Questions tagged [animation]
Movies or shows that consist entirely of either hand drawn or computer drawn/generated content.
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What is this star shape artifact in old cartoons?
I was recently watching some old Tom and Jerry episodes (40s-50s) and noticed the end of the episodes have a star shape symbol in the top right for only a few frames. I couldn't find a term for what ...
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Why are there no 3D animated films for adults? [closed]
Many modern films make heavy use of digital processing and special effects. Some even include entire characters created using digital animation, such as Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy and ...
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Why are superhero animated movies not made with the same level of graphics as pre-rendered videogame cutscenes?
I've played some superhero games like the Batman: Arkham series and I've noticed that the pre-rendered cutscenes (to be distinguished from real-time cutscenes) are really good. So much good that I've ...
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Why the highlighted outline in animated cartoons?
I've often seen in animated cartoons like Doraemon or any other anime that an object in the background that is about to move or do some movement is highlighted explicitly. Which makes it easy to ...
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Did the creators manipulate the animation frame rate for specific visual effects?
Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a particularly richly animated film with an amazing variety of animation styles used to reflect the different universes its multiple spider characters come from. ...
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Why are characters double in a sequence?
In the first episode of Disenchantment (2018), during the wedding scene, right before Elfo interrupts the ceremony, there’s a look of the inside of the temple in which we can see all the guests and ...
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What is the origin of Scooby-Doo's name?
According to Wikipedia, Scooby-Doo's name comes from Frank Sinatra's scat line from the song Strangers in the Night. The song was released in 1966 and the first Scooby-Doo cartoon was released in 1969....
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Why are mice in cartoons (almost) always depicted as good guys?
Mice are pests destroying human crops. They have been hunted without mercy for hundred of years. Humans domesticated cats to keep them away from their houses and granaries. Poisons and traps were used ...
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Was “Ralph Breaks the Internet” the first Disney production to feature computer-animated renditions of these characters?
"Ralph Breaks the Internet" famously features most Disney princesses together sharing the same scene. While this includes modern computer-animated characters like Anna, Elsa, Merida, Moana and ...
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About how many man-hours did it take to animate 101 Dalmatians?
I watched 101 Dalmatians (1961) again recently, and I have to say the animation while very artful seems kind of lesser in quality than say Dumbo (1941) or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). ...
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How do film-makers keep track of where they are in a complex stop motion animation scene?
In the past I've played with some of those smartphone stop-motion animation apps, but it can be difficult to keep track of where you are. Even just moving a couple of limbs while "walking" a ...
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How did they create the soundtracks for old cartoons?
Take, for example, this episode from Tom & Jerry.
Every movement/expression/feeling the characters display is included on the background music, which is a different thing than the usual sound ...
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How did movie makers make “Odie” act with an animated Character in Garfield?
As per Wikipedia
"Garfield: The Movie is a 2004 American family comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt inspired by Jim Davis' comic strip of the same name.
It stars Breckin Meyer as Jon ...
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Is the voice casting done before or after computer graphics?
In animated motion films, is the voice casting done before or after computer graphics animations?
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Who are the narrators in Game of Thrones Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms?
In the Game of Thrones Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms there are several narrators for each episodes. And I think all of them are related to Game of Thrones series, ...
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Character with underbite, pointy jaw, and bug eyes [closed]
A friend and I have been trying for about an hour to remember what character we're thinking of. Morse, from Balto, reminded us.
It's his underbite, with the way the lip comes to a point, the teeth ...
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How do they keep maintaining the same dubbing voice in TV shows which longs for several years?
Like 'Powerpuff Girls', all the characters seems to have the same voice after many years. Due to aging, their voices will be changed especially with kids. But how did they get the same voice after 10 ...
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Claymation with real eyes [closed]
I remember seeing a stop-motion animated short film a year or two ago on the Internet (I think either YouTube or Vimeo). The most memorable thing about it was that the characters were animated but had ...
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Sleeping Beauty and Snow White in the same movie [closed]
This may be a bit different than many identify-this-movie questions, but my five year old daughter's descriptions are about as vague as memories of movies I watched in my childhood, so I think it fits....
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In which cartoon (if any) did Bugs Bunny use the term “nimrod”? [closed]
In English, the term nimrod seems to have morphed sometime in the 20th century from meaning "mighty hunter" to meaning, roughly, "idiot" or "dipstick". The Internet knows that this is because of Bugs ...
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Script-writing terms in animation and live-action [closed]
Are script writing terms employed in animation the same as those employed in live-action scripts with perhaps a few exceptions?
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What is the oldest adult animated sitcom? [closed]
What is the history of the genre? What is the chain of works of art, that led to the adult animated sitcoms like Rick and Morty, Beavis and Butt-Head, South Park, etc? Which one was the first?
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What is the name of this Hungarian animation? [closed]
Media: Movie
Date of release/watch: I watched it a couple of years ago, but the movie itself came out a long time ago (definitely pre-2000)
Plot summary: A mother (in the form of a horse) tells her ...
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Pink bird and turtle travelling in time? [closed]
Back in 2005-2007, there was a TV cartoon series being aired on TV. The show main characters were a pink bird and big yellow beak but didn't look like a flamingo. The main character was accompanied ...
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Where and when does the “idea” light bulb appear for the first time?
In many movies and animated cartoons, the light bulb represents an idea that occurs inside a character's mind. But where does this metaphor come from and what is the first movie/cartoon/show that used ...
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How is the “skid to a stop” cartoon stock sound effect done?
You know the one I'm talking about. A cartoon character is running, and then suddenly they have to stop, so they dig their heels in, lean back, and skid to a stop, accompanied by a rapid-fire series ...
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Suggested order for X-Men animated series
I would like to watch the X-Men animated series, from the beginning to end, to get to know it better. I mean, there are several series out there, but I don't know which one starts it all, to begin ...
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What's this animated Titanic movie? [closed]
I vaguely remember an animated film about the Titanic where a woman meets her true love on board. It was released around the start of the 2000's and was dubbed into
English. I don't know what ...
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What animated film featured a girl and a knight on a planet with strange gravity? [closed]
I recall watching an animated film around 2010-2012 featuring a girl and a knight.
The DVD I watched was French, but I do not know if that was the original language.
The knight had a queue hairstyle.
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Looking for a Looney Tunes movie/episode [closed]
I'm looking for a Looney Tunes movie or an episode I recall watching as kid about ten years ago. Could you help me finding its name?
The scenes I remember are as follows:
The plot consists of a ...
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Animated series about a woman who had a mechanical arm [closed]
I've been feeling nostalgic lately and have been searching for animated tv shows online which I used to watch as a kid in 1998 and 1999.
I only remember a little bit of information.
It was about a ...
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How called episode of Tom & Jerry about mice that survived after nuclear war? [closed]
I believe it was episode of Tom & Jerry. Can't find it.
There was episode where old mouse was talking to little mice behind school desks. He was describing war: humans had long trunks... There was ...
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What rules govern nomination of an animated film for Academy Award for Best Picture?
In the history of Academy awards only three animated movies were nominated for Best Picture.
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Up (2009)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Out of these three Up and Toy Story 3 were also ...
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Cartoon in which Donald Duck tries to stop another duck from committing suicide [closed]
This is a cartoon I watched on English TV about a decade ago, maybe more. I have no idea when it was released but it can't have been much earlier than 1990, as the animation looked fairly modern. I ...
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Traductions: are lips movements changed for every language? [duplicate]
If I watch The Simpsons in French for example then the lips movements match with the oral traduction.
Question: In general, are lips movements in animated films/shows modified to match traductions in ...
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Old animation movie with girl who has magic necklace or pendant that she could never take off, [closed]
What I know about this movie:
It has to have been released at most during 1982 but it's probably older. I know this for a fact because I am sure that I was six years old when I watched it and I know ...
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Very old animated show taking place in the insect world [closed]
When I was little, I had this one VHS with home-taped cartoons [but not by us] that I watched endlessly. One of the cartoons was unknown to me even then, but it was very characteristic and I'd love to ...
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At what stage of animation are branding assets like posters created?
At what stage of animation films, televison shows, are branding assets like posters created?
I'm interested in hand-drawn computer animation in the style of traditional animation. I know there are at ...
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Why was Castle of Cagliostro so stylistically/artistically different from Miyazaki's other films?
I know I've heard a reason for it, but I can't remember it - and I'm having trouble finding it! Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro is quite distinctly different in its visuals from many (if not most) of ...
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Why do many animated movies use famous actors to do the voices?
It seems many animated movies use famous actors and actresses to supply the voices for the characters. What is the point of that?
Most animated movies are targeted towards children, and children don'...
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Animated short film about an alley cat visiting his former home [closed]
I cannot for the life of me find one of my favourite (albeit depressing) animated shorts. The film features a cat wondering an abandoned (burnt out) mansion, and imagining the building when it was ...
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First animated movie to put “bloopers” in end credits?
I'm guessing it was A Bug's Life (1998), but were there any previous animated movies to put mock bloopers in their end credits?
(Related: First bloopers in any film's end credits.)
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Unknown animated movie with a powerful glove [closed]
When I was a child I watched an animated movie on VHS, whether it has multiple series or a TV show, I cannot remember, but I have been looking for it ever since.(Its only been 15 years.)
The general ...
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Forgotten animated movie involves encasing things in “gluestick” [closed]
I'm trying to remember an animated film I saw as a child, but the details are so fuzzy I only remember for certain these following details:
The movie was definitely animated. I'm fairly certain it ...
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Cartoon movie with archery tournament with “paintball” arrows, people dressed as animals [closed]
I remember this movie from my childhood, so it was 90s at the latest and probably not much older than that. It was hand-drawn animation, and if I remember right it was fairly generic fantasy. Probably ...
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An animated movie about a black horse, set in early British industrial revolution [closed]
I am looking for an old TV cartoon probably from the second half of the 1990s.
The story is set in time of the British Industrial revolution. Story evolves around a black horse. I think there is a ...
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Why do cartoons tend to draw eyes stretching them vertically, rather than horizontally?
Many, though not all cartoons, Western or not, tend to draw eyes stretching them vertically, rather than horizontally. This seems understandable when the eyes are drawn so large that stretching them ...
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What technology or method is used for the making of “Chicken Run”?
I have seen this animated movie called Chicken Run
It seems like some form of clay puppets are used in this movie.
So my question is:
What technology is used in this movie? Is it pure animation or ...
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Ants are stealing our picnic!
So we often see scenes in cartoons in which a nice picnic is laid out with all sorts of tasty food, and all of a sudden, we see half a sandwich moving away, followed by a banana, then the other half ...
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In one episode of this cartoon series some copying slime appeared with a real creepy scene [closed]
I watched this episode around ten to fifteen years ago in Germany.
I'd describe the cartoon style as classical American.
I think the setting in this specific episode is partly at a military base.
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