I was afraid your going to say that. But I'm not surprise that MLP movie didn't save hand drawn animation. I don't want to be negative, but sometimes I think big higher ups stinks on ice. Sorry, I hate to say that.
Ya know, 2D animated films are still made all over the world. You should try checking them out instead of waiting for big American studios to make them.
According to Amid Amadi over on Cartoon Brew, he speculated the movie cost less than $10 million to make. Regardless of how he came to this number, that should give hope that other US studios will make more 2D animated films, so long as you don't mind it looking like the MLP movie, and that it means more work will be outsourced outside the country.
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