Holy crap. Now this is animation. I'm glad Cartoon Brew posted this today as it's lifted my spirits.
Though I have to disagree with the New York Times comments. It's not American animators that are still in the kiddie sandbox. Its that the only animation we get to see is buy animators who like to eat and, therefore, are chained to an entertainment industry who's more interested in cheap and profitable than good and artistic.
Oh, the American public doesn't care about good and artistic? I call bullshit on that. I can give you a long list of animated films that are good, artistic and profitable. Starting with Snow White (just watch the woodsman collapse while begging for forgiveness) to Monsters, Inc. (Sully's face in the film's final shot).
Just because it's a cartoon doesn't mean it's for kids. That's like saying Jackson Pollack was a slob.
That looks freaking amazing. But yeah, I was offended by that quote too. it's a machine, like any other business. The Japanese machine turns out one product, the American machine turns out another.
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