Disney Dark Age

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era in animation history era of Walt Disney Animation Studios historical period

Disney Dark Age refers to the period in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ history, roughly from the 1970s to the late 1980s, marked by creative and commercial struggles, darker-toned films, and a lack of major critical or box-office successes compared to earlier and later eras.

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Disney Dark Age canonical	1

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instanceOf	era in animation history ⓘ era of Walt Disney Animation Studios ⓘ historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bronze Age of Disney Animation NERFINISHED ⓘ Dark Age of Disney Animation NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	Walt Disney Animation Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Don Bluth’s departure from Disney ⓘ budget-conscious production methods ⓘ experimentation with darker fantasy elements ⓘ use of xerography animation process ⓘ
characterizedBy	commercial struggles ⓘ creative struggles ⓘ darker-toned films ⓘ relative lack of major box-office successes ⓘ relative lack of major critical successes ⓘ
contrastedWith	commercial success of Disney Renaissance films ⓘ critical acclaim of earlier Disney classics ⓘ
endTime	late 1980s ⓘ
followedBy	Disney Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Disney Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Disney Silver Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasApproximateEndFilm	Oliver & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasApproximateStartFilm	The Aristocats NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	development of Disney Renaissance creative strategies ⓘ
hasNotableContext	competition from other animation studios ⓘ death of Walt Disney in 1966 ⓘ decline of traditional theatrical animation audience ⓘ internal uncertainty about studio direction ⓘ leadership transition at Walt Disney Productions ⓘ rising production costs ⓘ
hasTheme	less emphasis on musical fairy tales ⓘ more experimental narrative structures ⓘ tonally darker storytelling compared to earlier Disney eras ⓘ
includesFilm	Oliver & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ The Aristocats NERFINISHED ⓘ The Black Cauldron NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fox and the Hound NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Mouse Detective NERFINISHED ⓘ The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rescuers NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves	reduced cultural impact of Disney animated features ⓘ transition from Nine Old Men to a new generation of animators ⓘ
partOf	corporate history of The Walt Disney Company ⓘ history of American animation ⓘ
perceivedAs	low point for Disney feature animation ⓘ
startTime	1970 ⓘ
studiedIn	animation scholarship ⓘ film history ⓘ

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Disney Renaissance → precededBy → Disney Dark Age ⓘ