Supervising animator Glenn McQueen inspired the animators to do spectacular work in the short amount of time given, assigning different shots to suit each animators' strengths. Like every other feature to come from Pixar Animation Studios, this is a film that belongs in every DVD collection in double digits or beyond. In addition, the Toy Box's sound effects-only track is retained here, allowing you to marvel at the film's sound design in glorious Dolby Digital 5.

Joan Cusack won the Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production, while Tim Allen for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an animated feature Production. But like most synching issues, your mileage may vary as to how much this bothers or even registers with you. It is worth noting that, as was true of Toy Story 10th, the "Behind the Scenes" section on Disc 2 here abbreviates all galleries or artwork in the process of converting them to auto-playing slideshows. Brief but awkward blackouts occur after each question and set of six answers are read (alternating between Rex and Hamm). All of Disc 2's menus offer excerpts from Randy Newman's score or instrumentals of the songs he penned for Toy Story 2.That is partly due to the fact that they aren't at all sung by Newman (The Riders in the Sky, Sarah McLachlan, and Robert Goulet provide the vocals) and partly due to their placement (Jessie's "When She Loved Me" transparently aims for moist eyes, while Robert Goulet's "You've Got a Friend in Me" is a somewhat trite but entirely forgivable conclusion cliché).

Initially, everything regarding Toy Story 2 was uncertain at first: whether stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen would be available and affordable, what the story premise would be, and even whether the film would be computer-animated at Pixar or traditionally hand-drawn at Walt Disney Feature Animation. In 2009, both Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were converted to 3-D for a two-week limited theatrical re-release, [42] [43] which was extended due to its success.

Lee Ermey, John Morris, and Laurie Metcalf reprise their roles from the first Toy Story film and they are joined by Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Estelle Harris, Wayne Knight, and Jodi Benson, who play the new characters introduced in this film. Randy Newman won an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production.

For everyone else who doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the Toy Box, this is a highly recommended set.As the story approached the production stage in early 1997, it was unclear whether Pixar would produce the film, as the entire team of 300 was busy working on A Bug's Life for a 1998 release. Disney had bargained in the contract for five original features, not sequels, thus assuring five sets of new characters for its theme parks and merchandise.