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Toy Story is a 1995 American animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by John Lasseter. It was the first feature-length film to be made entirely with computer animation, and its commercial and critical success established Pixar as a major animation studio and demonstrated the viability of 3D computer animation as a medium for mainstream feature filmmaking.
Plot and production
The film follows Woody, a pull-string cowboy doll, and Buzz Lightyear, a space-ranger action figure, as they navigate rivalry and friendship among a boy's toys that secretly come to life when humans are not present. Development began at Pixar in the early 1990s in partnership with Disney, which had previously worked with the studio on short films and computer-animated test sequences; the feature was built using Pixar's proprietary RenderMan rendering software and took several years to complete.
Reception and legacy
Toy Story was a major critical and box-office success on its release and is widely credited with proving that a full-length computer-animated feature could appeal to both children and adults. It launched a franchise that continued with several sequels and spin-off media, and its success reshaped the animation industry, prompting a broad industry shift toward computer animation over the traditional hand-drawn techniques that had dominated feature animation until then.