This is the first fim to be handled entirely by the Florida animation studios, so there wasn't much in the Burbank studios where we were for this particular movie. We did see a clip of it, one of the songs for the movie, "I'll Make a Man Out of You" most of it was still storyboard animatics, very little completed animation at that point, in it the captian Li Shang, who is training new  recruits to the Chinese army, shoots an arrow into the top of a very tall pole. He ties weights to one of the recruits wrists, and tells him to climb up the pole to retreive the arrow. The recruit is unable to climb the pole with the heavy weights. one after another, everyone tries to climb, none are successful. More training excersizes follow, quarter staff, archery, hand to hand combat etc.... Mulan impresses the captain wih her apparent dexterity, tho it is the Luck Dragon Mushu who is helping her by squirming around in her clothes making her squirm and accidentaly beating the crap outa the other recruits. in the end, Mulan is the one who makes it to the top of the pole to retreive the arrow, by cleverly using the weights to pull herself up. what animation was done looked very nice, but of course, what do you expect fron Disney? The trailer on the Disney Mulan site makes it look like a very serious movie... it is, but it has some great funny parts as well, especially when the little dragon, Mushu is involved.
Pam Coates and the artistic supervisors spent three weeks in China. There, they spent their time soaking up the atmosphere, making sketches, taking pictures an video tape so that the film would have an authentic feel and look. once they got home they worked on creating Mulan's unique styalized look, where the oriental influences are quite beautifully incorperated.
The CAPS system was put to exceptional use, creating over 27 000 independantly moving people in the courtyard of the emperors palace at the end of the movie. It was also used in the attack of the Huns, creating 2 000 mounted warrors who charge through a snowy mountain pass. To make sure that the attack was lifelike, another program called 'Attila' was written to ensure that the soldiers movements were realistic.
Character Voices
- Ming-Na Wen (Mulan)
- Eddie Murphy (Mushu)
- B.D. Wong (Shang)
- Harvey Fierstein (Yao)
- Jerry Tondo (Chien-Po)
- Gedde Watanabe (Ling)
- James Hong (Chi Fu)
- Miguel Ferrer (Shan-Yu)
- Freda Fo Shen (Fa Li)
- Soon Tek Oh (Fa Zhu)
- Pat Morita (Emperor)
- June Foray (Grandmother Fa)
- George Takei (First Ancestor)
Singing Voices by: Lea Salonga (Mulan), Donny Osmond (Shang)
and introducing Beth Fowler
"True To Your Heart" (Single) performed by 98 and Stevie Wonder
"Reflection" (Pop Version) performed by Christina Aguilera
Directed by: Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft
Produced by: Pam Coates
Original Songs by: Matthew Wilder and David Zippel
Original Score Composed and Conducted by: Jerry Goldsmith
Animator Credits:
RUBEN AQUINO (Shang)
Animator
- The Black Cauldron
- The Great Mouse Detective
Supervising animator
- Oliver and Company
- The Little Mermaid (Ursula)
- The Rescuers Down Under
- Beauty and the Beast (Maurice)
- The Lion King (Adult Simba)
- Pocahontas (Powhatan)
TOM BANCROFT (Mushu)
Assistant animator
- Beauty and the Beast
Animator
- The Lion King (Young Simba)
- Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
TONY BANCROFT (Co-Director)
Assistant animator
- The Rescuers Down Under
Animator
- Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth)
Supervising animator
- Aladdin (Iago)
- The Lion King (Pumbaa)
AARON BLAISE (Yao and the Ancestors)
Assistant animator
- The Rescuers Down Under
Animator
- Beauty and the Beast (Beast)
- Aladdin (Rajah, Jasmine)
- Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
Supervising animator
- The Lion King (Nala)
BARRY COOK (Co-Director)
Visual effects
- Beauty and the Beast
Short subject
- Trail Mix-Up
BRIAN FERGUSON (Matchmaker)
Supervising Animator
-Hercules (Panic)
Animator
-Aladdin (Iago)
-The Lion King (Timon)
JOE HAIDAR (Fa Li)
Animator
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- The Rescuers Down Under
- Beauty and the Beast (Gaston)
- Aladdin
- Pocahontas
Original concept
- Hercules
MARK HENN (Mulan and Fa Zhou)
Animator
- The Black Cauldron
- Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
Supervising animator
- The Great Mouse Detective
- Oliver and Company
- The Little Mermaid (Ariel) (Florida SA)
- The Rescuers Down Under
- Beauty and the Beast (Belle) (Florida SA)
- Aladdin (Jasmine)
- The Lion King (Young Simba)
T. DANIEL HOFSTEDT (The Emperor)
Animator
- The Lion King
Supervising Animator
- Pocahontas (Ben and Lon)
BROOSE JOHNSON (Ling and Chien Po)
Assistant animator
- Oliver and Company
- The Rescuers Down Under
Animator
- Beauty and the Beast (Beast)
- Aladdin (Genie)
- The Lion King (Young Simba)
- Pocahontas (Percy)
ALEXANDER KUPERSHMIDT (Khan)
Animator
- Beauty and the Beast (Gaston)
- Aladdin (Jafar)
PRES ROMANILLOS (Shan Yu)
Animator
- Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
BARRY TEMPLE (Cri-Kee)
Assistant animator
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Animator
- The Black Cauldron
- The Great Mouse Detective
- Oliver and Company
- The Little Mermaid
- The Rescuers Down Under
- Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere)
- Aladdin (Sultan)
- The Lion King (Zazu)
- Pocahontas (Ben and Lon)
JEFFREY VARAB (Chi Fu and Grandmother Fa)
Animator
- The Fox and the Hound
- Balto (Balto)
- Casper (live-action version-- Casper)
Mulan Links
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