Zenimation

If you married into a "Disney Family" and are subject to hours of the mind numbing world that is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with the kiddos, then you'll find this refreshing.

Breathe...

"Zenimation" is beautiful, relaxing, and very enjoyable. It shows clips from many Disney animated films like "Zootopia" and "Aladdin", but without dialogue and music. Well, there *is* a clip of the "Frozen" character Elsa saying, "Ow! Ow!" However, does that even count as dialogue? There are plenty of sounds that you hear like birds chirping and rain.

Maybe this show will be boring to some people, but I didn't find it boring. The episodes are pretty short. Each of them are less than 10 minutes, which is fine with me. A lot of the animation is great to look at, even though I don't think there's new footage from any upcoming Disney films. This show also has humorous moments. I laughed when I heard the noise the "Hercules" character Pegasus makes while sleeping.

So far, there are 10 episodes of "Zenimation". I don't know if there will be more, but I wouldn't mind seeing more. If you've had a stressful day, this show might be nice to watch. It certainly makes me appreciate gorgeous animation.

I saw some episodes and didnt find it calming at all. The video moved too fast and the sounds were too noisy.

The water segment for instance had some calming scenes and then suddenly not so calming. Then there was whales, and then there was a storm. This is not calming. Its jumps too much.

Its basically Disney clips without voices. The animation is not MADE for this show. Its just a clips show with what the editor thought would be calming clips. Its not.

Perhaps this project would have been more interesting if they kept the Disney aspect, but made NEW animation for it.

As it is, I find the animation too fast and the SFX too demanding to be calming. Ironically it does seem that Disney knows some of this themselves because they give a warning that some clips may not be suitable for light sensitive people.

You know it's been a tough time when you walk in and the other parent has had to put this on. But it can really help to calm children and their parents alike. Soft blends of visuals and sounds.

I have been a subscriber of Disney+ since the very beginning. And I have been a Disney fan longer than that. I gotta say, this show was a huge surprise when I saw it released. When I go to sleep, I prefer listening to ambient new age music alongside relaxing sounds. When this series came out, not only did I find every episode relaxing, it also made me really appreciate the hard work of both the sound designers and animators. I really hope Disney plans on doing more of these, maybe throwing Pixar films in the mix. There's definitely a lot to churn out with Wall-E.