tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post115417012067454344..comments2024-03-19T02:27:08.584-05:00Comments on Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies: Today's Screenshots - Umi Ga KikoeruDaniel Thomas MacInneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01406180871529775448noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24969765.post-1154827114557596042006-08-05T20:18:00.000-05:002006-08-05T20:18:00.000-05:00I'm a big fan of hand painted cels as well. I supp...I'm a big fan of hand painted cels as well. I suppose computer coloring can be decent but I love the look of older animation and it's color. The digital age of hand drawn animation just didn't make sense to me in the late 90's, early 2000's. It was like leaning towards computer animation but not making the jump. All the while taking out a bit of what makes hand drawn so damn appealing. If you're going to have an industry with 2 different tools for animation, I think it's important to make them as different and unique to the qualities each tool offers as you can. Not show a bias towards one by pushing the other closer to it. It could never be computer animation and that's what felt cheap about it. <BR/><BR/>Also a reason why Lilo and Stitch had a good following imo as well, with it's watercolor backrounds and specific hand drawn qualities being stressed. Unfortunately I felt the alien chase brought the film down; leading to something that was setup to be, but couldn't be as effective as My Neighbor Totoro's sister story.Brian Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028689264732701039noreply@blogger.com