▁ ▁An imation ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁approximately ▁ 8 0 0 ▁people , ▁of ▁whom ▁ 8 0 ▁were ▁anim ators . ▁Tony ▁S me ed ▁and ▁Beck y ▁Bres ee ▁together ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁heads ▁of ▁animation ▁on ▁the ▁film . ▁Hy un - Min ▁Lee ▁served ▁as ▁animation ▁super visor ▁for ▁Anna , ▁while ▁Wayne ▁U nten ▁again ▁served ▁as ▁animation ▁super visor ▁for ▁El sa . ▁ ▁Before ▁animation ▁began , ▁U nten ▁showed ▁various ▁scenes ▁of ▁super h ero es ▁like ▁Fro zone ▁to ▁the ▁anim ators ▁working ▁on ▁El sa ▁as ▁examples ▁of ▁what ▁not ▁to ▁em ulate . ▁El sa ' s ▁movements ▁in ▁the ▁sequ el ▁were ▁mode led ▁after ▁her ▁grace ful ▁movements ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁film , ▁and ▁also ▁drew ▁insp iration ▁from ▁modern ▁dance , ▁especially ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Mar tha ▁Graham . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁co - production ▁designer ▁Lisa ▁Ke ene , ▁the ▁anim ators ▁did ▁" a ▁lot ▁of ▁art work " ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁define ▁the ▁N ø kk ▁design , ▁while ▁Steve ▁Gol berg , ▁the ▁film ' s ▁visual ▁effects ▁super visor ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁N ø kk ' s ▁animation ▁required ▁collabor ations ▁between ▁several ▁animation ▁depart ments , ▁artists , ▁and ▁techn icians , ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁time ▁to ▁define ▁the ▁N ø kk ' s ▁design ▁took ▁at ▁least ▁ 8 ▁months ▁of ▁the ▁film ' s ▁production . ▁The ▁animation ▁team ▁aim ed ▁to ▁give ▁the