Disney: “2D animated films are dead, you can’t do them anymore, it’s all CGI from here.”
MLP: “Lol, watch this.”
Ok but the MLP movie WAS LITERALLY CGI
Toon Boom Harmony, friendo.
Some backgrounds were CGI and some staging of more complex scenes was done in CGI, but all of the character animation was done via Toon Boom Harmony.
its no different than how Aladdin used CGI for carpet.