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Pocahontas hosts an all-star cast of voice talent including David Ogden Stiers, who provides the voice for the villain John Ratcliffe, Mel Gibson as the voice of Captain John Smith, and Irene Bedard, who provided the speaking voice of Pocahontas, while Judy Kuhn was the singing voice.

At various stages of the production, the creative team consulted with Native American historians and storytellers to incorporate authentic aspects of the Powhatan culture into the film.

Pocahontas is Disney's 33rd full-length animated feature film and the first to be inspired by a real-life historical figure. Combining historical fact with popular folklore and legend, the filmmakers have constructed a compelling and romanticized tale of the famous Native American heroine and her exciting encounters with famed British soldier, Captain John Smith.

Pocahontas brings together the musical genius of Academy Award winning composer Alan Menken and the lyrical magic of renowned Broadway veteran Stephen Schwartz. In their first major collaboration, the songwriting duo have created an integrated song score which "musicalizes" many of the film's most important dramatic and emotional moments.

Pocahontas' real name, which by custom was kept a secret, was Matoaca. Her father, Chief Powhattan, gave her the more familiar nickname Pocahontas, which means "little mischief."

The on-screen relationship between Pocahontas and Meeko succinctly represents a character development for which director Eric Goldberg was striving: "We knew we wanted her to be a very spiritual person, somebody who has a connection with nature all the time, whose thoughts run deeper than it might seem on the surface. But she also has a playful side, a mischievous side."

Although Pocahontas marks the first time an animated feature has been based on an actual historic figure, it is not the first time that Disney has presented historical characters in animation. The story of John Chapman, who actually traveled across the Ohio Valley planting apple trees, was told in the Johnny Appleseed segment of Melody Time (1948). Railroad man Casey Jones was the subject of the 1950 short The Brave Engineer. Founding fathers Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were animated in the 1953 featurette Ben and Me.

Animator Nik Ranieri based many of Meeko's characteristics on himself! "You just put yourself in that position," Ranieri explains. "It sounds clich?, but you actually have to become the character. I just tried to use whatever acting skills I have."

Animator Glen Keane is proud of the sincerity he was able to achieve in the character of Pocahontas, "When I first started, I thought animation was about a lot of moving drawings. I found out that that's not what it's all about. It's not about moving drawings, it's about drawings that move people."