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Walt Disney Animation Studios is an American animation studio owned by The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. The studio was originally formed in 1986 as Walt Disney Feature Animation from the split of Walt Disney Productions (now known as The Walt Disney Company), and is the main producer of animated features released by Disney's film division Walt Disney Pictures (except for those produced by Pixar Animation Studios). The company didn't have an official on-screen logo of its own until it took on its current name in 2007.

1st Logo (Unofficial) (March 1996)

Visuals: Above the Funcom logo on a white background, there's a sunlight. Over the sunlight, a Mickey Mouse silhouette is seen with a hand drawing a picture. Below it, there are the smaller words "Animation Services" and "Walt Disney Feature Animation" with "Walt Disney" being in a corporate font.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Only seen on Pocahontas for Sega Genesis.

2nd Logo (Official) (March 30, 2007-)

Flat version
Scope version
50th Animated Motion Picture variant
60th Animated Motion Picture variant
Alternate 60th Animated Motion Picture variant, seen on trailers for Encanto
Wreck-It Ralph variant
A .gif of the footage from Steamboat Willie used in the logo

Visuals: On a gold paper background, a red circle is drawn. As the camera zooms out, more pieces of paper fold out on the screen like a flipbook, and the circle quickly becomes a rough sketch of Mickey Mouse in his appearance from the 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie. Eventually, the pages stop flipping, and the sketch animates (showing Mickey happily whistling while turning the wheel on the steamboat he is driving) before slowly turning into footage of the original scene from the short. The scene zooms out onto the background with a spotlight, and below the picture, the words "WALT DiSNEY" write themselves in a sketchier version of the signature corporate font, with "ANIMATION STUDIOS" (set in ITC Kabel Demi) fading in underneath.

Trivia: In 2024, Steamboat Willie entered the public domain in the United States. However, it has been speculated that this logo was created using footage of the cartoon to extend its protection under trademark law.

Variants:

Starting in 2008, the logo was given a high definition look, which used the same animation.
On the iPad app Disney Animated, the logo is in a 4:3 aspect ratio and is shown before the first section "Art in Motion". In this variant, the logo zooms in to focus on an abridged version of the Steamboat Willie footage. As the animation finishes, it cuts to a scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
On Tangled (the 50th Disney animated feature and the 25th film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios) and Encanto (the 60th Disney animated feature and the 35th film produced by WDAS), a custom variant was used:
- The former has the animation staying in place as it is slowly overtaken by a large, orange circle outline, with the wheel being filled with black before transforming into the normal scene. It then zooms out to reveal it is part of a large "50", with the company name entirely in brown at the top, while the stacked text "ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE" appears under the "50" and a small "TH" appears at the top-right corner. The closing version of this variant has the finished product shown up close before animating as usual (albeit at a faster pace); the company name is already formed while the rest of the text fades in.
- The latter has the "50" replaced by a "60", and the logo is shortened to the number zooming out to its place. The closing variant just has the last seconds of the normal logo.
  - A trailer for the latter film has the company name replaced with "OUR".
On Wreck-It Ralph, the logo is done in an 8-bit video game style on a black background.
On Frozen II, the logo crossfades into the opening scene of the movie.
A shortened version exists which has the logo in its last few seconds, with the cartoon footage already fixed in place as the text writes in. This seems to have replaced the standard logo on films.
Sometimes, the logo is still.
On the Disney100 "4th of July" special look video on Disney's social pages, the first few seconds of the logo are shown in black and white before it fades into footage from Steamboat Willie. On Disney's TikTok page, it is cropped in a 9:21 ratio to fit the phone's portrait orientation.

Technique: CGI directed by Mike Gabriel and produced by Roy Conli, using Ub Iwerks' original animation drawings from the Steamboat Willie short as reference.

Audio: The sound of pages turning, followed by Mickey whistling a cheerful tune with a piano ditty, taken directly from the original Steamboat Willie cartoon.

Audio Variants:

On Wreck-It Ralph, an 8-bit version of the theme plays, but it is not in the same exact pitch as the original cartoon.
The shortened variant has a truncated version of the whistle tune.
On some films, the opening theme or sound effects play over the logo instead.
The closing variant is silent or has the ending theme of the movie.
At the end of The Princess and the Frog and on post-2011 prints of Beauty and the Beast (1991), only the whistling is heard with no piano accompaniment.
The still version has the ending theme of the film play over it.

Availability: Appears on every film produced by the studio beginning with Meet the Robinsons.

It also appears on post-2011 prints of Beauty of the Beast (1991).
The shortened variant appears at the end of the studio's films starting with Bolt, as well as on short films and movies beginning with Strange World (due to the length of the 2022 Disney logo).
- It also appears on the Disney+ series Baymax! and Zootopia+.
The still version appears on the Prep & Landing TV specials, as well as the short Operation: Secret Santa.
Although a new print logo was introduced in 2020, this logo is still used onscreen.
This logo does not appear on the two Phineas and Ferb films or the animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid films, as the company had no involvement with any of those films. Instead, they were produced by Disney Television Animation and Bardel Entertainment respectively.
- This logo also does not appear on the 2022 short Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, despite it being produced by the company.

Legacy: This is a throwback to one of Disney's most important films, which marked the debut of Mickey Mouse, the company's mascot (the character actually made his debut on a test screening of Plane Crazy, an earlier short that was produced before Steamboat Willie but not officially released until a few months after Steamboat Willie's release).

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 ===Background===
-'''Walt Disney Animation Studios''' is an American animation studio owned by Walt Disney Studios, a division of [[the Walt Disney Company]]. The studio was originally formed in 1986 as '''Walt Disney Feature Animation''' from the split of [[Walt Disney Productions]] (now known as the Walt Disney Company), and is the main producer of animated features released by Disney's film division [[Walt Disney Pictures]] (except for those produced by fellow Disney subsidiary [[Pixar Animation Studios]]). The company didn't have an on-screen logo of its own until it took on its current name in 2007.
+'''Walt Disney Animation Studios''' is an American animation studio owned by The Walt Disney Studios, a division of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. The studio was originally formed in 1986 as '''Walt Disney Feature Animation''' from the split of [[Walt Disney Productions]] (now known as The Walt Disney Company), and is the main producer of animated features released by Disney's film division [[Walt Disney Pictures]] (except for those produced by [[Pixar Animation Studios]]). The company didn't have an official on-screen logo of its own until it took on its current name in 2007.
-===Logo (March 30, 2007-)===
+===1st Logo (Unofficial) (March 1996)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Funcom & Disney Animation (1996).jpeg
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' Above the [[Funcom]] logo on a white background, there's a sunlight. Over the sunlight, a Mickey Mouse silhouette is seen with a hand drawing a picture. Below it, there are the smaller words "{{font|Times New Roman|Animation Services}}" and "'''Walt Disney''' {{font|Times New Roman|Feature Animation}}" with "'''Walt Disney'''" being in a corporate font.
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.
+'''Audio:''' None.
+'''Availability:''' Only seen on ''Pocahontas'' for Sega Genesis.
+===2nd Logo (Official) (March 30, 2007-)===
 <tabber>
 |-|Images=
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
-File:WDASTPATF2009.jpg|16:9 version
+File:WDASTPATF2009.jpg|Flat version
-File:WDASFROZEN2013.jpg|2.33.1 version
+File:WDASFROZEN2013.jpg|Scope version
 File:WDASTANGLED2010.jpg|50th Animated Motion Picture variant
 File:Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios_(60th_Animated_Motion_Picture_Variant,_2021).png| 60th Animated Motion Picture variant
 File:Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios_(60th_Animated_Motion_Picture_Alternate_Variant,_2021).jpg| Alternate 60th Animated Motion Picture variant, seen on trailers for ''Encanto''
 File:WDASWIR2012.jpg|''Wreck-It Ralph'' variant
+Excerpt from Steamboat Willie (1928), used as part of Walt Disney Animation Studios Logo.gif|A .gif of the footage from ''Steamboat Willie'' used in the logo
 </gallery>
 |-|Videos=
-{{YouTube|id=jyrI2jLcq1w|id2=84u-NYUnylY|id3=NEfdQAuUk_E|id4=qnelIlWkmd4|id5=K7ZXuSR30bU|id6=LB2JDA7lQ2c}}
+{{YouTube|id=jyrI2jLcq1w|id2=84u-NYUnylY|id3=NEfdQAuUk_E|t3=17|id4=qnelIlWkmd4|id5=K7ZXuSR30bU|id6=LB2JDA7lQ2c}}
 </tabber>
-'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|gold}} paper background, a {{color|red}} circle is drawn. As the camera zooms out, more pieces of paper fold out on the screen like a flipbook, and the circle quickly becomes a rough sketch of Mickey Mouse in his appearance from the 1928 Disney cartoon ''Steamboat Willie''. Eventually, the pages stop flipping, and the sketch animates (showing Mickey happily whistling while turning the wheel on the steamboat he is driving) before slowly turning into footage of the original scene from the short. The scene zooms out onto the background with a spotlight, and below the picture, the words "{{color|#964B00|WALT DiSNEY}}" write themselves in a sketchier version of the signature corporate font, with "{{color|red|ANIMATION STUDIOS}}" fading in underneath.
+'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|gold}} paper background, a {{color|red}} circle is drawn. As the camera zooms out, more pieces of paper fold out on the screen like a flipbook, and the circle quickly becomes a rough sketch of Mickey Mouse in his appearance from the 1928 cartoon ''Steamboat Willie''. Eventually, the pages stop flipping, and the sketch animates (showing Mickey happily whistling while turning the wheel on the steamboat he is driving) before slowly turning into footage of the original scene from the short. The scene zooms out onto the background with a spotlight, and below the picture, the words "{{color|#964B00|WALT DiSNEY}}" write themselves in a sketchier version of the signature corporate font, with "{{color|red|ANIMATION STUDIOS}}" (set in ITC Kabel Demi) fading in underneath.
+'''Trivia:''' In 2024, ''Steamboat Willie'' entered the public domain in the United States. However, it has been speculated that this logo was created using footage of the cartoon to extend its protection under trademark law.
 '''Variants:'''
 * Starting in 2008, the logo was given a high definition look, which used the same animation.
-* On the iPad app ''Disney Animated'', the logo is in a 4:3 aspect ratio and was shown when we introduce the first section, "Art in Motion". In this variant, the logo zooms in to focus on an abridged version of the ''Steamboat Willie'' footage. As the animation finishes, it cuts to a scene from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''.
+* On the iPad app ''Disney Animated'', the logo is in a 4:3 aspect ratio and is shown before the first section "Art in Motion". In this variant, the logo zooms in to focus on an abridged version of the ''Steamboat Willie'' footage. As the animation finishes, it cuts to a scene from ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''.
-* On ''Tangled'' and ''Encanto'', a custom variant was used:
+* On ''Tangled'' (the 50th Disney animated feature and the 25th film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios) and ''Encanto'' (the 60th Disney animated feature and the 35th film produced by WDAS), a custom variant was used:
-** The former has the animation staying in place as it is slowly overtaken by a large orange circle outline, with the wheel being filled with black before transforming into the normal scene. It then zooms out to reveal it is part of a large "50", with the company name entirely in {{color|#964B00|brown}} appearing at the top, while the stacked text "{{color|red|ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE}}" appears under the "{{color|red|50}}", and a small "{{color|red|TH}}" appears at the top-right corner. The closing version of this variant has the finished product of the animation shown in close-up, then it animates as usual but at a fast-pace, and the company name is already there, with the rest of the text fading in.
+** The former has the animation staying in place as it is slowly overtaken by a large, orange circle outline, with the wheel being filled with black before transforming into the normal scene. It then zooms out to reveal it is part of a large "50", with the company name entirely in {{color|#964B00|brown}} at the top, while the stacked text "{{color|red|ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE}}" appears under the "{{color|red|50}}" and a small "{{color|red|TH}}" appears at the top-right corner. The closing version of this variant has the finished product shown up close before animating as usual (albeit at a faster pace); the company name is already formed while the rest of the text fades in.
-** The latter has the "{{color|red|50}}" replaced by a "{{color|red|60}}" and the logo is shortened to the number zooming out to its place. The closing variant just has the last seconds of the normal logo.
+** The latter has the "{{color|red|50}}" replaced by a "{{color|red|60}}", and the logo is shortened to the number zooming out to its place. The closing variant just has the last seconds of the normal logo.
 *** A trailer for the latter film has the company name replaced with "{{color|red|OUR}}".
 * On ''Wreck-It Ralph'', the logo is done in an 8-bit video game style on a black background.
 * On ''Frozen II'', the logo crossfades into the opening scene of the movie.
-* A shortened version has the logo in its last few seconds.
+* A shortened version exists which has the logo in its last few seconds, with the cartoon footage already fixed in place as the text writes in. This seems to have replaced the standard logo on films.
 * Sometimes, the logo is still.
-* On the official YouTube video "Disney100 Special Look", the first few seconds of the logo are shown in black and white, before it fades into footage from ''Steamboat Willie''.
+* On the Disney100 "4th of July" special look video on Disney's social pages, the first few seconds of the logo are shown in black and white before it fades into footage from ''Steamboat Willie''. On Disney's TikTok page, it is cropped in a 9:21 ratio to fit the phone's portrait orientation.
 '''Technique:''' CGI directed by Mike Gabriel and produced by Roy Conli, using Ub Iwerks' original animation drawings from the ''Steamboat Willie'' short as reference.
-'''Audio:''' The sound of pages turning followed by Mickey whistling a cheerful tune with a piano ditty, all taken directly from the original cartoon.
+'''Audio:''' The sound of pages turning, followed by Mickey whistling a cheerful tune with a piano ditty, taken directly from the original ''Steamboat Willie'' cartoon.
 '''Audio Variants:'''
-* On ''Wreck-It Ralph'', an 8-bit version of the music plays.
+* On ''Wreck-It Ralph'', an 8-bit version of the theme plays, but it is not in the same exact pitch as the original cartoon.
 * The shortened variant has a truncated version of the whistle tune.
-* On some films, the film's opening theme or sound effects play over the logo instead.
+* On some films, the opening theme or sound effects play over the logo instead.
 * The closing variant is silent or has the ending theme of the movie.
-* At the end of ''The Princess and the Frog'' and post-2011 prints of ''Beauty of the Beast'' (1991), only the whistling is heard with no piano accompaniment.
+* At the end of ''The Princess and the Frog'' and on post-2011 prints of ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), only the whistling is heard with no piano accompaniment.
-* The still version has the ending theme of the film playing over it.
+* The still version has the ending theme of the film play over it.
+'''Availability:''' Appears on every film produced by the studio beginning with ''Meet the Robinsons''.
-'''Availability:'''
+* It also appears on post-2011 prints of ''Beauty of the Beast'' (1991).
-* Made its debut on ''Meet the Robinsons'' (released on March 30, 2007), and can be seen on every Walt Disney Animation Studios film since.
+* The shortened variant appears at the end of the studio's films starting with ''Bolt'', as well as on short films and movies beginning with ''Strange World'' (due to the length of the 2022 Disney logo).
-* It was also seen on post-2011 prints of ''Beauty of the Beast'' (1991).
-* The shortened variant appears at the end of the studio's films starting with ''Bolt'', as well as on short films and at the beginning of ''Strange World''. It also appears on the Disney+ series ''Baymax!'' and ''Zootopia+''.
+** It also appears on the Disney+ series ''Baymax!'' and ''Zootopia+''.
-* The still version can be seen on the ''Prep & Landing'' TV specials, as well as the short ''Operation: Secret Santa''.
+* The still version appears on the ''Prep & Landing'' TV specials, as well as the short ''Operation: Secret Santa''.
-* Although a new print logo was introduced in 2020, this logo is still being used on-screen.
+* Although a new print logo was introduced in 2020, this logo is still used onscreen.
-* This logo does not appear on the 2022 short ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'', despite it being produced by the company.
+* This logo does not appear on the two ''Phineas and Ferb'' films or the animated ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' films, as the company had no involvement with any of those films. Instead, they were produced by [[Disney Television Animation]] and [[Bardel Entertainment]] respectively.
+** This logo also does not appear on the 2022 short ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'', despite it being produced by the company.
-'''Legacy:''' This is a throwback to one of the studio's most important films, since it popularized Mickey Mouse, the company's mascot (even though the character debuted earlier on the short ''Plane Crazy'').
+'''Legacy:''' This is a throwback to one of Disney's most important films, which marked the debut of Mickey Mouse, the company's mascot (the character actually made his debut on a test screening of ''Plane Crazy'', an earlier short that was produced before ''Steamboat Willie'' but not officially released until a few months after ''Steamboat Willie''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release).
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