#essay material

what connotations did it carry, how its role in the narrative changed, what’s different in each picture? i’m sure there are some essays looking into that, but it’s never as interesting as inventing the wheel yourself

Youtube is like my #1 resource followed by the animationtidbits blog.  Beause I chose something so topical and recent and not american (thanks for nothing hollywood vfx) the uni library wasn't much help this time around, but I've been having fun exploring other sources all the same. 

Gonna read and probably end up quoting this because it's relevant to the point I wanna get across.  It's from Dec 22 2011 so it doesn't refer to the very recent series which sparked my interest in the topic nor does it even mention studio ghibli but this author makes some very good points about the transition from 2d to 3d our animation is making. 

On the topic of Ghibli and collaborations to produce 3D media there's also Ni no Kuni, a game "The Another World" for which Studio Ghibli created the animated squences.  The cutscenes are 2d, in Ghibli's traditional style whereas the gameplay is 3d modelled to emulate this style, examples of both are seen above.