The Animation Discussion Thread (Past, Present and Future Techniques)

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I am creating this topic simply because this discussion derails every other animation thread there is on this forum ("the death of hand-drawn animation" / Princess and the Frog vs. Tangled / the future of animation / new animation techniques vs. old ones / future of animation).

I will keep it as vague as possible. Feel free to join in the discussion, post (old) news and debate.

UPDATE: I will ask a mod to change the title of this thread to "The Animation Discussion Thread (Past, Present and Future)". Since I created this thread I didn't really want to limit it in a single discussion, but the appropriate form hadn't yet sprung to mind. I would love this to become a place when we can discuss anything animation, whether that's news, a movie, a significant person, animation in live action film, techniques, animation systems, history, CGI vs. hand-drawn - you name it.