Chris Cross
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I feel these cartoons didn't start getting really sloppy until 89 and the early 90's. But by then, quite a few companies moved out of animation from Toei and TMS, and went to other studios, some in Taiwan which were just starting out. DIC's 1990's cartoons had odd qualities to them. Ghostbusters, Captain N (first 2 seasons) and ALF still had pretty decent animation, but a lot of the stuff DIC did, like SMB3 had terrible, sloppy overseas stuff, not from Japan (except for the openings).
It's not to say that Japanese cartoon animation from the 80's was flawless. Quite a few problems arrose in translation. I remember hearing a story about Kidd Video in which the Japanese animators got the vocal recording, and it had a loud banging noise in it (like a garbage can was knocked over). They didn't know if they were supposed to animate it or not (if there's one thing you should take away from this conversation is that anime is animated first, and vocalised later).
Then of course, the talking out of the wrong character's mouth thing, which I assumed was a translation problem. Maybe a misunderstanding with the story boards...
Again, it depends on the studio. Some like Rough Draft and Toon City do have some great stuff, but whoever Warner Brothers uses? They really aren't that good. I mean, I just can't stand how they look.
But back to Japanese animation, know what I miss? That grainy film quality the animations used to have. Inspector gadget season 2 looked very filmed. I miss that...
It's not to say that Japanese cartoon animation from the 80's was flawless. Quite a few problems arrose in translation. I remember hearing a story about Kidd Video in which the Japanese animators got the vocal recording, and it had a loud banging noise in it (like a garbage can was knocked over). They didn't know if they were supposed to animate it or not (if there's one thing you should take away from this conversation is that anime is animated first, and vocalised later).
Then of course, the talking out of the wrong character's mouth thing, which I assumed was a translation problem. Maybe a misunderstanding with the story boards...
Again, it depends on the studio. Some like Rough Draft and Toon City do have some great stuff, but whoever Warner Brothers uses? They really aren't that good. I mean, I just can't stand how they look.
But back to Japanese animation, know what I miss? That grainy film quality the animations used to have. Inspector gadget season 2 looked very filmed. I miss that...
