(This is the repost from a comment that I have made on Reddit.)

Now that the live-action The Little Mermaid remake just released in theaters, here are some on-going mermaid-themed independent animation projects you can support with your ticket money. (I am not sure if Newgrounds allow me to share them here.)

But for real, every time Disney announce live-action remakes or finished and release them in theaters, someone needs to share a crowdfunding page for an independent 2D animation project. Instead of dreading and bemoaning over Disney abandoning 2D traditional animation and remaking their animated canons, why not support independent animators and their projects? Use our movie ticket money to help these indie animators instead of watching live-action remakes.

Syrenka: Legend of the Warsaw Mermaid - A hand drawn 2D animation feminist fantasy/drama short film based on the Warsaw Mermaid legend (directed by one of the animators of Netflix's Cupheads series). You can follow the animator here: https://twitter.com/NawrockiTina

THE LOVERS - An animated thriller about the romantic tension between a seafood chef and a siren, set in a dark fantasy Philippines.

Sirenetta: Part-Time Mermaid - a feature length animated film made by a Boston-based freelance animator and based on his animated short Sirenetta's Family Dinner. It's about a mermaid, her human fiancé, and their friends going on a global treasure hunt to stop evil Voda Yaga from draining the ocean of life.