I can't get my password yet, so I'll just say my name: packardmelan. The rest of this message IS by me.
I just wanted to say, going digital doesn't mean the same thing as "going all-3d". Many Japanese effects and animation houses are all-digital, but still produce traditional 2d cartoons just fine.
One example of this is the later Batman Beyond episodes, and to an extent the entire series. ...While originally, all of the art was drawn by hand, it was all scanned into computers and brought together digitally. And colored on the computer. After the direct-to-home release of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, which was done by the Japanese studio responsible for Akira, and Monster Rancher among other titles, WB decided to cut costs and just do everything on the computer. Presumably with tablets.
The opening credits for Monsters, Inc. shocked me as much as the rest of the movie did -- it was classic 2d Disney animation, by Pixar of all studios. That amazed me...
Now, you mentioned Lion King -- but were you aware that fair parts of the movie were done digitally? The ants on the leaves during the opening scene, and the stampeding wildabeasts were all done on the computer, as an experiment to see how it could stand up to the traditionally-animated parts of the film.
So... Disney's been making the move to all-digital, sure. That I can believe. But with the next, what, four films still done largely with traditional 2d graphics, I have a hard time believing they'd completely drop that, and go all 3d. That's Pixar's role.
I can't get my password yet, so I'll just say my name: packardmelan. The rest of this message IS by me.
I just wanted to say, going digital doesn't mean the same thing as "going all-3d". Many Japanese effects and animation houses are all-digital, but still produce traditional 2d cartoons just fine.
One example of this is the later Batman Beyond episodes, and to an extent the entire series. ...While originally, all of the art was drawn by hand, it was all scanned into computers and brought together digitally. And colored on the computer. After the direct-to-home release of Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, which was done by the Japanese studio responsible for Akira, and Monster Rancher among other titles, WB decided to cut costs and just do everything on the computer. Presumably with tablets.
The opening credits for Monsters, Inc. shocked me as much as the rest of the movie did -- it was classic 2d Disney animation, by Pixar of all studios. That amazed me...
Now, you mentioned Lion King -- but were you aware that fair parts of the movie were done digitally? The ants on the leaves during the opening scene, and the stampeding wildabeasts were all done on the computer, as an experiment to see how it could stand up to the traditionally-animated parts of the film.
So... Disney's been making the move to all-digital, sure. That I can believe. But with the next, what, four films still done largely with traditional 2d graphics, I have a hard time believing they'd completely drop that, and go all 3d. That's Pixar's role.