can you imagine if manga series were as hard to follow as american superhero comics? like if they got rebooted and reinterpreted as often. some girl would be like ‘oh yeah i loved the run where naruto was a sweet teenage boy’ and some smug neckbeard would be like ‘no the series where he was a mysogynistic 30-something year old hitman with a coke addiction was the only true series’ and then everyone would be arguing over whether the crossover universe with bleach counted, and if so, which one.
Disney’s Twelve Basic Principles of Animation claims that the most important principle of animation is squash and stretch. In essence, squash and stretch is there to give more exaggerated movement to characters or objects. It is quite literally, the squashing and stretching of objects. Squash and Stretch can be used to show more force on impact or even to help show anticipation as well as show acceleration. It’s a principle that can be found in every animation ranging from the stylised to the realistic. It helps make animations feel more natural and appealing, and squash in stretch is actually an integral part of reality.