Sure, I could have easily chosen a movie that was later made into a cartoon series, but my loyalties lie with animated shows being made into a movie. Most of the movies who later turn into animated TV shows like a lot of DreamWorks' movies don't really appeal to me all that much. The way they computer animate them end up looking very cheap and the storylines don't interest me. Still, that doesn't mean I respect them any less. They gotta work hard to get that money rolling in. Aha. Anyway, I decided to let The Simpsons shine seeing as though they are the longest running animated show currently and their movie was freaking hilarious.
Again, I'm not posting to say which is better, TV or film animation, for I love both equally. I will talk a bit about the different industries producing these pictures and their progressions...and maybe start gushing about some of these shows and movies. I'll start with the film industries.
There are so many industries that do animated movies out there that I'm not even sure if I can name them all. So I'll just start with the ones on the top of my head. Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Sony Pictures, Blue Sky, Warner Bros., Ghibli Studios, Fox... and that's all I can think of at the moment. The top three are ones that I'm more familiar with and have seen the most of (maybe also Ghibli Studios). All of these industries have made a lot of progress in animation and, as they say, practice makes perfect. Out of all of them, however, I'd say that Pixar and DreamWorks are the top studios who have made the most change. Disney has, too, of course, but I want to focus on the computer animated industries first.
I used to be terrified of the movie Antz when I first saw it, and when I gained the courage to watch it again a few years ago, I was shocked by how different the animation was compared to their newer movies. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't all too appealing to the eye. Their traditionally animated movies were fantastic, The Road to El Dorado and The Prince of Egypt. Yet, you could tell that computer animation was not their forte. Now they're a wiz at it and it's because they continue to make more films. Pixar is another story. I always found their style very beautiful since Toy Story and even so their detail has gotten a lot better. Brave is a great example of this. Their storylines continue to leave me in awe with each movie.
TV animation is something that I really want to go into. I would love to work with movies as well, but my main focus is to get a job in TV animation. The only reason is because I would want to be in a team that helps develop a story that lasts many seasons. It'd be kind of like working on an extended movie. Here's the main companies I can think of: Nickelodeon, Disney (XD), Cartoon Network, TBS, Fox, Comedy Central, and Adult Swim. I've always been going through phases where I have a 'small' obsession over a show until another catches my interest. Call me childish but I really only watch cartoon shows now no matter if it's for adults or not.
Nickelodeon was my go to as a kid with SpongeBob Squarepants, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, CatDog, Invader Zim, Danny Phantom, you name it. I don't watch shows on there anymore because their shows aren't really to my interest, but I did recently become interested in a new show they have on there called Harvey Beaks. There's just way too many shows on Cartoon Network I got into, but I also don't watch their new shows for the same reason. What's funny is I never got into Disney shows other than Kim Possible as a kid and I still don't, but Disney XD came out with a lot of really amazing shows like Gravity Falls (which used to be on Disney), Star vs. the Forces of Evil, and Wander Over Yonder. Disney has struck it big with their audience for the past few years and it continues to grow. I'm not surprised, Disney always gets back on their feet.
I love both movies and TV and every single one of them has had their ups and downs, but that's a big part of working in animation. There's gunna be good and bad movies/shows, but the experience makes it worth it in the end. Next topic: Comics and animation!
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