The touchstone for hand-drawn animation is Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron." Producer Toshio Suzuki notes the legendary animator may make one more film and if so, it would be in 2D also.

Narrator: This is 2D hand-drawn animation. [horns toot] And this is ... This is when a variety of techniques are used to make an otherwise flat 2D film feel 3D, with depth, but also with a unique ...

That initial drawing became The Glassworker - Pakistan's first ever hand-drawn animated feature film. It follows the story of young Vincent and his father Tomas, who run a glass workshop ...