“The directors were really clear from the beginning that they wanted believable and distinct fighting styles for all the characters, and they had really strong ideas of how that was supposed to be shot and edited,” explains production designer Paul Felix, a studio veteran who was also production designer on Big Hero 6 and Lilo & Stitch. But Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest action fantasy, Raya and the Last Dragon, released today simultaneously in theatres and on Disney+, is setting itself apart, featuring Southeast Asian martial arts that were choreographed, reviewed, and refined by martial arts experts on the production team.