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Wish is the 62nd animated feature in the Disney Animation Canon.

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Wish Credits

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  • As this film comes out during Disney's 100th anniversary celebration, the fact that the plot is based on a wishing star similar to the one introduced in Pinocchio, and the stars seen in many subsequent films, such as Peter Pan, The Rescuers, Oliver & Company, and The Princess and the Frog, which serve as Disney's most iconic symbol, being mainly used in the very first shot of the Disney castle logo since 2006, it can easily be considered a celebration for the company's centennial and possibly a 'spiritual prequel' to Pinocchio.
    • In reference to Disney's 100th anniversary, trailers for the film refer to it as "a story a century in the making".
    • Following the theme of the celebration, there are numerous scenes in the film referencing various Disney films. Disney+ released a "Wish D-Classified" video as an extra for the film, showcasing the various nods and references.
  • Like some non-Disney animated films in recent years (like the Spider-Verse franchise, DreamWorks Animations' The Bad Guys, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Paramount/Nickelodeon Movies' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Netflix/Annapurna Animation’s Nimona) the art style of the film uses 2D/3D hybrid animation, which combines 2D artworks with 3D CG animation (marking this Disney’s first theatrical animated film to use this type of animation), but there are some differences between Wish and other films using same style:
    • Wish combines traditional hand drawn animation, Disney's original art style, with CG animation[1], while the other films combine comic style or oil-painted style with CG animation.
    • For Wish, buildings and environments are also rendered like hand drawn animation, while the other aforementioned films just use standard CG rendering for buildings and environments.
    • Based on the teaser trailer, Wish still uses the standard 24 frames per second to render character's movements, but the aforementioned films all use less frames per second (similar to characters' movements in 2D Japanese Anime).
    • The way the CG looks like hand drawn is similar to the Meander system used for Paperman, Feast, and Far From the Tree (the former two of which are Oscar winners).
  • The film's logo has a very similar structure to that of Fantasia 2000.
  • This is the third Walt Disney Animation Studios film to be released on November 22, after Beauty and the Beast and Frozen II.
    • This is also the fifth Disney animated film to be released on said date, after Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story, Coco, and Frozen II.
Star during Strange World credits

Star during Strange World credits

  • The film has dozens of Easter eggs referencing past Disney Animated Canon films.
  • Star first appears as an Easter egg during the end credits of Strange World, similar to other recent films from Disney Animation foreshadowing the films that will follow them in their end credits, such as the Ralph Easter egg during Moana's end credits, the butterflies from Encanto during Raya and the Last Dragon's end credits, and the Venture ship from Strange World during Encanto's end credits.
  • This is the first film score for Dave Metzger in a Walt Disney Animation Studios film after previously scoring selected episodes of The Legend of Tarzan and Disneytoon Studios' Brother Bear 2.
  • Unlike previous Disney Animated Canon films' trailers, the "From the studio brought you" title card in the teaser trailer shows 6 Disney Animated Canon film titles, including recent hits (Frozen and Encanto), a previous non-Frozen female-led film (Moana) and classic Disney hand-drawn films (Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King), while all previous films only show 2-3 recent Disney hits.
  • This is the first Disney animated film to use CinemaScope since Lady and the Tramp.
  • This is Ariana DeBose's second role in a Disney-owned film in the 2020s, after the 2021 remake of West Side Story, which was distributed by 20th Century Studios.
  • This is Jon Rudnitsky's second voice role in 2023, after Paramount Animation's Under the Boardwalk.
  • Following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2023 and Iger's reorganizing plan, Wish will return to a traditional 2-3 month theatrical run before being released on PVOD and Disney+, rather than a 30-day theatrical exclusive run like Encanto and Strange World.
    • According to some sources, this plan was also caused by the box-office under-performance of Encanto (although it became a financial success after its release on Disney+) and the failure of Lightyear and Strange World, and Iger stated that he wanted more families to see the movie in theaters rather than wait for it to be available on Disney+.
  • Asha's seven teenage friends, known as the "Seven Teens," are inspired on the Seven Dwarfs,[2] each sharing the first letter of their respective names:
    • Dahlia, Asha's best friend and the unofficial leader and brains of the Teens, is based on Doc.
    • Simon, described as a "strong guy with a big heart and an even bigger yawn", is based on Sleepy.
    • Gabo, described as cynical but with a heart of gold, is based on Grumpy.
    • Safi, plagued by allergies, is based on Sneezy.
    • Hal, who is joyful and smiling, is based on Happy.
    • Bazeema, who is very shy, is based on Bashful.
    • Dario, described as being Asha's "rosy-cheeked wiggly-eared pal", is based on Dopey.
  • This film is dedicated to Burny Mattinson, a Disney Legend who worked at the studio from 1953 before his death in February 2023.Template:Citation needed
  • This is the third Disney animated film to be produced in a 2.55:1 aspect ratio after Lady and the Tramp and Sleeping Beauty; most Disney animated films from the past decade were produced in a shorter ratio of 2.39:1.
  • In the opening credits, the phrase "A Walt Disney Feature Production" has a font that is similar to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
  • Asha is the second Disney heroine to unknowingly have a duet with a villain after Anna from Frozen.
  • Yifei Liu, the actress who portrayed Mulan in the 2020 remake, provided the speaking voice for Asha in the Chinese dub of the film.
    • This is the only actress without providing the singing voice for the character.
  • This is the first Disney animated film to receive a "Rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes since 2005's Chicken Little.
  • This is the first Disney animated film without having a 100+ minute runtime since 2011's Winnie the Pooh.
Disney legendary characters in tradition of Walt Disney Animation Studios' 100th anniversary celebration during Wish end credits

Disney legendary characters in tradition of Walt Disney Animation Studios' 100th anniversary celebration during Wish end credits

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Wish received a PG rating (for some thematic elements and mild peril) by the MPA. This is the nineteenth Disney animated movie to be rated as such in the USA after The Black Cauldron, Dinosaur, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo & Stitch, Treasure Planet, Home on the Range, Bolt, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Frozen II, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto and Strange World.

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