From The LA Times:
Disney to cut 160 workers in animation
By Joseph Menn, Times Staff Writer
December 2, 2006

Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it would dismiss about 160 of the 800 employees in its feature animation unit as the company slowed production at what once was its crown jewel.

The 20% cutback comes nearly a year after Disney purchased Pixar Animation Studios, maker of such computer-animated hits as "Cars" and "The Incredibles." Pixar executives including creative guru John Lasseter took control of the Disney group, aiming to revive an operation that was a crucial profit center before it lost ground to other studios.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-fi-disney2dec02,1,5864120.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter

Wow thats really sad. First they cut hand-drawn and not cut into the rest of the CG animation dept. Very sad. I wonder if this has to do with Pixar? :confused:

I'm a 2D animation lover, and I thought 2D was coming back? Apparantly not...:(