Miraculous Ladybug

Miraculous Ladybug.

A French animated TV show, with one of the best CGI animations made I've seen for a television show. The characters are lovably and have strong personality's. The designs are unique and well done, and generally the show is just pleasing to watch.
Following Adrien Agrest a teen model/super hero (chat Noir), and Marinette Dupain Cheng and awkward clumsy girl/super hero (Ladybug). We follow there daily lives and what they get up to in the city of Paris. Usually this involves thwarting Hawkmoths plans to take there miraculous'es, which are the devices that let the transform into super heros.
Another aspect of the story is very romanced based, now stay with me as this may become rather confusing, Adrian/Chat Noir is in love with Ladybug which is Marinette, which he is undenounced to him. Where are ladybug/Marinette is in love with Adrian which she doesn't know is actually Chat Noir. Somehow neither have realised who each other really are, which is very frustrating.

 Here is the trailor of the show, as you can see the animation is smooth and well done. (The show is not a musical, apart from one Christmas special). The characters designs are appealing and are very unique, and are given outfits that represent them, for example Marinette has Chinese inspired flowers on her shirt as she is half Chinese.

Why do cartoon characters wear gloves?

This is something I've asked my self serval times. And its nice to finally have an answer. In Vox 's video they explain exactly as to way a lot of our beloved characters wear these gloves.
This was mainly due to convenience for animators, during the early stages of animations the majority of characters where black and white, making it difficult to see details with characters, so adding gloves made them easier to see. Not only that due to them being so rounded and easier to see they meant less detail had to be drawn when creating them.  

Another reason, which is now not associated with the gloves is that of  minstrel shows. Something that was very relevant for the era. Now this is not associated with the shows at all, and are now just associated with that of cartoons in general.

I found this video to be really interesting as it answered a question I've often wondered about, I recommend giving this a watch as its very informative.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

I'm surprised that I hadn't made a post on this one sooner. Teenage mutant ninja turtles, classic, remade...and remade again. (And again). To narrow it down a little I'm going to discuss three versions of them, 1987, 2003 and 2012. The 2003 version is the one I resonate most with, due to it being the version I grew up with, I distinctively remember my sister shouting to turn the telly off on a Saturday morning as I was watching the turtles to loudly.
The story of the turtles is different from series to series, so to narrow it down, 4 turtles and a man/rat (depending on the version) get mutated by a chemical they call ooz. This turns them into humen-esk creatures that learn how to become ninjas from Splinter their adopted father the rat/human. They live in the sewer and eat a diet that consist of pizza.
The story of the show usually follows them fighting crime, whether that be Shredder or the Purple Dragons. The Purple Dragons are a gang that roam the streets of new York, whereas Shredders clan is a group on ninjas, and depending on the show they have different goals. 
One of my favourite things about this show, is the use of the voice actor Rob Paulson, as he is my favourite voice actor, voicing other characters like Yakko, Pinky, Danny Phantoms father etc... . Aside from that I love the characters personality's as each have very distinctive traits. Michelangelo being the crazy fun one, Raphael being angry and angsty, Leonardo being the leader and Donatello being the smart one.

1987

2012

2003

As you can see they have similarity's with each regeneration of the characters, but there are some noticeable differences. As time has gone by they've become much more goofy characters, compared with the 2003.

Gorillaz

Gorillaz.

Usually I'm not much of a band person, I do listen a lot of music, usually just individual tracks, Its rare for me too have a band that I like the majority of the music they produce. I think a reason for me to like this band so much is due to the animated elements of the band. The band consists of four members each being an animated character.

                                                Russel              Noodle              2-D             Murdoc


The characters have very distinctive looks, having almost monkey like features and other quirks of their own, for example Murdocs green skin or 2-D's lack of eyes...as I said distinctive. The characters have gone through some changes of the years, most notable that of Noodle. This is due to as time has past the characters have aged, which is a nice touch to the design.

The characters all have elaborate back stories and very distinctive personality's. Murdoc is a very forward dirty older man. 2-D is a little ditsy. Russel is protective, especially of Noodle, and Noodle is quite but feisty.

The band have been creating music since 2001, and continue to make music now, recently realising their new album Humanz.

Butter Lover

This, this ones a strange one. The animation its self is extremely well done. Its smooth, the rules of animation have been used well, and the character design is extremely well done. The storyline follows a cashiers getting suspicious of a man that repeatedly comes into the store asking to buy butter. Eventually the casher asks the guy why he wants so much butter, the answer is not what you'd expect it to be. There's good use of colour, and the voice acting is very well done, and is animated well.
The reason I wanted to make a post about this animation was mainly due to how strange the storyline really is, it intrested me, and I want awnser from this animation, that I'm unlikely ever to get. There may be a joke here that I am failing too see and realise, and If someone does know the joke I'd apprecaiate an explanation.

(Warning: use of swearing)

https://youtu.be/yKGeJXk2qWQ

Obituary - A Grave Beginning

This is a pilot episode realised back in July of 2016. The episode revolves around a young girl named June that lives in a grave yard, with ghosts only she can see. She lives alone after her parents die in an accident, making the ghost he only friends.
June decides to go to school, and the episode revolves around her making enemy's and friends. The comedy is surprisingly light, when it comes to the topic at hand.
The style of animation is very aesthetically pleasing. I like the way the movement is done, and the style of each character having some form of differentiating look them.
As there is only one episode there is not much I can say about this, but I do think it was very well done, and I hope that the animation will be continued.

The episode :

https://youtu.be/0l940bPkV1o

Steven Universe

Where to begin. Steven Universe is a beautifully animated tv show. The backgrounds are phenomenal the characters are visually appealing, and diverse and the plot is gripping.
Personally I found that season one is not my favourite as there is a lack of plot to it, which can make it seam boring, but I feel this was a good way to introduce us to each of the characters. The show follows a young boy named Steven, how lives with three aliens or Gems as they are referred to in the show. This due to them each having a gem assigned to them. The main gems of the show being, Pearl, Garnet and Amethyst.
We follow Steven as he learns more about the gems and how his relationship with them and his Mother and Father progress. Steven is a kind hearted, warm, bubbly and innocent child. He goes through highs and lows and learns lessons from his mistakes.
The show deals with some controversial topics, and does them incredibly well, its beautifully done, and touches on very sensitive subjects in a very mature and respectful way.

The Princess and the Frog

This beautiful animated film needs a blog post. Its fun, colourful, musical and a wonderful film for all ages. Following Tiana a young woman from New Orleans, making her way in the world. She works two jobs to save money to own her own restaurant. She dreams of being a chef, and will work until she achieves this goal.

Tiana is not the only protagonist in this film, Naveen Prince of Maldonia has been cut off by his parents, and decides to come to New Orleans to try and wo and marry the rich daughter of a barren. Who happens to be Tiana's best friend.

The both of them end up being turned into frogs after Naveen messes around with the Shadow man. They both end up going on an adventure to find away to return to being humans.
I absolute love this film, I find that its one of the most underrated Disney films, and needs more recognise to how good it actually is.

Coraline

I know in a prior post
I compared a film with a book, and yes i'm going to do it again. This time, I'm doing things a little differently though. I feel both film and book are equally as good as each other, in this case, aside from the book being a tad more scary to a young me. 

Coraline is the story of a young girl, that moves to a new house with her parents. Coraline finds a little door in her new home, which she crawls through and finds another version of her family with buttons for eyes.  The story is rather sinister but is extremely good, and gripping, as someone who has watched this film multiple times and each time I'm enthralled. The animation style is amazing, its done in stop motion, the style is beautiful, and unique for when it was made.

Star Vs The Forces Of Evil

                             Star Vs The Forces Of  Evil

Star vs the forces of evil, is a fun, colourful, crazy cartoon. Following a young princess from another dimension called Mewni. Her parents send her to earth so that she will learn how to properly act and behave in a civilized manner.  Arriving on earth she meets a boy named Marco, who she moves in with and becomes best friends with.

I love the development in this, each episode has star learning something new, and Marco either learning something for himself, or helping Star with her magic. There is a devours amount of characters, each have there own very distinctive design, for

example princes poney head, Hekapoo and Ludo.The show is bright, vibrant, and fun.