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The what, as far as I understand the video was 80s toy tie-in cartoons such as Heman, GI Joe and transformers that ushered in a new style of animation and a new
by wodenokoto 8y ago
The what, as far as I understand the video was 80s toy tie-in cartoons such as Heman, GI Joe and transformers that ushered in a new style of animation and a new way of financing them, ultimately leading to HB dropping in value and getting purchased.
What the video doesn’t touch on is:
Who are these studios animating them? According to the video, the entire tv animation market was more or less HB. How could these studio rise out of seemingly nowhere and produce high(er) quality animation?
Why wasn’t HB part of these tie-ins? According to the video, they owned the market. Aren’t they the obvious choice to ask to produce, when you want a cartoon about your new toy?
Why didn’t HB pivot towards more action animation in the 80s, when going up against TMNT and Dino riders?
- benj111 8y ago"high(er) quality animation" Are you talking about the merchandise tie ins? They weren't higher quality, certainly not on the 80s. Most of them seem to be Japanese and have that Anime thing of getting away with animating as little as humanly possible.
- wodenokoto 8y agoYes, I am talking about the merchandise tie-ins and I am claiming they are of higher animation quality than yogi bear, judging mostly from the clips used in the documentary, as I try not to use my warped childhood memory as a reference.
- benj111 8y agoThundercats or He Man made extensive use of slow pans, and still inner monologues and still face offs etc. And transformers was even worse. The only thing that sticks out in HB cartoons is every character does the moonwalk everywhere. But they actually added to detail so you had a frame of reference to tell they were doing that.