>>547
obviously something like The Princess and the Frog is just going on "Disney autopilot" but I do see some unfair generalizations here.
"every hint of individuality is thoroughly erased"? come on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=37eDh7jrz7M#t=1m18s this is great visual acting, a character doesn't need to just magically freeze in place occasionally to be expressive. there's almost always movement in this short, but that doesn't mean there's no subtlety and no trace of the 'souls' of the artists.
the Disney obsession with high, consistent framerates is bad because it just gives animators less room to mess around with timing and whatnot. Michelle Xin said this in the Yuasa stream and she's not just some 4channer or whatever, she actually works in the American animation industry and experienced how these things work first-hand.
"Discrediting Japan's animation, or reducing the art movement that developed over there to merely monetary concerns is not acceptable nor rational any more. "yeah you're right but you're doing the same to classic American stuff, pretending that it's all just super-wacky and moving for the sake of it at all times, has no subtlety etc.