by Captain Cupcake » August 1st, 2015, 11:43 am
[quote="Halcyon"]TLK is rather easy to animate compared to other more complicated styles, like animes, or other disney cartoons.[/quote]
Actually, anime animation is generally a lot more simple than the likes of Disney's works. They're usually based more on minimalism due to cheaper and faster production schedules, so characters don't really move around much or make complex gestures during scenes outside of action sequences. A talking scene would usually just be comprised of lips flapping up and down while the character remains more or less static during one shot.
Additionally, most of the art styles used don't focus as heavily on showcasing a sense of form and three-dimensionality, so it's a lot less painful to try to stay consistently on model, even if the character being animated seemingly has a lot of details(which is one of the positive trade-offs for the anime style: less movement, but more shadows, lighting, and details you don't have to worry about animating too much in a shot). You could get away with an anime face's alignment being a bit off, whereas the likes of Simba would look utterly ruined if any part wasn't in proper perspective or had a sense of bulk to it.
I wish we could see more anime using Full Animation instead of the usual minimalistic/limited kind, though. It's understandable why it's rarely done in Japan, due to being ridiculously expensive and time-consuming, as well as they staying true to the style they've established over the years, but those rare occurrences where they do use it(such as the Katsuhiro Otomo films "Akira" and "Steamboy") are always so cool to check out.