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CG vs. Hand-Drawn Animation
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May 6, 2020
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18:44
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(The Channel Awesome logo and NC title sequence play)
NC: Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to. In the profitable world of animation, there's a battle going on between hand-drawn and CG.
(The words "HAND DRAWN" are displayed. Then, to a "ta-da!" sound, a huge dollar sign with the words "CG WINS" written on it, falls out of the sky and crushes them)
NC: Okay, maybe not a battle, but a conversation: which one is better?
(A clip of an episode of Spongebob Squarepants is shown)
NC (vo): First off, let's clarify the difference. Hand-drawn, or 2D, animation...
(Cut then to an animator working on Aladdin, flipping through various pieces of paper like a flipbook, showing animation of Aladdin and the Genie)
NC (vo): ...is a series of drawings given motion by quickly displaying one after another.
(Cut to a clip of The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run)
NC (vo): Computer-generated, or 3D, animation is the same idea, except it's not drawn...
(Cut to an animator working on Frozen, using the computer, with hand-drawn sketches displayed off to the side for reference)
NC (vo): ...but rather created in the computer. So you don't have to draw every single frame; you can just put all your energy into one model and move it as you please.
NC: Both of these are amazing art forms, have changed the way people look at cinema, and are a buttload of work.
(Footage of the original animated versions of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King are shown)
NC (vo): However, where hand-drawn animation used to be the dominant art form...
(Cut to a clip of an episode of The Powerpuff Girls)
NC (vo): ...in both film and television...
(Cut to a clip of an episode of ReBoot)
NC (vo): ...CG slowly worked its way in...
(Cut to a clip of Toy Story 4)
NC (vo): ...and eventually took over.
(Cut next to footage of an episode of Gravity Falls and the opening titles of the 2017 version of DuckTales)
NC (vo): While hand-drawn is far from being extinct, it's no question...
(Cut to a clip of the live-action version of The Lion King)
NC (vo): ...CG is being utilized far, far more.