In order to realistically show the animal city in the film, the creative team spent 18 months just investigating the animals. They visited animal experts from all over the world, including experts in the Orlando Disney World Animal Kingdom, and specially A small team was set up to go to Africa and other parts of the world, and even traveled 9,000 miles to Kenya, Africa, for a two-week excavation of animal personalities and behaviors. And from this, landscapes such as,, Judy’s hometownetc. were designed in the film .
The producer wanted to make Zootopia look real and credible, so he referred to cities all over the world. It did not completely imitate the United States, but combined elements of Asian and South American cities, with reference to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and also reference. Barcelona and Paris. The team members are also from all over the world, about 800 employees.
