The magic era was the pre-Paramount buyout period of 1933-43. Some of the early Famous Studios era is still decent compared to what was to come, but...
I would definitely say the 80's-90's are the best time for animation! That said, I do love all the many years of Disney and DC Comics animations, and...
Never cared about the deviations or lack of budget in the '87 movie. It's not the movie 4-year old Me would have written but I accepted and loved it...
That's a good question, I saw the news on Marco (which I was very sorry to hear) a couple of weeks ago on Blabbermouth and read his comments as well...