The opening few minutes of The Princess and the Frog (the new Disney feature that will mark the studio’s return to traditional hand-drawn animation) have leaked online. The scene is in an unfinished state (it looks like it might be from a DVD extra) so don’t judge it as final product.

Disney has been firing off copyright claims like nobody’s business to keep this footage off Youtube so below you can see a fragment that I was able to find that is still online.

It’s nice to see some traditional hand-drawn animation coming from an American studio after the last few years of nothing but CG. If you go back and watch something like Pinocchio or Dumbo, it seems like it was made yesterday. Whereas if you go back and watch Toy Story now, it already looks dated and it’s barely 15 years old. The hand-drawn style is a truly timeless form of film making.

Below is the full trailer for the Princess and the Frog.

Source: AintItCool