Animation and adults
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avreliaI made a comment on Tor.com and decided to re-post it here for safety.
https://www.tor.com/2023/01/31/why-do-people-still-balk-at-animation-and-how-can-we-change-their-minds/
The idea that animation is for kids seems to me as ridiculous as “fiction books are for kid”, “theater is for kids” or something similar. Animation is just another way to tell a story, or to be more accurate many more other ways to tell a story, as medium it is amazingly flexible – from traditional 2 d drawings, to stop-motion and claymation, to computer animation, to all the experimental ways one can make animated visuals.
And well. Is Shakespeare for kids only? What about animated one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare:_The_Animated_Tales I love this project, even though the plays are abridged, but the different stiles of animation add their flair to the stories told.
Now, for my favorites:
anime. I am not the biggest fan – I don’t dislike it, just haven’t seen a huge amount of anime as truer fans. I absolutely loved Carol and Tuesday on Netflix and Wotakoi: Love is hard for Otaku on Amazon Prime.
Maya and the Three and the Book of Life for the absolute visual feast.
My childhood favorite, The Plasticine Crow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsgGP3Oyk7E
I know, The Legend of Vox Machina has been already mentioned, but I am absolutely in love with it right now.
And talking about animation I can’t omit Yury Norshtein and his work. For the best sample – Hedgehog in the Fog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThmaGMgWRlY
and the story of his unfinished masterpiece, Overcoat: https://collider.com/the-overcoat-animated-film-41-years-in-the-making/
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of course, those are not all my animation favorites, just some I remembered and were not mentioned before. Like Avatar the Last Airbender or Miyazaki movies
https://www.tor.com/2023/01/31/why-do-people-still-balk-at-animation-and-how-can-we-change-their-minds/
The idea that animation is for kids seems to me as ridiculous as “fiction books are for kid”, “theater is for kids” or something similar. Animation is just another way to tell a story, or to be more accurate many more other ways to tell a story, as medium it is amazingly flexible – from traditional 2 d drawings, to stop-motion and claymation, to computer animation, to all the experimental ways one can make animated visuals.
And well. Is Shakespeare for kids only? What about animated one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare:_The_Animated_Tales I love this project, even though the plays are abridged, but the different stiles of animation add their flair to the stories told.
Now, for my favorites:
anime. I am not the biggest fan – I don’t dislike it, just haven’t seen a huge amount of anime as truer fans. I absolutely loved Carol and Tuesday on Netflix and Wotakoi: Love is hard for Otaku on Amazon Prime.
Maya and the Three and the Book of Life for the absolute visual feast.
My childhood favorite, The Plasticine Crow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsgGP3Oyk7E
I know, The Legend of Vox Machina has been already mentioned, but I am absolutely in love with it right now.
And talking about animation I can’t omit Yury Norshtein and his work. For the best sample – Hedgehog in the Fog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThmaGMgWRlY
and the story of his unfinished masterpiece, Overcoat: https://collider.com/the-overcoat-animated-film-41-years-in-the-making/
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of course, those are not all my animation favorites, just some I remembered and were not mentioned before. Like Avatar the Last Airbender or Miyazaki movies
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