>>47052052>No, it's more expensive than traditional animation.Tell that to Disney, Dreamworks, Capcom, SNK, Arc Sys and all studios that dropped traditional drawings and sprites in favor of 3D models.
People don't understand how much traditional drawings can cost at times. Cartoon episodes can cost millions of dollars that are only ever compensated through viewership, and in an industry that's so demanding of animation as Japan's, they just can't compensate for it anymore.
Disney dropped it because several films like Treasure Planet were a unable to compensate that money (although that also had a lot of self-sabotage involved, but that's neither here nor there). SNK dropped sprites because they were taking a toll in their dying budget (hence why some KOF XIII characters look oddly similar like Joe and Hwa Jai). Cartoon episodes can cost millions of dollars that are only ever compensated through viewership, and in an industry that's so demanding of animation as Japan's, they just can't compensate for it anymore.
You guys don't know jack shit about animation at all.
