#philips cd-i

I think what a lot of attempts to emulate the Philips CD-i cutscene style get wrong is that yes, these folks had no idea how to animate, but that also meant having no acquaintance with any of the labour-saving practices of mainstream animation, and thus not knowing what not to do. I know it's a meme, but look up the original Morshu animations some time and pay attention to how absurdly complicated his poses and gestures are for a guy who has a grand total of two voiced lines.