Croissant de Triomphe - new, (mostly-)hand-drawn Mickey Mouse cartoon, first in a series of 19

**Space Pirate Roberts** · 16 Mar 2013, 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by mashable

Will Mickey Mouse's 'Croissant de Triomphe' Give Disney Another Viral Hit?
Anita Li 2 days ago

After scoring an Oscar and viral hit with its animated film, Paperman, Disney has debuted another short — this time starring Mickey Mouse.

Entitled Croissant de Triomphe — a play on Paris' famed monument, the Arc de Triomphe — it follows hero Mickey as he speeds through the City of Light, battling heavy traffic and other obstacles, to deliver croissants to Minnie's cafe. While the film is spoken entirely in French, any viewer can enjoy its simple storyline.

Croissant de Triomphe is the first in a series of 19 cartoon shorts that Disney will release on the Disney Channel, Disney.com and WATCH Disney Channel, starting June 28. Paul Rudish, an animator who worked on Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, is the executive producer and director for this new Walt Disney Television Animation project.

Future cartoons will feature Mickey and other favorite Disney characters in different settings around the world, including New York, Beijing, Tokyo and Venice. The plotlines will center around "a silly situation, a quick complication and an escalation of physical and visual gags," Disney announced on Tuesday.

Like Paperman the shorts are a blend of hand-drawn 2D animation and computer graphics. They hearken back to Disney's classic 1930s aesthetic, and also take inspiration from the animation studio's 1950s and 60s cartoons for background design.

Watch Croissant de Triomphe, above; then, give us your review in the comments.

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