Animated cartoon

An animated cartoon is a moving picture generated by photographing drawings frame-by-frame, as opposed to a normal movie, which is produced by shooting 24 frames a second of actual moving persons or objects.

Genres of animated cartoons

Funny animals

The first animated cartoons often depicted funny animals in various adventures. This was the mainstream genre from the early 1900s until the 1940s, and the backbone of Disney's series of cartoons.

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Funny animals - Mainstream

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Zany humor

Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck of Warner Brothers, and the various films of Tex Avery at MGM introduced this popular form of animated cartoons. Disney never really mastered this genre. The article Cartoon physics describes typical antics of zany cartoon characters.

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Bugs Bunny - Daffy Duck - Warner Brothers - Tex Avery - MGM - Cartoon physics

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Sophistication

As the medium matured, more sophistication was introduced, albeit keeping the humorous touch. Classical music was often spoofed, a notable example is "What's Opera, Doc" by Chuck Jones.

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Classical music - What's Opera, Doc - Chuck Jones

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Limited animation

In the 1950s, UPA and other studios refined the art aspects of animation, by using extremely limited animation as a means of expression.

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UPA - Art - Limited animation

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Modernism

Graphic styles continued to change in the late 1950s and 1960s. At this point, the design of the characters became more angular, while the quality of the character animation declined.

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Japanese styles

Anime and Hentai became very popular among young adults in the late 20th century.

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Anime - Hentai

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