And this opinion is coming from someone who truly 
likes Disney. The problem is that Disney's really 
fantastic stuff was all done when Walt was around.
Pretty much all that's been done since his death 
is copying the things he did.

Don't get me wrong. . . Anime has it's own cliches
and repeated themes that you see again and again 
to infinity. But Disney's have started to really 
hit viewers over the head with them and, unlike 
in anime, there isn't enough there other than the 
cliches to hold things together.

In the end, there are two crowds. The one that 
wants to see the same story remade over and over 
again. . . and the one that can enjoy a creative 
rewrite of a classic, but prefers to see something
new. Unfortunately, neurotic parents have made it 
so the only "safe" way to market to kids in the 
US is to treat them like the first crowd. Disney 
exists to play it safe now.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac