…King. One thing I was surprised by was the quality of animation. I was expecting a bargain-quality look, but instead I was pleased to see that the show is actually…

…angular look. What changed were the backgrounds, which became less stylized in order to help ground the show more in reality. The animation was generally very good, although with occasional…

…making this show a unique combination of American and Japanese sensibilities. Murakami felt that, being that the animation always gets done in Asia, they might as well try to play…

…Bugs be a subordinate of Daffy’s or a ghost, it just wouldn’t work— but they needed to find a stronger role for him than they did. The animation is primarily…

…the Venture Bros.’ animation studio) is followed by narration from Peter White and Billy as they watch Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer walk through the animation building for three more…

…production designer Iwao Takamoto did the final animation designs. The result was a show that looked like no other Hanna-Barbera program. The sketchy backgrounds may be reminiscent of shows like…

…the big fight starts up. It is a tour de force of animation, and we manage to see a thing or two that we have never seen before in Superman…

…include the most fascinating choices. Comic strips have been such an obvious source for animated cartoons that some of the earliest animations were derived from then-current comic strip characters. Cartoon…

…and animation, a more jaundiced world outlook that comes with age, and countless additional hours of cartoon viewing in the intervening years that have taken much of the edge off…

…The handling of the Peanuts animation property by Paramount Home Video from 1994 to 2007 might be described as apathetic. While I’m sure they had some pride in distributing the…

…space adventure, did provide something different for cartoon audiences (although its contemporary Adventures Of The Galaxy Rangers had superficial similarities, which may have also harmed Bravestarr’s performance). The animation, though,…

…that menu. Additionally, the main menu features some nice animation. Case Study: For the past while, Classic Media has been using a book type of “hardcover digipack” for their animation…

…separate it from its forebears. Considering that even theatrical Japanese animation tends to lack fluidity (due to animating on “twos” or more), the animation in this series does actually look…

…by Lucasfilm Animation studios in Singapore. The character designs have mostly been adapted from the 2D animation, but many things have been enhanced. Overall, the look is great and of…

…essays spread throughout, including writings by the show’s curator Bruno Girveau, Disney archivist Pierre Lambert, European source expert Robin Allan and American animation historian Charles Solomon. Even for those who…

…work before his death as recently as on the Cow And Chicken show. Another name familiar to TV animation fans will be Don Messick, perhaps more strongly associated with Hanna-Barbera,…