> especially the terrible reign of Michael Eisner from 84 to 05 which nearly killed Disney's animation.

Say what you want about the end of Eisner time, but Disney was circling the drain in 84.

Animation was still on a 3 year schedule when Eisner arrived and the quality was going down. Under Eisner, both production and quality went up.

Eisner didn't have time to affect Great Mouse Detective and Oliver and Company is no great shakes, but Little Mermaid through Mulan is pretty good. Yes, things went downhill from there (I liked Lilo and Stitch).

Eisner also did the initial Pixar deal.

The following comes from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_anima...

19 The Jungle Book October 18, 1967
20 The Aristocats December 24, 1970
21 Robin Hood November 8, 1973
22 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 3, 4 March 11, 1977
23 The Rescuers June 22, 1977
24 The Fox and the Hound July 10, 1981
25 The Black Cauldron 7 July 24, 1985
26 The Great Mouse Detective July 2, 1986
27 Oliver & Company November 13, 1988 (premiere)
November 18, 1988
28 The Little Mermaid November 15, 1989 (premiere)
November 17, 1989
29 The Rescuers Down Under November 16, 1990
30 Beauty and the Beast 1, 8 November 13, 1991 (limited)
November 22, 1991
31 Aladdin November 11, 1992 (limited)
November 25, 1992
32 The Lion King 7 June 15, 1994 (limited)
June 24, 1994
33 Pocahontas June 16, 1995 (premiere)
June 23, 1995
34 The Hunchback of Notre Dame June 19, 1996 (premiere)
June 21, 1996
35 Hercules June 14, 1997 (premiere)
June 27, 1997
36 Mulan June 5, 1998 (premiere)
June 19, 1998
37 Tarzan June 18, 1999
38 Fantasia 2000 3, 4, 8 December 17, 1999 (premiere)
January 1, 2000 (IMAX)
June 16, 2000 (regular)
39 Dinosaur[1]3, 8 May 13, 2000 (premiere)
May 19, 2000
40 The Emperor's New Groove December 10, 2000 (premiere)
December 15, 2000
41 Atlantis: The Lost Empire June 3, 2001 (premiere)
June 8, 2001 (limited)
June 15, 2001
42 Lilo & Stitch June 16, 2002 (premiere)
June 21, 2002
43 Treasure Planet 8 November 17, 2002 (premiere)
November 27, 2002
44 Brother Bear October 20, 2003 (premiere)
October 24, 2003 (limited)
November 1, 2003
45 Home on the Range March 21, 2004 (premiere)
April 2, 2004
46 Chicken Little 8, 9,10 October 30, 2005 (premiere)
November 4, 2005
47 Meet the Robinsons 9, 10 March 30, 2007

1 DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp August 3, 1990
2 A Goofy Movie April 7, 1995
3 Doug's 1st Movie March 19, 1999 (premiere)
March 26, 1999
4 The Tigger Movie 1 February 11, 2000
5 Recess: School's Out February 10, 2001 (premiere)
February 16, 2001
6 Return to Never Land February 10, 2002 (premiere)
February 15, 2002
7 The Jungle Book 2 February 9, 2003 (premiere)
February 14, 2003
8 Piglet's Big Movie 1 March 16, 2003 (premiere)
March 21, 2003
9 Teacher's Pet January 16, 2004
10 Pooh's Heffalump Movie February 11, 2005
11 Bambi II 2 January 26, 2006 (Argentina)
February 7, 2006 (U.S. video premiere)
April 24, 2006 (United Kingdom)
May 26, 2006 (Australia)

Nightmare Before Christmas 1, 2, 3, 4 October 9, 1993 (premiere)
October 13, 1993 (limited)
October 29, 1993
2 James and the Giant Peach 2, 3, 5 April 12, 1996
1 Toy Story 1, 2 November 22, 1995
2 A Bug's Life November 25, 1998
3 Toy Story 2 1, 2 November 24, 1999
4 Monsters, Inc. November 2, 2001
5 Finding Nemo May 30, 2003
6 The Incredibles November 5, 2004
7 Cars June 9, 2006
8 Ratatouille June 29, 2007
9 WALL-E 4 June 27, 2008