The medium of feature-length animation has given grace to numerous masterpieces, from iconic classics like Fantasia to recent hits like Robot Dreams.

Computer-generated 3D animation rules the box office, but good ol’ fashioned 2D animation’s warmth, simplicity and suitability to comedic storytelling has kept it the king of the hill on television.

Following is the transcript of the video. Narrator: This is 2D hand-drawn animation. [horns toot] And this is 3D computer-generated animation. But many films actually fall somewhere in between -- or ...