 This was the first Walt Disney film released to theaters that was  animated, not by the Disney "Feature Animation" division, but by the  "Television Animation" division. This explains the notable  difference in quality between this film and other Disney animated  releases around the same time (e.g.  _Little Mermaid, The (1989)_ (qv),  _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv)). The TV Animation division has  since produced several other theatrical releases, such as  _Goofy Movie, A (1995)_ (qv) and _Return to Never Land (2002)_ (qv)  (with striking improvements in animation quality), as well as  numerous direct