2D animation is nothing but the process of creating movement in two-dimensional objects such as characters, FX and backgrounds. We get to see the illusion of movements of the images when each of the image is put one after another. There are different processes followed by different studio to produce animation. This usually depends on what kind of animation project the studio is working on. There are five steps of the animation process they are: animation storyboard, animation audio production, visual development, animation production and finally animation post production.
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Sep
Released in February this year, Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale is a Japanese animation adventure and fantasy film based on the light novel series ‘Sword Art Online’ written by Reki Kawahara. The film was produced by A-1 pictures, directed by Tomohiko Itō and character designs were done by Shingo Adachi. The English version was released in March.
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Sep
Based on the anime series and shōnen manga ‘Fairy Tail’ by Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry was released in May this year. The film is a Japanese animated action fantasy film directed by Tatsuma Minawikama. Tetsuya Kakihara, Rie Kugimiya, Aya Hirano, Yuichi Nakamura, Sayaka , Satomi Satō, and Yui Horie come back to reprise their roles from the TV series. Funimation released the English version of the film in the United States.
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Sep
Ancien and the magic tablet (local name) also has an English dubbed version known as ‘Napping Princess: The Story of the Unknown Me’. The film is an animated Japanese fantasy adventure released in March in Japan and in U.S on 8th September this year.
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Sep
Released in July this year, Director Leopoldo Aguilar’s Monster Island is a Mexican computer animated fantasy film. Also known as L’IlladelsMonstres, the film stars Fiona Hardingham, Roger Jackson, Jenifer Beth Kaplan and Eric Larsen amongst others.
10
Sep
Blue Dreams Studio’s ‘Animal Crackers’ is a Spanish-American 3D animated fantasy film that was released in June this year. The movie is directed by Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft and stars real life husband and wife, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. Other A list cast members include Sylvester Stallone, Danny DeVito, Raven-Symoné,Patrick Warburton,Ian McKellen and Wallace Shawn.
02
Sep
Scheduled to release in October this year, MLP: The Movie is an animated musical fantasy film based off of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, a popular animated TV series.
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Jul
Directed by Chris Weitz and distributed by Warner Brothers, The Golden Compass is a fantasy and adventure film based on ‘Northern Lights’ i.e., the first novel in Philip Pullman’s trilogy ‘His Dark Materials’.
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Aug
Produced by Filmax Animation in 2007, Nocturna is a Spanish-French animated fantasy movie. This movie is directed by Víctor Maldonado andAdrià García. Produced by Philippe Garrel and Julio Fernández, this movie has won the Goya Award for best animated film amongst the few.