--- description: Old-school Disney fans were saddened last week when, at a shareholder's meeting for the company, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the hand-drawn 2-D animation... title: 2D Animation Isn't Dead Yet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt329c895de9cd5af6/698a8f119d83e8fdf5b9fb77/131596_0008.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Disney: Hand-Drawn Cartoons Coming to TV This Summer by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Mar 12, 2013 8:24 PM CUT  MICKEY MOUSE SHORTS - "Croissant de Triomphe" - The endearing, adventurous and comedic antics of Mickey Mouse, Disney's #1 star and the world's leading character franchise, will be presented in a new short-form series of 2D comedy cartoons, "Mickey Mouse," with a special preview beginning TUESDAY, MARCH 12 exclusively on Disney.com. This new series of 19 cartoon shorts will begin rolling out FRIDAY, JUNE 28 on Disney Channel, Disney.com and WATCH Disney Channel, among other platforms. (DISNEY CHANNEL) MICKEY MOUSE MICKEY MOUSE SHORTS - "Croissant de Triomphe" - The endearing, adventurous and comedic antics of Mickey Mouse, Disney's #1 star and the world's leading character franchise, will be presented in a new short-form series of 2D comedy cartoons, "Mickey Mouse," with a special preview beginning TUESDAY, MARCH 12 exclusively on Disney.com. This new series of 19 cartoon shorts will begin rolling out FRIDAY, JUNE 28 on Disney Channel, Disney.com and WATCH Disney Channel, among other platforms. (DISNEY CHANNEL) MICKEY MOUSEDISNEY CHANNEL—© 2013 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Mar 12, 2013 8:24 PM CUT Old-school Disney fans were [saddened](http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/mar/07/disney-hand-drawn-animation "undefined") last week when, at a shareholder’s meeting for the company, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the hand-drawn 2-D animation for which the studio has long been known — the style that made Walt Disney a household name — was no longer part of the company’s movie plans. Disney’s future cartoons will, as far as we know, be entirely computer-generated. (**MORE:** [Walt Disney on the Cover of TIME in 1937](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/02/27/time-cover-celebrity-showbiz/slide/walt-disney/ "undefined")) But those missing the good old days may take solace in the other half of Iger’s remarks, in which he said: “There is a fair amount of activity going on in hand-drawn animation right now, but it’s largely for television.” The studio will announce this evening, March 12, at its New York City “upfronts” presentation of the 2013–14 programming schedule, that 19 hand-drawn Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts will debut on television and online. The cartoons, which start airing on June 28, will evoke the classic Mickey look, as the company explains in a statement: --- > “” --- Though cartoon fans have to wait a few months to see the whole slate, here’s a preview of “Croissant de Triomphe,” the first one in the bunch: [“Croissant de Triomphe” on Disney Video](http://video.disney.com/watch/croissant-de-triomphe-4d7b3aae690a98650d776d97 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7119562/disney-hand-drawn-cartoons-coming-to-tv-this-summer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7119562/disney-hand-drawn-cartoons-coming-to-tv-this-summer/"},"headline":"Disney: Hand-Drawn Cartoons Coming to TV This Summer","datePublished":"2013-03-12T20:24:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-25T05:56:44.559Z","description":"Old-school Disney fans were saddened last week when, at a shareholder's meeting for the company, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the hand-drawn 2-D animation...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7119562/disney-hand-drawn-cartoons-coming-to-tv-this-summer/","keywords":["Disney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt329c895de9cd5af6/698a8f119d83e8fdf5b9fb77/131596_0008.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt329c895de9cd5af6/698a8f119d83e8fdf5b9fb77/131596_0008.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MICKEY MOUSE","caption":"MICKEY MOUSE","creditText":"DISNEY CHANNEL—© 2013 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 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