Anastasia meets all these and a bit more, such as having at least one musical number (which is mentioned as a requirement by many), and now that she's property of Disney, she's technically a Disney Princess, but she isn't part of that specific franchise, simply because she hasn't been chosen as one.
Anastasia is not an automatic Disney Princess after the Disney-Fox merger, thanks to bylaws. A corporation decides whether Esmeralda, Tinkerbell or Alice fits the "criteria" of Disney Princess. Aren't Elsa and Anna kept away from that to be purely marketed under the Frozen banner? It's all marketing.
In Anastasia's case, this means she technically just became a Disney princess. Anastasia tells the fictionalized story of the Tsar Nicholas II of Russia's daughter who was the only family member rumored to have survived the Romanov's execution.
Why are Elsa and Anna not considered Disney Princesses?
Anna and Elsa
Some say that Elsa's queen status stops her from being a princess (though that did not stop the chef of Motunui), while others speculate that she did not make the cut due to an obscure rule that stops characters becoming official princesses unless they had an animal companion.
At Walt Disney World Anastasia can be found regularly with the other Tremaines in the Magic Kingdom in the Castle Courtyard area. In Disneyland Paris Anastasia sometimes comes out by Auberge de Cendrillon in Fantasyland, and also at the Halloween Soiree in the same place.
Is Anastasia NOW An Official Disney Princess? - Disney Explained
What are the original 3 Disney Princesses?
The First Generation (1937-1959):
In this generation, Snow White (1937), Cinderella (1950), and Sleeping Beauty (1959) were created. This period sets up the franchise as a whole and establishes the importance of “True Love's First Kiss” and “Happily Ever After”.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolayevna Romanov, nicknamed "Anya" (born June 18, 1901), is the main protagonist and titular character of the 1997 Don Bluth feature film of the same name, she is the only member of the Romanov family to survive the Bolshevik assassination during the Russian Revolution.
Minnie Mouse - Steamboat Willie (1928) As one of Disney's original characters, Minnie Mouse has been around for decades. She never received the title of a princess since Mickey was never considered royalty. The two are just seen as mice just living their lives with their friends.
Anna's parents rush her to the sacred realm, where discussions with the trolls reveal that Elsa was born with her powers/ depigmentation and deafness, rather than them being due to illness or accident. Grand Pabbie troll heals Anna but removes her memories of Elsa's magic.
When it comes to Official Disney Princesses, there are specific criteria they must go by. They must appear human, marry or be born into royalty, and/or perform a heroic deed in their film. Characters like Cinderella, Mulan, Tiana, and Moana all fit the bill.
While learning to behave like royalty, some of Anya's memories begin to return, and she grows fond of Dimitri. Dimitri finally realizes Anya is truly Anastasia when she correctly answers how she escaped the palace, revealing to Vladimir that he was the servant who helped her.
According to the most common theory behind her removal, she was deemed not marketable to or suitable for kids. It wouldn't be fair to blame Esmeralda herself for that—she's as kind-hearted, clever, and intrepid as any card-carrying Disney Princess. But The Hunchback of Notre Dame is infamous for its mature themes.
However, “Anastasia” probably looks and feels a lot like a Disney movie because former Disney animators Don Bluth (who worked on “The Rescuers”, “Robin Hood”, “The Fox and the Hound”, “The Sword in the Stone” and “Sleeping Beauty”) and Gary Goldman (who worked on “The Many of Adventures of Winnie the Pooh”, “The ...
Elsa is never properly identified as asexual or aromantic, something that would help immensely to increase visibility and awareness. Considering Disney's record with LGBT characters (remember the underwhelming 'gay moment' in Beauty and the Beast?)
Why was tinkerbell removed from the Disney Princess list?
In Esmeralda's case, the reason was that the sales of The Hunchback of Notre Dame products were not going as Disney had hoped, and the character was not as popular with the audience. Tinker Bell's situation was quite different because she was removed so that she could star in her own franchise known as Disney Fairies.
The main complication in both versions is that Mulan has to disguise herself as a man so that she can join the army and save her father from conscription.
Who is the only Disney Princess that becomes a mother?
Ariel appears as an adult in Return to the Sea and gives birth to a daughter named Melody, becoming the first, and currently, only, Disney princess to become a mother. Ariel is protective of her daughter, as Triton was of Ariel in the first film.
The 1956 film is based on the true story of Anna Anderson, who was pulled from the Landwehr Canal in Berlin in 1920 and later claimed to be Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
The film stars Armando Gutierrez as Grigori Rasputin, Jo Koy as Vladimir Lenin, Brandon Routh as Nicholas II and Emily Carey as Anastasia. The film was released through digital platforms on April 7, 2020.
Meanwhile, Anastasia has grown up in an orphanage, under the name of Anya. Having developed amnesia after falling off the train onto the platform, no memory of her past life remains, except for the key/locket to the music box.
