To kick off the New Year, we're going back in time again! It's time for another Disney Through the Decade: A month dedicated to breaking down how Disney's history was shaped in a specific decade.

This time around, Carter and Sydney cover the 1980's, a messy and fascinating decade of transition for both the United States and Disney. The Fox and The Hound is perhaps the best example of this transition, as the final members of the Nine Old Men passed the torch to the animators who would shape the Disney Renaissance.

It's messy, it's slight, it feels outdated. But the iconic film is required reading for understanding what Disney was and how it became the Disney we know today.