Spongebob Squarepants was something special to me when I was a kid. This show introduced me to a whole new style of comedy, character personalities and color scheme. My favorite season is the 2nd one, but the best looking season to me will always be the 1st. This was the only season in the entirety of the show to use cel animation.
It was sometime in late 1998-1999, the episodes were made like this. It was also the final years of it's rise before digital computers became the main tool for animation and continued it's presence.
With cel animation, the colors looked more natural, and the characters have more expressive designs.
My favorite episode is Ripped Pants and that has some incredible backgrounds and camera angles in it.
While this season in particular didn't have the most timeless episodes ever, it was one of the more relaxing and grounded seasons, and that's a perfect way to start a show let alone a franchise.
I also have to mention the Bikini Atoll scenes, they made this island look too cartoony nowadays in the newer seasons. This one's my favorite. Love that sunset.
While I love nighttime backgrounds in animation, it was my least favorite parts of the episodes. Maybe it's because it looks so ominous. Barely any houses, just a barbaric environment, not too much lights, but I kinda dig this one with the Krusty Krab.
I also loved the personalities to the actual main characters. Mr. Krabs in particular was at his best in the first season. He wasn't at his most greedy, and he actually was an honest and sincere character to his employees, that being Squidward and Spongebob of course.
I want to talk about more shows from my childhood or just anything that has beauty and nature like Spongebob. I already talked about a Disney short, you can click the link to it.
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