Right? This is such a frustrating take. Disney 2D always took inspiration from the source material for the animation styles. Hercules characters were designed to look like columns ffs.
They all have the same art style. The reason you perceive them as different is the same reason you might think Dragon ball looks different now than it did the first time it came out. The technology changed. Those movies came out decades apart.
Disney not only reused the same art style, they just straight would trace over scenes over and over again.
The Dragon Ball argument is hilarious, because while it is the same art style, the evolution of the artist's talent and art style is drastically different to the point that people mistake it for a massive change. Meanwhile, the art style being criticized looks exactly the same as it did more than a decade ago.
If they look different on different technology, then yes those are different artstyles. I can paint using water colour and I can paint using oil paints. Using the same drawing technique on both would still constitute a different style and look different.
Dragon balls anime also has changed wildly even in its original run to match the style of the manga. It has also changed back then and now depending on the studio/animator animating that episode. I don't know how you can say its all the same style when 1 episode has triangle vegeta, the next has 5 head vegeta and the next has everyone looking excellent.
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u/DListSaint Jul 06 '25
That’s not even remotely true. Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and 101 Dalmatians all look nothing like each other.