No, I'm not talking about crying over an animated movie. I've done that many times before. I'm talking about tearing up over the fact that animation is changing and the reception of it is changing too. For the past few years, animation studios have been coming out with new, fresh animation styles, incorporating 2D elements in there as well. And now even more than casual and hardcore animation enjoyers have recognized this animation renaissance. I was just looking at the year wrapped for the Letterboxd and I teared up over Into the Spiderverse being the most high-ranked movie of 2018. I think about how Klaus, a 2D movie with revolutionary lighting techniques, became the top animated movie of 2019. And recent animated movies like The Mitchells Vs The Machines, Bad Guys, and Puss in Boots the Last Wish are being watched in theatres and at homes over and over again. I remember hearing about people who went to the theatres to watch Puss in Boots the Last Wish three or four times (I only saw it twice there, unfortunately). And stop-motion won the academy award for Animation. The last stop-motion movie to have done so since Wallace and Gromit. And Guillermo del Toro, a celebrated and loved director, even gave an amazing speech on animation for both his Golden Globes and Academy Award speeches. He even plans on continuing with animation and working on new animated projects.

What I'm also excited about is the fact that Disney has finally caught wind of this renaissance and their new movie, Wish, looks AMAZING! It's 3D animation made to look like a 2D storybook, going back to their 2D look while still being innovative. I am someone who wants to bring 2D back in general and I am still excited and hyped about this even though it is still 3D! Seeing animation having a renaissance and being more well-received by general audiences has never made me happier! I am excited to see what new styles and ways to make animation beautiful and unique will come! Thinking about this is also pretty overwhelming to me because I love animation and this is what I want to do in my life! It's just incredible what things have been done now and I hope to be a part of it some day!

Animation is probably the highest form of filmmaking, because it’s capable of telling stories that would be otherwise impossible to do in live action.

But now more than ever, the art of animation is being marginalized as just a children’s genre.

The Oscars, YouTube kids animation, and even the former CEO of Disney & the current CEO of Warner Brothers, are pushing animators and animators to the wayside when they have actual visions like The Owl House &Infinity Train in favor of Velma & Fairview.

There are of course outliers, but this has been the recent trend.

That’s why looking back at the original Animation Shows is such a rush. It was a way for artists to push their work to the public eye, instead of leaving it in exclusive film festivals that most average audiences don’t have much access to.

So I’m petitioning for a 4th volume of the Animation Show. We need to help artists to have their creative ideas realized in a meaningful way.

So if anyone knows a way to get this out to either Don or Mike, I would encourage you to do so.

As was said in the finale of the original: “The animated arts are-ROBOTS!!!!!!”

https://youtu.be/JruxFQurUDQ (The Hunt part especially @ 1:04)

To me it looks like just an illustration was used and somehow animated like that. I say that because in the wiki, the same exact image is used but just in an illustration format (https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Lan).

I have been trying to google how to animate like that for ages, but I don't even know what to google. It's such a specific animation style and I really would love to learn how to animate like that.

If anyone has tips or a genuine answer, I would be very grateful!