princess-unipeg reblogged
Hanna Barbanime Hot Take
Works listed:
- Yogi Bear (representing all the Hanna Barbera animals)
- Gerald McBoingBoing
- Rooty Toot Toot
- The work of Mary Blair
- Archer
- Wander over yonder
- Clone High
- 2 Stupid Dogs
- Total Dram
- Sheep in the Big City
- Crash Nebula (pilot)
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Mystery Skulls
- Ok KO
- Powerpuff Girls (original)
- Powepuff Girls (reboot… only listed because of resemblance to original)
- Dexter’s Laboratory
- Fairly Odd Parents
- Johnny Bravo
- Danny Phantom
- The Buzz on Maggie
- Johnny Test
- Scott Pilgrim
- Hello Kitty
- Warioware
- Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt
- Invader Zim
- Seconds
- Steven Universe
- Gorillaz Phase 1
- Samurai Jack
- Kaiba
- Astro Boy
Notes:
- This graph is not perfect… I feel like a third dimension with angular vs roundness might be in order.
- I like the term Hanna Barbanime because it’s a little broader than “Thick Line Animation”… Samurai Jack and Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends (which I forgot to add) have the same style, I think, but lack the outlines the term “Thick Lined Animation” suggests. Ian Jones Quartey, of OK KO fame, was the guy who coined the term.
- The titles at the end of each axis are a little misnomery.
- Genndy Tartakovsky I think represents a version of this style where it’s taken to an artistic extreme, whereas the butch hartman side of things tend to focus on other things other than artstyle… either brand recognizability, slapstick, or dialogue based humour.
- Further, Anime represents a specific brand of Anime… Japanese Superflat and the stuff influenced heavily by the works of Osamu Tezuka. Things like, say, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure don’t make the list.
- Similarly, the Hanna Barbera side also includes the work of UPA and the stuff influenced by J Ward. These three styles have their differences, of course, but still ultimately come from the same basic design principals.
- Only Gorillaz Phase 1 makes the list. Further phases go against the style a bit too much to be classified here.
- Archer is an interesting case… definitely has the thick lines, and I can’t help but see some Hanna Barbera influence in it’s design… but it’s definitely more Birdman than Yogi Bear
- There’s definitely a diagonal line being formed here. Theres definately not as much Anime/ Butch Hartman works as there are other works in other quadrants.
- OK KO and Steven Universe are both called “Calarts style”… but… it’s not really there. I think both owe way more to older Cartoon Cartoons than they do to, say… Gravity Falls or Adventure TIme (which don’t make the list)