And I'm not watching the Oscars but I did hear that, for technically the first time, a 2D animated film won the best animated feature category.
I hope people understand how big of a deal that genuinely is. Disney fucking shut down their 2D studios because they didn't see merit in it anymore, they didn't think people wanted 2D anymore, and this win for The Boy and The Heron doesn't just say that the film was really good, it says audiences are enthralled and entertained by 2D just as much if not More Than 3D animation or a combination or stop motion, and so on.
It's effectively a slap in the face to these big corporations who say they're trying to pander to a wider audience by only investing in what they think will make them more money (despite the fact that 3D animation often costs way more than 2D, at least the way it's done digitally now, and can often take much longer to complete than 2D at times, too). It shows that they were wrong.
Some might say it's just because it was a big name director that garnered the success, but The Boy and the Heron did extremely well in theaters everywhere, it's not just a matter of winning awards. At the end of the day, people watched it because they liked it. The fact that it was a 2D animated film proves that this is a worthy medium and that studios shouldn't have given up on it, acting like it wasn't interesting anymore.
2D animation is incredible! So many studios, for film, television, music videos, promotional material, just about Anything - are capable of taking 2D animation and making incredible new feats with the technology that they have, or even inventing and mastering new tech to improve 2D animation in ways we've never seen before!! That should celebrated and appreciated!
2D animation is so important and it's far from dead, like these dumb corporate idiots want to think. 2D animation is amazing and thriving and it's here to stay!
hOW do i cancel the hollywood ppl that keep making the "HEEHEE ITS TIME FOR THE KIDDIE CATEGORY" jokes whenever theyre announcing best animated feature or short film like can we do this pls its so exhausting and disrespectful and never funny gOD
THE BOY AND THE HERON WON THIS YEAR AND WHEN I SAW IT IN THE THEATERS NEARLY EVERY SEAT WAS FILLED AND THERE WERE NO CHILDREN LMAO
Demake collab with Those Awesome Guys - their iconic Yellow Taxi... goes handheld? On the elusive Vroom Boy Advance¹?
... If only! But you can find more about Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom in all its lowpoly glory on Steam!
just like a silly little rant bc I feel gaslighted sometimes
I seriously hate how like there will be the most bbgist, jaw dropping, toe curling, making me scream without the s, making me giggle and kick my legs in bed as I watch the screen, making me think I'm having a fever because I get so excited to see them on screen character just to go on Tumblr and search up the character x reader to see like almost no posts and the two posts I don't even like because the reader is so y/n coded... Like it makes me so mad bro 😭