Any scene with a whole lot of characters moving around is a challenge, let alone walking and singing! Fortunately, all the characters had to be pretty much in sync. That means the animation team can ‘re-use’ animation to make their job a little less daunting. This usually means taking a looping cycle, such as a walk, then reusing the animation for a different character by just tweaking some of the assets and proportions. Sounds like cheating? Maybe…or maybe just clever recycling! but everyone’s doing it! Even the big guns:

And hey, it still looks good right!?

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