animated cartoon

Sketched moving pictures

An animated cartoon is a film or video made from a sequence of drawings, computer graphics, or other images that create the illusion of movement when played in rapid succession.

The term distinguishes hand-drawn or digitally rendered animation from live-action film: Saturday morning animated cartoons, Disney's early animated cartoons.

Often shortened to just cartoon.

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tweening · voice acting · voice over · opening credits · drawing · keyframing · Saturday morning · theme song · movie · storyboard · caricature art · bouncing ball · childhood nostalgia · Disney · Miyazaki · cel · flip book · frame rate

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production method

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Filmed with real performers

documentary footage · photographic film · theatrical film · feature film

perceived seriousness

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Ambitious, critically acclaimed series

art film · documentary · arthouse film

visual realism

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Unprocessed recorded material

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Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G