Coulson, William R. (Januar 1995): «The Art of Disney and Sotheby's», Animation Magazine. 8 (2): 72. ISSN 1041-617X. Sitat: «Disney’s next animation smash was The Little Mermaid - the last Disney feature to utilize hand-painted acetate cels...Beauty and the Beast, Disney’s next hit animation feature, was the first to use, instead of hand-painted cels, Disney’s “CAPS” computer-generated characters.»