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about American animation versus the far superior anime, but he misses an important aspect of nearly all animated cartoons in America today (apart from the Disney and Chuck Jones cartoons). If you lood at the closing credits of just about any animated show, from "Rugrats" to "Simpsons" to "Animaniacs" to "Batman" and everythig else in between, you'll see a credit for "Overseas Animation," followed by the name of some Japanese or South Korean studio. The fact is, most American studios do the key scenes here in America, then to save time and money, they pay overseas studios to do the time-consuming inbetweening, ink and paint, and other scut-work. The official explanation for this is that Japan and Korea have a larger pool of animation talent than America does and therefore it's cheaper to have overseas studios do all of the donkeywork. Bullshit. We have just as many animators here, but they are all working for Disney or doing commercial work--something with a guaranteed up-front payoff. I don't blame them; they have to go where the work is, and let's face it, most Hollywood studios will not risk time and money on something that is fresh and original (i.e., something that isn't a clone of The Simpsons, Duckman, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Batman, or the latest Disney Juggernaut). What America needs is an animation studio interested in doing anime-style stories, made entirely in the USA. You know, something where the script and the merchandising deals aren't written at the same time...
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