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Animated movies take years to make.

> The story likely takes place in 1998, though Jacob admits he’s foggy on the exact date.

In 1998 we were living in Internet Time. The amount of stuff that changed from '97 to '98 and from '98 to '99 made people's heads spin. Google incorporated in September of 1998. 56K modems were brand new that year. At the end of 1999 when Toy Story 2 came out, Napster had been out for 5 months, and Java 1.2 was just about to exit from beta into general availability.

People were still introducing each other to WinAmp when they started storyboarding this movie.



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