>>149362435
The monopoly was Disney. During the Disney Rennaissance, they were absolutely obliterating the competition, crushing out the competitors like Don Bluth who previously had some breathing room during the time Disney was struggling. That’s what the American animation industry was at that point, Disney and imported Anime. Companies like Dreamworks were what disrupted that domination, and Shrek was the kind of success Dreamworks needed to be able to survive as a viable competitor. People still made animated films outside the US, but Disney WAS the US animation industry at the time.