Looking back at the video, “brief history of animation”, It was interesting see how we evolved from back then to the present and how a few things are actually similar as well. After thinking of that, I started to wonder about the many animation out there from shows to movies and how they are or what program they use for it. Let’s discuss it!

Studio Ghibli is one of my all time favorites, Especially with each other their movies and how magical they are able to make them look which is completely awesome. I chose them because as a kid, I even watched almost all of their movies but my favorite from the rest is, “My Neighbor Totoro” This is because me and my sister both watched this as kids and we compared the girl’s to ourselves and we found Totoro very adorable.  The thing that I loved about the style of the animation is how smoothed I believe it to be and at certain points of the movies, the girl’s hair moves around because of the wind and I find that such attention to detail even if its just hair moving. What I like about the characters is how magical the creatures are and how well they bonded with the kids. For the kids, what I like about them is the way that they acted when it came into moving in a new a house, It made me think that they are appreciative of the things they have. Also, the kids have a strong bond together, Since the little one is attached to her older sister since they’ve been together with their dad while their mom was in the hospital. What I liked about the story/plot is how it’s based upon the imagination of the girls and it even focuses on the relationship of the family and how it’s well balanced out. Studio Ghibli uses the software, “Open toonz”

My second favorite is one that is called “beyond the boundary” I chose this because when I first watched the show, I fell in love with it then watched the movie which is this. I found the characters beautiful with an interesting plot as well. I loved how clear and smooth the animation was for this, lets say that there was wind, the trees around and the character’s hair would move, even their clothing. I loved the characters because of how much I can compare myself to the girl with pink hair. Also, how the character development grows throughout the show/movie and how stronger it got. I like how balanced I felt this was compared to any other, with relationship, character development, main point or story and how it gets across and builds up overtime. The software for the animation that was used was Kyoto animation.