fantasia

He was still immensely popular through the 1980s with rereleases of Fantasia in theaters, Mickey's Christmas Carol, etc.

But the _core_ of the animation techniques were more or less copied from Battle Fantasia years earlier.

Looking back on my childhood, using the internet from '95-'05 really felt like a crazy fantasia on the wild west.

Which is why it is deeply ironic that almost all modern 2D fighting games using 3d art are based on Battle Fantasia camera mechanics.

Again, Battle Fantasia was a learning project for Arc System Works.

And if someone can make a new Mickey movie that stands along Fantasia then more power to them is what I say.

I sometimes operate media servers that deliver video for several classical pops concerts including Fantasia and a number of more modern Hollywood type movies.

I'd imagine Disney makes plenty on merchandise related to their hoary old characters, particularly Pooh Bear, and not so much the movies/animation/wizened content like Fantasia or Steamboat Willie.

Isn't that the idea behind the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" (famous from Mickey Mouse's version in Fantasia)?

Even if it's just to note that he was sampled in "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia),").

I'd expect a lot of people to be familiar with "the sorcerer's apprentice" due to Fantasia (contrabassoon, I believe).

Its ironic, because Arc System Works made Battle Fantasia as a "learning project".

I thought HP's first product was an oscillator, used in the theramin that produced music for Disney's Fantasia.

What animation techniques are you referring to when you talk about Battle Fantasia's innovations?

Nonetheless, it is clear that it was Arc System Works that pushed the envelope in their experiments with the one-off Battle Fantasia.