Even at animations worst, they don't look utterly sick to look at. That's what alot of people expect from the downfall of golden age animation and when TV was starting to become popular.
Animation started to become less cartoony, less visually stunning and less exciting by 1955. Sure, there was still some classics and the humor was still in that straightforward simple manor, but nothing really became expressive anymore, the backgrounds became less lively, the characters were more unamusing, and their wasn't any build-up to making a plot. That being said, I still like some of the concepts and ideas hidden in those shorts made at a time when television became popular and less effort became common to animators and especially directors.
Let's start with a late 50s TV cartoon called Huckleberry Hound. I watched it recently and it's basically how entertainment should be.
Take this. Look at the colors.
Yeah sure, you probably wouldn't like the animation, but I like the animation myself. It fits to the cheap but charming scale.
Most of these prints were either remastered to make it more digital, but I can't blame you that these were how they originally looked but was damaged when it was put on old TVs.
Animation is called "animation" for a reason. It's supposed to look and move gracefully.
Appropriate natural colors are easily the best because its barely unappealing.
I also love the titlecards. It's almost makes me miss these since back then I don't really watch the credits to TV shows, I would instead skip around in the living room with my toys.
I really love the early 60s Hanna Barbera cartoons alot. They easily fit my style perfectly.
Here's some more pleasures.
Mostly pulled these from Intanibase.
I now want to move on to the dark ages of our favorite characters.
I was looking into research of the 60s Tom and Jerry cartoons. I seem to like the Gene Deitch ones more, there's something more calmer and unique about those.
When I saw Dicky Moe, I knew this was one of the best looking cartoons I seen from the series.
The backgrounds are still painted, but it's different. Look at how solidly portrayed it looks. It makes you feel like your on the actual ship.
The tints to the atmosphere of this thing is stellar for it's time. It makes me appreciate it more than the animation. And I think that's a big problem with animation critics. They seem to be picky on only the characters and not the other stuff.
I haven't talked about the Walter Lantz cartoons in a very long time, not that I dislike them, but I don't love it as much as Warner Bros and MGM.
Take this underrated gem, Little Televillain.
This one's earlier than the previous short I talked about but it is in that flat era of cartoons. 1958 to be exact.
Right away, this is what I want. The colors, the italic title name. Perfection.
I'm shocked that nobody talks about this one. I know this masterful scene here only lasts about a few seconds, but now that I have it posted, you can look at this as long as you want.
This looks like something from a 90s cartoon. But no, this was made when my grandparents were born.
Let's zoom few years later...
We can't all be making a Flowers And Trees, Fantasia, Three Caballeros or Roger Rabbit, which is so desperate for animators, but it's not all that easy. Like I was saying, there is still a way to make 2-D animation, it's just not as powerful as it once was, if you want to make animated shorts like this again, that's a choice. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. I'm planning on making my animated tests and cartoons on YouTube for a free spin. Sure it won't get the impact, and I won't become a millionaire, but like Walt Disney said.
"I don't make pictures just to make money, I make money to make more pictures."
In a world with capitalism and greed, you just have to be smart and not hold those words in your mind. Just do the best you can and let the world shine. Trust me it's been like that for over hundreds of years ever since ethics, freedoms, and human rights became a thing.
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