In 1940, Walt Disney openly challenged audiences when he proudly released Fantasia. As audacious an experiment way ahead of its time as it was a gleeful celebration of animation and classical music in all its forms, the cinematic opera cemented itself within popular culture quickly, and stands as one of the proudest moments in animation history.

Not since then has mainstream animation felt so bold. Today, it's another story.

The average Hollywood animated film may typically do big business at the box office these days, but what of the actual art of Hollywood animation? Why is Joe Animator creating more innovative content on his HP laptop than Illumination is with its multi-million dollar budget? The answer, of course, is that commercial, western animation has become a tried and tested genre, before a medium.

Commercial, western animation today means less about divergent styles of crafted motion design and the varying narrative forms that it can take, as it does formulaic computer animated adventure comedies and cartoon sitcoms, while the more audacious content appears to start and stop on online video platforms such as Vimeo and YouTube.

Disney has just recently announced their own streaming service akin to Netflix called Disney+ (and with it a number of TV shows based on pre-existing characters and franchises), and I've created this petition to encourage the production of a Fantastia anthology series. Disney seriously investing in its own high-budgeted programming brings a tremendous opportunity to reinforce the creative and experiential combined power of creative animation and classical music.

I propose an entire collection of abstract operas, as bold and original as those made in 1940, but using all the tools available to animators and sound designers today; from analogue to digital, hand-drawn to computer animated.. hell, you know they probably still have cel capabilities somewhere in that studio - dig 'em up! - And have them accompany iconic classical tracks that never found their ways into either film.

If any studio is to re-expose popular culture and mainstream western audiences to valiant animation, it should be the one that started it all. I've created this petition in the hopes that I am not alone in my enthusiasm for courageous animated content, and if you share that sentiment, please sign away!

Thank you.