D52 -52 Animated Disney films in 52 weeks ( An Introductory Post)

This year, Disney will release its 52nd full-length theatrical animated feature*.


Going by the "official" list of full-length theatrical animated features produced by (not just released by) Disney* - my fiancee and I will watch each movie, in chronological order, one week at a time. Why? For fun and novelty, of course!
Will we be watching other movies during the year? Yes.
Will we watch one in a different week as well as in its "intended" week? Well, there is some interest in that Beauty & the Beast 3D re-release...
Will we be watching each one on the same day of each week? Not necessarily, since changing schedules would make that tricky.

Amanda and I will do our level best to blog each week. Most of these movies we've already seen together. Some I have not. But I'm pretty sure Amanda's seen all of them (correct me if I'm wrong). Many we're looking forward to seeing again (spring and summer look pretty good). Others, ehh...not so much (Gurgi...). But the fun will be in experiencing 75 years' worth of Disney animation in only one year, watching the style change and grow and evolve, and taking the good with the bad.

If you also want to spread the word about it to any of your Disney fan-friends, that would most certainly be okay with us. And if anyone can/wants to join along and try this year-long experiment-type thing and blog their thoughts as well? The more the merrier!

And now for the best part of this post, the schedule:

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(The Week of...) --- (Movie) --- (Original Premiere Year)

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JAN 01 --- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs --- 1937
JAN 08 --- Pinocchio --- 1940
JAN 15 --- Fantasia --- 1940
JAN 22 --- Dumbo --- 1941
JAN 29 --- Bambi --- 1942
FEB 05 --- Saludos Amigos --- 1942
FEB 12 --- The Three Caballeros --- 1944
FEB 19 --- Make Mine Music --- 1946
FEB 26 --- Fun and Fancy Free --- 1947 
MAR04 --- Melody Time --- 1948
MAR 11 --- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad --- 1949
MAR 18 --- Cinderella --- 1950
MAR 25 --- Alice in Wonderland --- 1951
APR 01 --- Peter Pan --- 1953
APR 08 --- Lady and the Tramp --- 1955
APR 15 --- Sleeping Beauty --- 1959
APR 22 --- One Hundred and One Dalmatians --- 1961
APR 29 --- The Sword in the Stone --- 1963
MAY 06 --- The Jungle Book --- 1967
MAY 13 --- The Aristocats --- 1970
MAY 20 --- Robin Hood --- 1973
MAY 27 --- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh --- 1977
JUN 03 --- The Rescuers --- 1977
JUN 10 --- The Fox and the Hound --- 1981
JUN 17 --- The Black Cauldron --- 1985
JUN 24 --- The Great Mouse Detective --- 1986
JUL 01 --- Oliver & Company --- 1988
JUL 08 --- The Little Mermaid --- 1989
JUL 15 --- The Rescuers Down Under --- 1990
JUL 22 --- Beauty & the Beast --- 1991
JUL 29 --- Aladdin --- 1992
AUG 05 --- The Lion King --- 1994
AUG 12 --- Pocahontas --- 1996
AUG 19 --- The Hunchback of Notre Dame --- 1996
AUG 26 --- Hercules --- 1997
SEP 02 --- Mulan --- 1998
SEP 09 --- Tarzan --- 1999
SEP 16 --- Fantasia 2000 --- 1999
SEP 23 --- Dinosaur --- 2000
SEP 30 --- The Emperor's New Groove --- 2000
OCT 07 --- Atlantis: The Lost Empire --- 2001
OCT 14 --- Lilo & Stitch --- 2002
OCT 21 --- Treasure Planet --- 2002
OCT 28 --- Brother Bear --- 2003
NOV 04 --- Home on the Range --- 2004
NOV 11 --- Chicken Little --- 2005
NOV 18 --- Meet the Robinsons --- 2007
NOV 25 --- Bolt --- 2008
DEC 02 --- The Princess & the Frog --- 2009
DEC 09 --- Tangled --- 2010
DEC 16 --- Winnie the Pooh --- 2011
DEC 23 --- Wreck-It Ralph --- (November 2nd) 2012
DEC 30-31 (leftover days)




*which as it turns out doesn't include "DisneyToon" releases like the DuckTales movie or A Goofy Movie. I don't know. They weren't included in the Tangled bonus feature showcasing the first 50, so I guess they just don't count.