History Creator / ChrisSanders

Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American film director, writer, animator, illustrator, and voice actor, noted for his distinctive art style and managing to earn massive success with two of the biggest animation companies today: Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. He worked extensively with the former during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation, and achieved success with directing partner Creator/DeanDeBlois on his brainchild, ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', and has also been [[DescendedCreator the voice of]] [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch every appearance of Stitch]] (except in [[Anime/{{Stitch}} East]] [[Animation/StitchAndAi Asia]]). In 2006, however, he left the company after being removed as the director of ''American Dog'' (which would later become ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'') and went to work with Disney's greatest rival--[=DreamWorks=]--teaming up once again with [=DeBlois=] to work on ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'', his biggest financial and critical success to date. After writing and directing ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' with Kirk [=DeMicco=] and later having its sequel's production canceled (only to be later revived without either man as director), Sanders worked on his first solo and [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action/CGI-animated]] project, an adaptation of ''Film/{{The Call of the Wild|2020}}'', which was produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios[[note]]the first film under that banner after Disney dropped "Fox" from "20th Century Fox"[[/note]] and 3 Arts Entertainment. Due to Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019, this film also marked Sanders's return to Disney (outside of voice acting as Stitch) after having left the company 13 years prior. However, his return was strictly out of circumstance; his next project is an animated film adaptation of ''Literature/TheWildRobot'' for [=DreamWorks=].

Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American film director, writer, animator, illustrator, and voice actor, noted for his distinctive art style and managing to earn massive success with two of the biggest animation companies today: Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. He worked extensively with the former during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation, and achieved success with directing partner Creator/DeanDeBlois on his brainchild, ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', and has also been [[DescendedCreator the voice of]] [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch every appearance of Stitch]] (except in [[Anime/{{Stitch}} East]] [[Animation/StitchAndAi Asia]]). In 2006, however, he left the company after being removed as the director of ''American Dog'' (which would later become ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'') and went to work with Disney's greatest rival--[=DreamWorks=]--teaming up once again with [=DeBlois=] to work on ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'', his biggest financial and critical success to date. After writing and directing ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' with Kirk [=DeMicco=] and later having its sequel's production canceled (only to be later revived without either man as director), Sanders worked on his first solo and [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action/CGI-animated]] project, an adaptation of ''Film/{{The Call of the Wild|2020}}'', which was produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios[[note]]the first film under that banner after Disney dropped "Fox" from "20th Century Fox"[[/note]] and 3 Arts Entertainment. Due to Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019, this film also marked Sanders's return to Disney (outside of voice acting as Stitch) after having left the company 13 years prior. However, his return was strictly out of circumstance; his next project is an unannounced animated film for [=DreamWorks=].

Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American film director, story artist, comic strip artist, illustrator, and voice actor, noted for his distinctive art style and managing to earn massive success with two of the biggest animation companies today: Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. He worked extensively with the former during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation, and achieved success with directing partner Creator/DeanDeBlois on his brainchild, ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', and has also been [[DescendedCreator the voice of]] [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch every appearance of Stitch]] (except in [[Anime/{{Stitch}} East]] [[Animation/StitchAndAi Asia]]). In 2006, however, he left the company after being removed as the director of ''American Dog'' (which would later become ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'') and went to work with Disney's greatest rival--[=DreamWorks=]--teaming up once again with [=DeBlois=] to work on ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'', his biggest financial and critical success to date. After writing and directing ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' with Kirk [=DeMicco=] and later having its sequel's production canceled (only to be later revived without either man as director), Sanders worked on his first solo and [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action/CGI-animated]] project, an adaptation of ''Film/{{The Call of the Wild|2020}}'', which was produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios[[note]]the first film under that banner after Disney dropped "Fox" from "20th Century Fox"[[/note]] and 3 Arts Entertainment. Due to Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019, this film also marked Sanders's return to Disney (outside of voice acting as Stitch) after having left the company 13 years prior. However, his return was strictly out of circumstance; his next project is an unannounced animated film for [=DreamWorks=].

%%* ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (2023)[[note]]released as an early access title in 2023; Stitch will be added in the Season 3 update[[/note]]

Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American film director, story artist, comic strip artist, illustrator, and voice actor, noted for his distinctive art style and managing to earn massive success with two of the biggest animation companies today: Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. He worked extensively with the former during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation, and achieved success with directing partner Creator/DeanDeBlois on his brainchild, ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', and has also been [[DescendedCreator the voice of]] [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch every appearance of Stitch]] (except in [[Anime/{{Stitch}} East]] [[Animation/StitchAndAi Asia]]). In 2006, however, he left the company after being removed as the director of ''American Dog'' (which would later become ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'') and went to work with Disney's greatest rival--[=DreamWorks=]--teaming up once again with [=DeBlois=] to work on ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', his biggest financial and critical success to date. After writing and directing ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' with Kirk [=DeMicco=] and later having its sequel's production canceled (only to be later revived without either man as director), Sanders worked on his first solo and [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action/CGI-animated]] project, an adaptation of ''Film/{{The Call of the Wild|2020}}'', which was produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios[[note]]the first film under that banner after Disney dropped "Fox" from "20th Century Fox"[[/note]] and 3 Arts Entertainment. Due to Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019, this film also marked Sanders's return to Disney (outside of voice acting as Stitch) after having left the company 13 years prior. However, his return was strictly out of circumstance; his next project is an unannounced animated film for [=DreamWorks=].

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (2010): Director, screenwriter

* GodNeverSaidThat: It is (or was as the years went on) widely believed in the Western ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' fandom that Sanders said in an interview that the ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime, which he did not participate in, is non-canonical to the franchise. There's nothing on the web that shows that Sanders has ever said ''anything'' about ''Stitch!'', ''Animation/StitchAndAi'', or even ''Manga/StitchAndTheSamurai'', let alone even being aware of them. It's just that the Western fanbase (who [[AmericansHateTingle mostly hate the anime]]) falsely spread such things.[[note]]It's also entirely likely that he ''has'' heard of them, but he doesn't want to publicly acknowledge them so that he wouldn't get pestered by the franchise's fans about them.[[/note]]

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Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American film director, story artist, comic strip artist, illustrator, and voice actor, noted for his distinctive art style and managing to earn massive success with two of the biggest animation companies today: Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. He worked extensively with the former during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation, and achieved success with directing partner Creator/DeanDeBlois on his brainchild, ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', and has also been [[DescendedCreator the voice of]] [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch every appearance of Stitch]] (except in [[Anime/{{Stitch}} East]] [[Animation/StitchAndAi Asia]]). In 2006, however, he left the company after being removed as the director of ''American Dog'' (which would later become ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'') and went to work with Disney's greatest rival--[=DreamWorks=]--teaming up once again with [=DeBlois=] to work on ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', his biggest financial and critical success to date. After writing and directing ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' with Kirk [=DeMicco=] and later having its sequel's production canceled (only to be later revived without either man as directors), Sanders worked on his first solo and [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action/CGI-animated]] project, an adaptation of ''Film/{{The Call of the Wild|2020}}'', which was produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios[[note]]the first film under that banner after Disney dropped "Fox" from "20th Century Fox"[[/note]] and 3 Arts Entertainment. Due to Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019, this film also marked Sanders's return to Disney (outside of voice acting as Stitch) after having left the company 13 years prior. However, his return was strictly out of circumstance; his next project is an unannounced animated film for [=DreamWorks=].

You can visit his blog [[http://www.chrissandersart.com/ here,]] his respective former and current Website/{{Twitter}} accounts [[https://twitter.com/Chris_Sanders_ here]] and [[https://twitter.com/chrissandersart here,]] Website/DeviantArt account [[https://www.deviantart.com/alohalilo here,]] Website/{{Facebook}} account [[https://www.facebook.com/chrissandersart here,]] his Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOH77ClWOTt1SEzI9j5fC2Q here,]] and his [=TikTok=] account [[https://www.tiktok.com/@chrissandersart here.]] Or just go [[https://linktr.ee/chrissandersart here]] to see his all his personal links.

!!Tropes related to Sanders and his work:

* MistakenForGay: People in the animation industry prior to ''Lilo & Stitch'' knew that either Sanders or his screenwriting and directing partner Dean [=DeBlois=] (but not both men) was gay but assumed it was the heterosexual (and married to a woman) Sanders who was the gay one because of Sanders's quirkiness compared to the openly homosexual [=DeBlois=]'s calmer demeanor.

** He created, wrote, and directed ''Lilo & Stitch'', but the franchise that his 2002 film spawned had no creative input from him aside from his voice acting as Stitch, [[OneShotCharacter 627, and Leroy]], and the franchise itself moved on without him after he left Disney. He even had to make it clear that he did ''not'' make his film to start a TV series, that it was the guys behind ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''--not himself--who turned Stitch's alien gibberish into the Tantalog language (the experiments' native language) we know today, and that Stitch's infamous "[[PardonMyKlingon Meega, nala kweesta!]]" was ''not'' a vulgar way of saying, "I want to destroy."[[note]]He did say that the ''actual'' meaning is far worse but considering that he didn't provide said meaning, it's more than likely that the "[I] cannot ever say [the real meaning]" thing was a really meant to be nothing more than a joke and that the phrase is meant to be [[{{Applicability}} whatever offensive phrase the viewer wants it to be]]. That being said, "meega" was firmly established to be a first-person pronoun thanks to several different uses with the word in ''The Series'', and Sanders did confirm (more or less) in a reply to a fan's comment that stated that it means "I" followed by a bunch of asterisks representing "censored" words, so at the very least "I" is part of the phrase's actual meaning regardless. Plus, the fact that he also ''acknowledges'' the name of the language, and mentioned (in a comment for an unrelated video) Experiment 375 possessing Scrump during one episode in ''The Series'', ''could'' imply that he does see the show as canonical, nonetheless; he just wants to make it clear to the fans that ''The Series'' was not his idea and he did no more than voice acting for it.[[/note]] Creator/JessWinfield of the TV shows is the closest person the franchise has to a curator.

* ArtEvolution: Compare ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' to his more recent works, or even Kiskaloo. His proportions have become a lot more cartoony, and it's somehow become [[PuniPlush easier to count the straight lines in his work]]. His general skill has also improved greatly, and he has posted a very long tutorial on [=DeviantArt=] about how he made one drawing.

%%* BleachedUnderpants: You'd be surprised; then again, some of his characters are pretty good examples of being fanservicey in kids' movies.

* {{Fanservice}}: Half of his [=DeviantArt=] gallery has a "mature content" block over it. The other half is composed of his slightly more SFW drawings of women.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Stitch is but one example. His favorite things to draw are; cartoons, voluptuous women, and incredibly cute creatures, really defining the term "pwescious".

* ShowDontTell: Unlike most Western animated fare for children, his films include some remarkably subtle scenes where characters can just act without talking more than a handful of lines, if at all. Used to great effect in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''.

* ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley'' (2023)[[note]]released as an early access title in 2022; Stitch will be added in a later update[[/note]]

* ShesGotLegs: Most of his female characters have nice legs. Very long, curvy legs, to be precise.

* BleachedUnderpants: You'd be surprised; then again, some of his characters, [[ShesGotLegs female]] or [[WalkingShirtlessScene male]] are all pretty good examples of being fanservicey in kids' movies.

!! Productions (with TV Tropes pages) that he worked on or played a role in:
!!! Films

!!! Television

!!! Video Games (all as the voice of Stitch)

!!!Theme park attractions

!! Tropes related to Sanders and his work:

Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American film director, story artist, comic strip artist, illustrator, and voice actor, noted for his distinctive art style and managing to earn massive success with two of the biggest animation companies today: Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation. He worked extensively with the former during UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation, and achieved success with directing partner Creator/DeanDeBlois on his brainchild, ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', and has also been [[DescendedCreator the voice of]] [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch every appearance of Stitch]] (except in [[Anime/{{Stitch}} East]] [[Animation/StitchAndAi Asia]]). In 2006, however, he left the company after being removed as the director of ''American Dog'' (which would later become ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'') and went to work with Disney's greatest rival--[=DreamWorks=]--teaming up once again with [=DeBlois=] to work on ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', his biggest financial and critical success to date. After writing and directing ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' with Kirk [=DeMicco=] and later having its sequel's production canceled (only to be later revived without either man as directors), Sanders worked on his first solo and [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action/CGI-animated]] project, an adaptation of ''Film/{{The Call of the Wild|2020}}'', which was produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios[[note]]the first film under that banner after Disney dropped "Fox" from "20th Century Fox"[[/note]] and 3 Arts Entertainment. Due to Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019, this film also marked Sanders's return to Disney (outside of voice acting as Stitch) after having left the company 13 years prior.[[note]]Although, even with Creator/JohnLasseter--the man who took Sanders off ''American Dog'' in the first place, which in turn led to Sanders' falling out with Disney--now out of Disney altogether, and the expected live-action remake of ''Lilo & Stitch'', don't expect Sanders to actually ''stay'' with Disney again. Sanders always had issues with Disney and the way it manages things going all the way back to the 80s; in some ways, ''Lilo & Stitch'' wouldn't have been made if Disney did not let Sanders make his film with such little executive oversight.[[/note]]

** He created, wrote, and directed ''Lilo & Stitch'', but the franchise that his 2002 film spawned had no creative input from him aside from his voice acting as Stitch, [[OneShotCharacter 627, and Leroy]], and the franchise itself moved on without him after he left Disney. He even had to make it clear that he did ''not'' make his film to start a TV series, that it was the guys behind ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''--not himself--who turned Stitch's alien gibberish into the Tantalog language (the experiments' native language) we know today, and that Stitch's infamous "[[PardonMyKlingon Meega, nala kweesta!]]" was ''not'' a vulgar way of saying, "I want to destroy."[[note]]He did say that the ''actual'' meaning is far worse but considering that he didn't provide said meaning, it's more than likely that the "[I] cannot ever say [the real meaning]" thing was a really meant to be nothing more than a joke and that the phrase is meant to be [[{{Applicability}} whatever offensive phrase the viewer wants it to be]]. That being said, "meega" was firmly established to be a first-person pronoun thanks to several different uses with the word in ''The Series'', and Sanders did confirm (more or less) in a reply to a fan's comment that stated that it means "I" followed by a bunch of asterisks representing "censored" words, so at the very least "I" is part of the phrase's actual meaning regardless. Plus, the fact that he also ''acknowledges'' the name of the language, and mentioned Experiment 375 possessing Scrump in one episode in ''The Series'', ''could'' imply that he does see the show as canonical, nonetheless; he just wants to make it clear to the fans that ''The Series'' was not his idea and he did no more than voice acting for it.[[/note]] Creator/JessWinfield of the TV shows is the closest person the franchise has to a curator.

** He used to have problems with [[OnlySixFaces making most females and general background characters unique]]. The practice on drawing different faces really shows almost immediately, and now, all of his works are more or less [[CastOfSnowflakes cast full of snowflakes-territory]].

** He created, wrote, and directed ''Lilo & Stitch'', but the franchise that his 2002 film spawned had no creative input from him aside from his voice acting as Stitch, [[OneShotCharacter 627, and Leroy]], he had no personal intentions of making his film to start a TV series, and the franchise itself moved on without him after he left Disney. He even had to mention that it was the guys behind ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' who turned Stitch's alien gibberish into the Tantalog language (the experiments' native language) we know today, not himself, and that Stitch's infamous "[[PardonMyKlingon Meega, nala kweesta!]]" was ''not'' a vulgar way of saying, "I want to destroy."[[note]]He did say that the ''actual'' meaning is far worse but considering that he didn't provide said meaning, it's more than likely that the "[I] cannot ever say [the real meaning]" thing was a really meant to be nothing more than a joke and that the phrase is meant to be [[{{Applicability}} whatever offensive phrase the viewer wants it to be]]. That being said, "meega" was firmly established to be a first-person pronoun thanks to several different uses with the word in ''The Series'', and Sanders did confirm (more or less) in a reply to a fan's comment that stated that it means "I" followed by a bunch of asterisks representing "censored" words, so at the very least "I" is part of the phrase's actual meaning regardless.[[/note]] Creator/JessWinfield of the TV shows is the closest person the franchise has to a curator.

* RunningGag: Every one of his main animalistic characters--[[Franchise/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], [[Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon Toothless]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheCroods Belt]]--have all gotten DistaffCounterpart {{Love Interest}}s designed by other people in their franchises' sequel material--Angel (Experiment 624) in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' (and ''Anime/{{Stitch}}''), the Light Fury in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', and Sash in ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge''. (And no, we don't what is Sanders's opinion about this trend.)

* GodNeverSaidThat: It is (or was as the years went on) widely believed in the Western ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' fandom that Sanders said in an interview that the ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime, which he did not participate in, is non-canonical to the franchise. There's nothing on the web that shows that Sanders has ever said ''anything'' about ''Stitch!'', ''Animation/StitchAndAi'', or even ''Manga/StitchAndTheSamurai''), let alone even being aware of them. It's just that the Western fanbase (who [[AmericansHateTingle mostly hate the anime]]) falsely spread such things.[[note]]It's also entirely likely that he ''has'' heard of them, but he doesn't want to publicly acknowledge them so that he wouldn't get pestered by the franchise's fans about them.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' (2002): Director, writer, character designer, voice of Stitch

** He created, wrote, and directed ''Lilo & Stitch'', but the franchise that his 2002 film spawned had no creative input from him aside from his voice acting as Stitch, [[OneShotCharacter 627, and Leroy]], and the franchise itself moved on without him after he left Disney. He even had to mention that it was the guys behind ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' who turned Stitch's alien gibberish into the Tantalog language (the experiments' native language) we know today, not himself, and that Stitch's infamous "[[PardonMyKlingon Meega, nala kweesta!]]" was ''not'' a vulgar way of saying, "I want to destroy."[[note]]He did say that the ''actual'' meaning is far worse but considering that he didn't provide said meaning, it's more than likely that the "[I] cannot ever say [the real meaning]" thing was a really meant to be nothing more than a joke and that the phrase is meant to be [[{{Applicability}} whatever offensive phrase the viewer wants it to be]]. That being said, "meega" was firmly established to be a first-person pronoun thanks to several different uses with the word in ''The Series'', and Sanders did confirm (more or less) in a reply to a fan's comment that stated that it means "I" followed by a bunch of asterisks representing "censored" words, so at the very least "I" is part of the phrase's actual meaning regardless.[[/note]] Creator/JessWinfield of the TV shows is the closest person the franchise has to a curator.

** He created, wrote, and directed ''Lilo & Stitch'', but the franchise that his 2002 film spawned had no creative input from him aside from his voice acting as Stitch, [[OneShotCharacter 627, and Leroy]], and the franchise itself moved on without him after he left Disney. He even had to mention that it was the guys behind ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' who turned Stitch's alien gibberish into the Tantalog language (the experiments' native language) we know today, not himself, and that Stitch's infamous "[[PardonMyKlingon Meega, nala kweesta!]]" was ''not'' a vulgar way of saying, "I want to destroy."[[note]]He did say that the ''actual'' meaning is far worse but considering that he didn't provide said meaning, it's more than likely that the "[I] cannot ever say [the real meaning]" thing was a really meant to be nothing more than a joke and that the phrases meant to be [[{{Applicability}} whatever offensive phrase the viewer wants it to be]]. That being said, "meega" was firmly established to be a first-person pronoun thanks to several different uses with the word in ''The Series'', and Sanders did confirm (more or less) in a reply to a fan's comment that stated that it means "I" followed by a bunch of asterisks representing "censored" words, so at the very least "I" is part of the phrase's actual meaning regardless.[[/note]] Creator/JessWinfield of the TV shows is the closest person the franchise has to a curator.

** He created, wrote, and directed ''Lilo & Stitch'', but the franchise that his 2002 film spawned had no creative input from him aside from his voice acting as Stitch, [[OneShotCharacter 627, and Leroy]], and the franchise itself moved on without him after he left Disney. He even had to mention that he did not create Tantalog (the experiments' native language); it was the guys behind ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' who turned Stitch's alien gibberish into the Tantalog language we know today, and that Stitch's infamous "[[PardonMyKlingon Meega, nala kweesta!]]" was ''not'' a vulgar way of saying, "I want to destroy."[[note]]He did say that the ''actual'' meaning is far worse but considering that he didn't provide said meaning, it's more than likely that the "[I] cannot ever say [the real meaning]" thing was a really meant to be nothing more than a joke and that the phrases meant to be [[{{Applicability}} whatever offensive phrase the viewer wants it to be]]. That being said, "meega" was firmly established to be a first-person pronoun thanks to several different uses with the word in ''The Series'', and Sanders did confirm (more or less) in a reply to a fan's comment that stated that it means "I" followed by a bunch of asterisks representing "censored" words, so at the very least "I" is part of the phrase's actual meaning regardless.[[/note]] Creator/JessWinfield of the TV shows is the closest person the franchise has to a curator.

* GodNeverSaidThat: It is (or was as the years went on) widely believed in the Western ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' fandom that Sanders said in an interview that the ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime, which he did not participate in, is non-canonical to the franchise. No evidence of this supposed interview has ever appeared; it's just something that the Western fanbase (who [[AmericansHateTingle mostly hate the anime]]) falsely spread. In fact, there's nothing on the web that shows that Sanders has ever said ''anything'' about the East Asian ''Stitch'' shows (this anime and ''Animation/StitchAndAi''), let alone even being aware of them. Not only that, Sanders really only uses his social media accounts for self-promotional purposes, although this has been changing in 2022 with his new [=TikTok=] account.

** He created, wrote, and directed ''Lilo & Stitch'', but the franchise that his 2002 film spawned had no creative input from him aside from his voice acting as Stitch, [[OneShotCharacter 627, and Leroy]], and the franchise itself moved on without him after he left Disney. He even had to mention that he did not create Tantalog (the experiments' native language); it was the guys behind ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' who turned Stitch's alien gibberish into the Tantalog language we know today, and that Stitch's infamous "[[PardonMyKlingon Meega, nala kweesta!]]" was really meant to be [[{{Applicability}} whatever offensive phrase the viewer wants it to be]], ''not'' a vulgar way of saying, "I want to destroy." Creator/JessWinfield of the TV shows is the closest person the franchise has to a curator.