My Thoughts: Anastasia

Anastasia is a movie made in 1997 by Fox Animation Studios. Its a fictional story about the youngest daughter of the last Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. The animation style itself is absolutely beautiful. It was Rotor scoped, meaning all of the characters in the film were animated from filmed references. Many people viewed the movie as good, but missing the "Disney Princess Magic". Its release in 1997 was overshadowed by the Film Hercules, which came out a few months before and at the time was receiving wide media coverage. Still, this movie made it out and was received well with both critics and audience alike. Some of the critics were harsher on it because of the fictional take on the real Princess Anastasia, but said that it was a good story nevertheless.