Although filmed, and covered heavily by the press, pressure from Disney ( which owns parts of the concept ) prevented further distribution.

Although the term is often used to refer to any puppet that resembles the distinctive style of The Muppet Show, the term is both an informal name and legal trademark owned by the Walt Disney Company in reference to the original characters created by Henson.

Although the show remained popular, ABC decided to cancel the show after its fourth season, as Disney and the ABC network could not come to terms for renewal .< ref >

Although both series were successful, the Disney studio thought it was not receiving its rightful share of profits from Pat Powers, and in 1930, Disney signed a new distribution deal with Columbia Pictures.

Although other producers had made films earlier using 2 strip color, Disney produced the first cartoon in 3 strip Technicolor, " Flowers and Trees ", in 1932.

Although she is royalty neither by birth or marriage ( her husband is merely a high-ranking military officer ), Mulan is often regarded as one of the Disney Princesses.

Mickey Mouse's dog was named after the planet, not the other way around .” Although it has been claimed that Disney named the dog after the planet, rather than after the mythical god of the underworld, this has not been verified.

Although never a central character, Pete has also made many appearances in Disney comics, and often appeared as Sylvester Shyster's dimwitted sidekick in the Mickey Mouse comic strip.

* The song is referenced in the 1962 Academy Award nominated animated short Disney musical film, A Symposium on Popular Songs during the song, " Although I Dropped $ 100, 000 " written by Robert & Richard Sherman.

Although Cornelius was a well-known figure to readers of Disney comics, his character history was not told until Don Rosa began using the character in the late 1980s.

Although The Walt Disney Studios predominately made animated films, the soundstage was built in order to film Leopold Stokowski's segments in the 1940 film Fantasia.

Although The Jerky Boys has never been released on DVD properly in the United States and Canada, the first ( and only ) release was by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on the film's 9th anniversary in March 2004 in Europe and the United Kingdom.

Although the film is more " cartoony " than previous Disney films the animators brought elephants and other animals into the studio to study their movement.

Although Fantasia 2000 had a luke-warm financial run, the critical praise for its use of the IMAX format convinced Disney to put more releases in the giant-screen format in the pipeline.

Although Walt Disney had been expanding the studio into other mediums such as live-action films, television and theme parks, he still had deep feelings for animation since he had built the company upon it.

Although the rift with his brother Dave was never resolved, Max eventually formed a friendship with his old rival Walt Disney, who welcomed Max to a reunion with former Fleischer animators who were by then employed by Disney.

Although the United States Army gave Walt Disney the first crack at creating the cartoons, Leon Schlesinger of the Warner Bros. animation studio underbid Disney by two-thirds and won the contract.

Although the film suffered negative publicity in the form of two lawsuits against the filmmakers, filed by Lori Madrid and Stanley Mouse respectively, that were ultimately dismissed, Monsters, Inc. proved to be a major box office success from its release by Walt Disney Pictures on November 2, 2001, generating over $ 525, 366, 597 worldwide.

Although they contributed to much of what would later be known as the Disney style, they have been dismissed as mere copycats.

Although the Screen Songs were successful, Fleischer felt that it wasn't enough ; Walt Disney also seemed to gain a great amount of fame through his sound cartoons as well.

Although kookaburras are restricted to a relatively small part of the world, the distinctive sound of the Laughing Kookaburra makes has found its way onto many " jungle sound " soundtracks, used in filmmaking and television productions as well as certain Disney theme park attractions, no matter where in the world the action is set.

Although Disney artists were the best paid and worked under the best conditions in the industry, there was discontent.

Although the film was a financial success, netting the studio a slim profit of $ 226, 000, some critics were less enthusiastic to the film, not so much to the animated portions as to the live-action portions.

Although proposals for live-action and animated remakes have not been realised, Blake's 7 has been revived with two series of official audio dramas, a comedic short film, a series of fan-made audio plays, and a proposed series of official novels.

Although not the first animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality.

Although this would be the end of Megatron in the U. S. animated series, he would make several more appearances in the animated segments of various Transformers toy commercials, where he was depicted as an Action Master, and eventually a CGI sequence of him in his first Generation 2 form and Combat Hero forms.

Although the Saturday morning timeslot had always featured a great deal of children's fare before, the idea of commissioning new animated series for broadcast on Saturday mornings caught on in the mid-1960s, when the networks realized that they could concentrate kids ' viewing on that one morning to appeal to advertisers.

Although there had been a tradition of vox pop advertisements going back to the soap powder adverts of the 1960s, the Creature Comforts series was distinctive in its juxtaposition of real-life dialogue and animated creatures.

Although not meeting the definition of an infomercial per se, animated children's programming in the 1980s and early 1990s, which included half-hour animated series for franchises such as Transformers, My Little Pony, Go-Bots and Bravestarr were often described by media experts and parents derisive of these types of series as essentially program-length commercials, as they also sold the tie-in toy lines and food products for the shows within commercials.

Although Marvel produced mainly superhero cartoons and animated series based on licensed toy lines, it continued to produce new productions starring the Pink Panther ( titles for Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther and a special for television, Pink at First Sight ).

* Although all subsequent makers of animated fairy tales could be said to have been influenced by Reiniger, Bruno J. Böttge is probably the one who has made the most explicit references to her work.

Although the series itself is animated in traditional 2-dimensional style, the opening credits are rendered in 3D with toon shading.

Although the first season was animated using traditional cel animation, the remaining seasons were animated using Adobe Flash.

Although Animation: Master was developed for and is targeted towards independent artists, with a workflow optimized to enable one artist to create a rendered animated piece from start to finish, the workflow also presents economic advantages for larger workgroups.

Although the Master is never directly controlled, the player interacts with the world by controlling an angel and an animated statue.

Although not as popular as the animated series The Smurfs, the program continued to be available in syndication from 1986 to 1989, on the BBC in the late 1990s, and from 2009 – present on Boomerang.

Although small, the workers in the game are extremely detailed and cleverly animated.

Although the film uses many of the same elements as other animated children's musicals involving animals, such as many of the Disney classics from the United States, the film is essentially Australian in its use of icons and accents.

Although not the first color video game, Galaxian took RGB color graphics a step further with multi-colored animated sprites and explosions, different colored fonts for the score and high score, the scrolling starfield, and graphic icons that show the number of ships left and how many rounds the player had completed.

Although the name and logo which originally came from BVE Trainsim, the open-source train simulator was developed from scratch and features support for train exteriors, animated 3D cab environments and animated scenery.

Although he had demonstrated no previous interest in film as a profession, Kurosawa submitted the required essay, which asked applicants to discuss the fundamental deficiencies of Japanese films and find ways to overcome them.

Although Douglas was always second billed under Lancaster in these films, their roles were usually more or less the same size with the exceptions of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, and in Seven Days in May, where Douglas ' part was larger than Lancaster's but not as dramatic.

Although most of Chaplin's films are characterised as comedies, most of them also employ strong elements of drama and even tragedy.

Although this can be seen as social commentary, Chaplin's films did not contain overt political themes or messages until later on his career in the 1930s.

Although they may only have a short cinema life, cult films often enjoy ongoing popularity through long runs on video, thus being issued in video " runs " with more copies than other movies.

Although listed under the general heading of " panoramas " in the sales catalogues of the time, those films shot straight forward from in front of a railway engine were usually specifically referred to as " phantom rides ".

Although the war made things much worse for European producers, the technical qualities of American films made them increasingly attractive to audiences everywhere.

Although the earliest British films were of everyday events, the early 20th century saw the appearance of narrative shorts, mainly comedies and melodramas.

Although many factors can be used to measure the success of the industry, the number of British films produced each year gives an overview of its development: the industry experienced a boom as it first developed in the 1910s ( see 1910s in film ), but during the 1920s ( see 1920s in film ) experienced a recession caused by US competition and commercial practices.

Although it had been funding British experimental films as early as 1952, the British Film Institute's foundation of a production board in 1964 — and a substantial increase in public funding from 1971 onwards — enabled it to become a dominant force in developing British art cinema in the 1970s and 80s: from the first of Bill Douglas's Trilogy My Childhood ( 1972 ), and of Terence Davies ' Trilogy Childhood ( 1978 ), via Peter Greenaway's earliest films ( including the surprising commercial success of The Draughtsman's Contract ( 1982 )) and Derek Jarman's championing of the New Queer Cinema.

Although film noir was originally associated with American productions, films now so described have been made around the world.

Although his stature as a director had declined during the 1950s, his films underwent a revival in the 1960s:

Although he was not a particularly devout Catholic, he " regularly used Catholic images and themes his films ".

Although Fellini adapted key events from his childhood and adolescence in films such as I Vitelloni ( 1953 ), 8½ ( 1963 ), and Amarcord ( 1973 ), he insisted that such autobiographical memories were inventions: " It is not memory that dominates my films.

Although he is known today for his performances in Singin ' in the Rain and An American in Paris, he was a dominant force in Hollywood musical films from the mid 1940s until this art form fell out of fashion in the late 1950s.

Although dozens of Kern's musicals and musical films were hits, only Show Boat is now regularly revived.

Although she directed only eight films, just two of which received significant coverage outside of Germany, Riefenstahl was widely known all her life.

Although these are generally considered inaccurate to the original mythologies on which they are based, it can be argued that as film itself has become a way transmitting myths, these films are no more inaccurate than the variants told by storytellers of the oral tradition.

Although he had no jurisdiction over Hollywood films, he pressured the industry into helping the war effort.

Although the contemporary score, which included pop songs by Freddy Mercury of Queen, Pat Benatar and Jon Anderson of Yes was controversial, the door had been opened for a new approach to presentation of classic " silent " films.

Although the release of The Jazz Singer ( 1927 ) by Warner Brothers marked the first commercially successful sound film, silent films were the majority of features released in both 1927 and 1928, along with so-called goat-glanded films: silents with a section of sound film inserted.

Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua ( Chinese comics ), films, television series, and video games.