i just met him today!!, he had an amazing lecture in our college today. I complemented his shirt(same one in the video). He is amazing!

Eric is absolutely correct! Conceiving the scene in your mind first, the rhythm, the gestures, the flow, and then executing the concept, will always lead to stronger, more heartfelt and more inspired work than if you plan it out on the computer, piecemeal. Technology is a crutch, the more you use it the less skill you develop.

My point exactly, I was just trying to say that the animators of old had to be really great because they produced higher quality animation and with way less technology. With the exception of Japanese Animation which has only progressed and is the world's best in my opinion

Hahaha. This is great- I'm the animator who asked this question and one of the ones, actually. You can here me saying "In terms of performance, you mean?" at 0:42. Awesome- Thanks for posting these!!

Not necessarily. True, that have more fluid looking works, but that's merely because they subscribe to the method of pantomime for most of the animation they do, whereas animation from France and Japan (as well as other countries) focuses on subtlety. Take World Record from the animatrix. When they talk, its just 2-3 frames of a moving mouth and slight hand/body moves, but the running sequences are masterful. Its pacing, and is something I think (as of late) Disney had problems with in 2d.

Animators from back in the day did so much more then animators now and with way less resources

Eric Goldberg is a genius!

@HDibbles of course i have, and its great. I still stand by my point ,especially as someone who studies animation.

could you provide the subtitles or captions in your text of what's eric saying? or at least the main concepts and words he say are important to handle in 2d animation.. he said something about old school methods to pre-view the timings, what are they called? I'm just learning english and there is so much noise in the background.. and i'm interested in studying animation.. thank you :)

I wouldn't say it's fair to compare several animated shows to an animation company that does feature length films. Not everything Disney has made has been a masterpiece (Home on the Range being a brilliant example). Anime all differ in terms of budgets, styles, length of the series, the genre etc. Just as there are bad quality anime, there are some spectacular ones too. I think it's an apples and oranges comparison though.

I want to talk to him!

lolz @ captain hook in the background

@mo389 You've never seen Afro Samurai?

I'm comparing the best of the Japanese to the best of western. American animation is so much stronger than Japanese animation. But that is not because of how inept the Japanese studios are. It is because they rather focus on cool looking style than realistic motion. Disney animations are a discipline in masterclass animation studies. Look at how masterful Bambi moves in Bambi or how Shere Khan in The Jungle book slinks his body around. It is incomparable to any high budget Anime.

Yeah, cuz he had way more resources

@HDibbles japanese animation is nowhere near being the best IMO. This is coming from a huge anime fan. Anime although it looks lovely it is nowhere near as fluid and imaginative as disney. Disney animators are masters of the art.