I tell my stories through comics), I still consider these men and women to be my heroes. I wish that I could meet at least one of them and watch them draw even for a short time, because that would probably be the most inspiring thing in my life.

I looooove The Lion King. And I'm glad they don't ''pet'' lions anymore.

Amazing how much thought goes into the process of making an animated movie!

Especially the guidance of his parent in the sky during his journey to land!

Like how he had to clarify he did think Jonathon looked like a lion cub

Still pretty hard to believe Zazu was voiced by Mr. Bean.

02:04 WOW!! I really like this drawings!! O.O!

I miss 2d animation even though I love 3d animation 2d animation was the real deal

Incredible to find out so much more about our learning from past and "throughing away the stick" buddies and predators in Pride Rock, throughout the animated Filmmaking process.🎯✏🎤🎥💻🦁🐒🐗🌄 Stay safe everyone!

U guys did such an amazing job... definately made my childhood

The live action comes out on my birthday! I’m so excited

Okay. But what if we just ignore all this effort to humanize animals and make it look scarily realistic

im really glad they brought this back to the public it brings back old memories for me and it allows ppl to see how disney was before it became crappy

My mom named me after this movie. :) Nala

@marneebox In hand drawn animation the animated characters are drawn and coloured on clear pages called cels, one cel per frame, twenty four frames per second, and these are placed over the painted background one frame at a time and then photographed to produce an animated sequence. The background painting doesn't change unless the 'camera' pans or tilts, and then they just paint the background bigger than what's needed for the shot and they crop out what they need.

If it weren't for 2019 Lion King I would have not discover this video.

Dam you even have to train a lion and observe it to animate it. Amazing

The animation is so smooth! I LOOOVE IT!

I miss these days

Happy 30th Anniversary To Disney's The Lion King

how do you get into Pixar? when I get older I wanna work for Disney Pixar and draw like animals for animations

Woah such a masterpiece

I was getting chills watching this, don't know why c: I hope I can help make such an amazing movie like this someday.

Lenny and George are from Of Mice and Men

Jeremy Irons had at first refused the role due to not being comfortable going from the dramatic performance as Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune to a comedic role. Once he came in, however, Irons' performance even inspired the writers to incorporate more of his acting as von Bülow - even adding one of that character's lines, "You have no idea" - and animator Andreas Deja had to watch both Reversal of Fortune and Damage (1992) to pick up Irons' facial traits and tics. Simba and Scar were animated on separate coasts of the US. Andreas Deja, Scar's lead animator, was working from Florida. Meanwhile Mark Henn, Simba's lead animator, was working from California. The team had to go back and forth to create some of the favorite scenes. Production took place at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Glendale, California, and Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. Thirteen supervising animators, both in California and Florida, were responsible for establishing the personalities and setting the tone for the film's main characters. When the animators were drawing Simba, they wanted a little twist for his appearance and personality to be like his voice actor Matthew Broderick. More than 600 animators, artists and technicians worked on the film.

The mannerisms are actually how lions behave in real life, licking their cubs

2024 will Be The 30th Anniversary of Disney's The Lion King