Hero animation: Pixar borrows live-section techniques for its latest animated feature, The Incredibles.(Film)

This month, Disney/Pixar releases The Incredibles, the sixth animated feature film from the now famously dueling duo that has been rolling out box-office blockbusters since Toy Story, the first-ever CG feature, in 1995. Pixar's first PG film, The Incredibles has an edgier look and attitude than the studio's previous films.

Directed by Brad Bird of Iron Giant fame, The Incredibles features the voices of Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter as Bob and Helen Parr (Mr. and Mrs. Incredible), and Spencer Fox and Sarah Vowell as their children Dash and Violet--a family of suburban superheroes who have been hiding their superpowers. That's not the case at Pixar, where a crew ...