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Raya Is Becoming an Official Disney Princess

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Fans of Kumandra, rejoice! Raya, the heroine from the 2021 Walt Disney Animation Studios animated movie Raya and the Last Dragon, is officially becoming a Disney princess and joining the official Disney princess lineup this year. Raya will be standing among classic Disney princesses like Cinderella, and more modern Disney heroines like Merida, as the Southeast Asian heroine becomes another ...

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Female Disney Animators Discuss Workplace Culture

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The Disney movie Raya and the Last Dragon has received multiple awards for its animation, voice acting, and overall quality. To Disney fans, an animated movie might seem easier than a live-action film; however, writers, technologists, and artists at Disney Animation put in a lot of work, especially because a lot of Raya and the Last Dragon was made from home ...

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“Awkwafina’s Very Expressive”: How the Actress Inspired Sisu in ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’

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Disney animators are known for taking inspiration from the actors who voice the characters being animated (with one notable example being the distinct mannerisms that were copied from actress Eartha Kitt and used for her Emperor’s New Groove character Yzma), and that pattern apparently continued behind the scenes on the animated Disney movie Raya and the Last Dragon from 2021! Awkwafina, the ...

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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Receives More Award Nominations

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While the Walt Disney Animation Studios movie Encanto has been stealing the show lately with multiple Annie Award nominations, a soundtrack that’s beaten Frozen‘s record, and the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature under its belt, it seems easy to forget about the 2021 animated movie Raya and the Last Dragon on Disney+. However, Raya, Sisu, and their friends refuse to ...

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