Disney Art Returns

Wow! I find this rather hard to believe even after reading this. A bunch of precious Disney Art will be returned to the Walt Disney Company after they were discovered languishing in "... a janitor’s closet.."

A Japanese university plans to return about 250 pieces of original animation art to the Walt Disney Company that were mislaid in storage after traveling to Japan nearly five decades ago.

Disney said that the art — cels, backgrounds, preliminary paintings and storyboard sketches — was part of a collection that was handpicked by Walt Disney himself. It was sent to Japan in 1960 for a touring exhibition timed to the opening of the film “Sleeping Beauty.” The exhibition opened at Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo in May of that year and traveled to 16 other stores throughout Japan.

I'm glad they are safe now. I hope they put this on display somewhere at the theme parks so that the rest of us can view them.

Zz.