OK. OK. OK.

JUST LISTEN!

I need to comment about something that is very important to all anime 
fans: WALT DISNEY STUDIOS.

I not completely sure, but I have the impression that many anmie fans 
don't like Disney because they only put out "kid stuff".  Well I need to 
rectify some prejudices.

I is NOT that Disney didn't TRY!  On JUly 24th, 1985, Disney release "The 
Blak Cauldron".  This movie had a a hard core "fantasy novel" plot.  It 
was really an adult movie.  It feature zombies, death nights and really 
frightining special effect that were state of the art at the time.  This 
movie scared children.  Disney set itself up for disaster.  The adults 
just could grasp it and the kidies were just plain scared.  The movie 
bombed.

Disney Imediatly went back to kids stuff to make up for lossos.  Their 
next was "The Great Mouse Detective".

HOWEVER!  Disney has started to make more subtle move tword adult focus. 
 Did you notice that the female have gotten SEXIER since " The Little 
Mermaid"?  (BTW, I'm GLAD they changed the ending.  I read the original 
ending and it sucked)  Also, The female eyes have gotten LARGER, giving 
them an anime appeal.  With " The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Disney take 
another leap in our direction.

Even though, the movie is "kid modified" (e.g. No blood shown), the movie 
still has a remarkable amount of material for older vewiers.  There is 
adult material place in the movie in such a way that it will go right 
over childrens heards.  Here is a list of 
not-usually-seen-in-Disney-materials from the movie:


Multiple men getting kicked in the nuts.

Woman getting her face bashed to death in cold blood.

Religious setting

a sentual dance (she keeps her clothes on, though[phooey], but she does 
spin around a pole!)

LUST as a major plot point

The guy does NOT get the girl (some other guy does)

Granted, they do force a happy ending.  But then again, the ending to the 
original was very very very depressing.

The film also feature computor assisted crowd and "zooming".  Not to 
mention special fire effects that gave me goosebumps!  It also sports a 
musical score that would make Andrew Loyld Wbber jealous!

Even tough I can't be cartain, I'm open to the possibillity  that Disney 
may not be our enemy, but a friend who is trapped by big-movie-bussiness 
and is not completely free.  Major motion picture do NOT like to risks 
more bombs.

This is Ironic coming from me because untill I saw "Hunchback", I was an 
"Anti-Disney" otaku.  I went in not paying my own way and with a closed 
mind and left applauding.


--HAYES