So why is animation your interest?

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nouraee57

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Whenever people are talking about animation on this forum, they always go "Story first, blahblah second!". However, you can tell a good story through live-action, book writing, even on the radio or heck, you can do something entertaining with puppetts.

So why did YOU choose animation as your main genre of interest?

For me, I consider animation as one of the best forms of storytelling out there. There's literally no end to what you can do with it simply because you're creating from scratch.

  • You want a more actiony show? Go in an art style of Venture Brothers or GI Joe: Renegades.
  • Oh, you were looking for comedy? There's a MILLION ways to pull off funny cartoons. You can be visually over-the-top (Looney Tunes), you can be a bit more limited but still use drawings to your advantage (Johnny Bravo, Foster's Home), or you can be more subtle in the sitcom area (Bob's Burgers, Dan Vs.).
  • Ah, you didn't want those, you want to tell a fascinating story with an interesting, beautiful looking-world and use animation to make appealing characters, who would otherwise be too stylized if they were live-action. Good news, CGI can cover that! (WALL-E, How to Train Your Dragon)
  • Oh! But maybe you wanted to show something that felt like a storybook. Something like Snow White or The Little Mermaid?
It's really just endless, and pretty much everything can work in pure animation, which I can't say the same for live-action/animation hybrids. There was even some short animated movie that was done using only watercolor paintings, forgot what it was called. it had a fisherman and a swordfish though.

Another thing are the characters in cartoons, they simply feel more fun than most live-action characters to me. Don't get me wrong, I do have favorite real people characters (Like Shawn Spencer from Psych, whom is one of my favorite characters), but cartoons typically have more exaggerated personalities, which make them more fun.
 
Same reason I love comic books: it takes the visual medium to the most astounding levels, enabling it to tell the most unusual and fascinating stories.

I presume that's how I say it.
 
I choose animation because no other medium can entertain me on the same level animation is able to. I also love to draw, the old fashioned way like they did in the thirties, forties, fifties, early sixties, and some ninties shows.

Animation can offer me entertainment through visuals, sounds, and emotional responses. For me, it's VISUAL quality, before anything else. Not how smooth or expensive the animation is, but how fun and expressive it is. I find it much harder to get into a show that severely lacks in the visual department or is just flat out bland and unappealing. I can enjoy poorly animated shows, shorts, and movies, etc..it just sort of ruins any possible impact it could have had.
 
Cartoons are the ultimate form of cinema because you can control every frame. Live-action movies have only approached that control by copying it (the only way to make the complicated action they have now is through computers, i.e. a form of animation).
 
I don't know, I think it's cause there is no limitations to animation, there are SO many differnet genres from character designs to types of humor, but I know I just love it.
 
At this point, I prefer music as an artform to animation, and a lot of what I watch now is more for nostalgia than recent interest, so I may not be the best person to ask about this.

But I love the lack of limitation when it comes to animation. Nothing is off limits, be it the stretching or destruction of characters like in a lot of classic cartoons or the fact that a lot of recent series can go on for years without aging their characters much if at all, so they get a chance to delve into their personalities a lot.

That, and the combination of visual storytelling, fluidity in movement, music, and vocal abilities in acting is something to behold, especially when all three are done very well. I could watch the Looney Tunes or MGM shorts of the 40's and mid-50's, Disney features throughout the years, and a handful of more modern series all day because the very thought of the process just really excites me.

I think those two reasons are why it is easier for me to get into animated series than live-action ones. I love the ethics of animation and when they are done right, I can't get enough.

Good writing and a clear focus in direction help as well, obviously, but you can get that anywhere else.
 
The admiration I have for animation is something I've always had during my lifetime. Pretty much the fact that you can do any kind or genre of story and visual style for a film or tv show just has always got my respect and attention, and the many talented writers and artists who bring that to life deserve the praise.
 
For me, its the visual appeal. Especially if you exaggerate real life and make it likable. Even storyboarded versions of movies have that charm.
 
I think I was drawn to animation (no pun intended) because of its' visual splendor and because it was so much more interesting and fantastic than real life and live-action. In the realm of cartoons, anything's possible. I remember as a kid getting so bored whenever I watched a live-action show or movie because there were no bright, crisp colors, nobody could fly or had magic powers, no dragons, no talking animals, no superheroes, no falling anvils, no physics-defying stuff, nothing cool, but put a cartoon on the screen and you had my undivided attention.

Plus, as a 5-star geek, I've always felt like I'm half-human/half-cartoon anyway, so there's always been a connection between me and cartoons.
 
In both animation and comics, characters can do anything, be anyone, go anywhere. The stories can serve as allegories for real life, or as satires of it. Character designs can give a visual basis for someone's personality that interacts in interesting ways with the tendency humans have to judge by what they see.

Oh, and it's cool to see character designs like that of Jessica Rabbit or Roxy Rocket (from Batman: TAS) as well, seeing as I have a thing for redheads :evil::p:evil:
 
I remember when I was getting older, I was moving on from things that I enjoyed when I was younger like toys, etc. But when it came to animation, I was smart enough not to fall for the idiotic notion that animation is only for children. Looking back on it, I realize that had I done so, I wouldn't have the appreciation for the medium that I do today (considering all the dvds I have are animation only). What I love most about animation is that nothing can't be done. The possibilties are limitless.
 
I just like how expressive the animation medium is. You can something wacky looking as Looney Tunes to something like King of the Hill were doing that in animation in the long run works better than a sitcom like Two and a Half Men, where you don't have to worry about aging their characters unless they feel like they want to. It also helps that there are different art styles across the board, so if one design from animation doesn't appeal to you, there are thousands of more designs that you can enjoy.
 
For as long as I can remember I loved watching cartoons. As I got older I found that I appreciated the medium on a deeper level. I fully believe any story can be told through the medium of animation and every kind of story should be told through that medium.

As of more recent years I've gotten a lot more interested in the other aspects of making cartoons such as voice acting. Screen acting has many limitations but in voice acting you can be literally anyone and I find that to be quite fun.

Going back to enjoying animation, I've always been a visual person and find things more memorable with visuals. Though I can certainly come up with visuals when I'm reading text, pictures typically enhance the experience for me. Animated pictures even more so which is why I generally prefer to see a story animated rather than have still images.

There just so much someone can do with animation and so many ways to create a scene or animate a character to bring them to life. There are countless ways to tell a story or get a point across but to me animation is always the best way. It can touch people perhaps unlike any other medium can.
 
I grew up watching cartoons, which influenced me to enjoy art. And what's amazing about animation is that you can let your imagination take charge and make anything happen. Animation is just a splendid field that's enjoyed by people of all ages.
 
Agreed wholeheartedly. It's a fun (if incredibly tedious) field to be in...

Which is why I want to be in it when i am just a few years older (I'm already practicing).
 
It's not really something I can explain. I just like them a lot. I keep coming back to this thread trying to come up with an answer but all I can say is that I like them.
 
Visually, animation is the most effective way for someone to express something that is inside their head. Books have to present visuals indirectly, comic books are static, and live action is limited to the confines of reality. Yet animation can literally do anything.
 
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