What is another word for "Animation?"

[Jake Lipson]

Hi guys -

As some of you may know, I am doing a major research paper for school about the impact of Toy Story on the animation industry, because of its status as the first CGI film. It's going pretty well but I'm having some trouble, so I thought I would throw this out to all of you for ideas.

My thesis statement (the point I am trying to make with the paper, which the entire paper will back up with evidence) says: "Its [Toy Story]'s success completely changed the face of the animation industry, ushering in the current era of computer-generated animation at the exclusion of traditional hand-drawn fare."

This makes my point as well as anything will and I like it as my thesis, but I do *not* like having the same word in the sentence twice. "Animation" appears once with "industry" and once with "computer-generated." I need to come up with another word to use in one of those spots, and using variations on the word animation (i.e. animated) don't count. My teacher suggested the word "cartoon," but because it is thought of in a derogatory manner by many people, I do not like it too much and would prefer not to use it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks -- cheers!

[Luke]

I'm going to agree with your teacher and say that "cartoon" is really the only other word commonly-applied to the medium. I see it used all the time in a non-derogatory manner, so I'd think it's your best bet. Though I'm interested to hear any other suggestions, as someone who always tries to vary diction.

[yamiiguy]

You'll probably have to go with cartoon, there are more words in the thesaurus but none of the others apply to Toy Story:

animated movie, animation, cartoon, cell animation, claymation, comic, comic strip, drawing

[Trippin315]

Drawrings?

[Lars Vermundsberget]

I understand your problem. However, you might also be able to avoid it if you take one step back and rethink (rewrite) your statement.

[ichabod]

How about art?

[PixarFan2006]

I can think of many different words for animation:

Cartoons, Cartooning, Sketch, Sketching. and Drawing.

[Timon/Pumbaa fan]

How about "computer-generated imagery"?

[littlefuzzy]

How about "computer-generated imagery"?

That's just what I was going to suggest...

The industry is the "Animation Industry" I don't really think there is another word for it.

You couldn't really call Hollywood's Film-Making Industry the "Talkies Industry..." Yes, Movies would fit for this one, but Animation is pretty much it.

[Prudence]

Anime...

In all seriousness, "anime" is simply an abbreviation of the word "animation." However, that's not what people speak of when they refer to anime. If you talk about The Little Mermaid anime, for instance, people will think of the Japanese version.

[littlefuzzy]

Anime...

In all seriousness, "anime" is simply an abbreviation of the word "animation." However, that's not what people speak of when they refer to anime. If you talk about The Little Mermaid anime, for instance, people will think of the Japanese version.

Anime is used in Japan to refer to all animation, but in the U.S., it specifically means Japanese (or Japanese-style) animation. As long as I can remember, I have heard that Japan borrowed the French word for animation, instead of a shortened version of the English term.

[Lars Vermundsberget]

Definitely do not write "anime" in this context.

Based on the suggestion of "computer-generated imagery" your statement reads:

"Its [Toy Story]'s success completely changed the face of the animation industry, ushering in the current era of computer-generated imagery at the exclusion of traditional hand-drawn fare."

Perfect?

[Prudence]

I was being sarcastic about using the word "anime;" twas mostly giving out a random and useless fact.

[Super Aurora]

Anime...

In all seriousness, "anime" is simply an abbreviation of the word "animation." However, that's not what people speak of when they refer to anime. If you talk about The Little Mermaid anime, for instance, people will think of the Japanese version.

Anime is used in Japan to refer to all animation, but in the U.S., it specifically means Japanese (or Japanese-style) animation. As long as I can remember, I have heard that Japan borrowed the French word for animation, instead of a shortened version of the English term.

Actually that's true. Anime is originally a French word. Japan more than likely borrow the term from the French as if people has not borrow enough stuff from the French already.

[Lars Vermundsberget]

I was being sarcastic about using the word "anime;" twas mostly giving out a random and useless fact.

Sure, I was just agreeing with you.

[Jake Lipson]

Got it -- and it's *not* "cartoon!"

A light bulb went off in my head just now; I figured out how to reword the one bit without having to edit the thesis at large. It now says "Its success completely changed the face of the animation industry, ushering in the current era of computer-generated work being done at the exclusion of traditional hand-drawn fare."

[Super Aurora]

I was being sarcastic about using the word "anime;" twas mostly giving out a random and useless fact.

Sure, I was just agreeing with you.

do disney fans got some grudge against anime or something?

[Prudence]

Sure, I was just agreeing with you.

do disney fans got some grudge against anime or something?

Quite a few do. I don't, honestly, but I am guilty of spilling out unwanted sarcasm sometimes. I apologize if it was uncalled for.

I read the Doll manga, as well as some other anime series.

[Lars Vermundsberget]

Sure, I was just agreeing with you.

do disney fans got some grudge against anime or something?

I don't know - my point, and I believe the one I was agreeing with, was just about semantics.

[darth_deetoo]

How about rethinking your statement completely, for example:-

With the release of Toy Story, there was a paradigm shift within the world of animation which would eventually see traditional hand drawn cels being almost exclusively replaced by computer generated imagery.