How many types of cartoons are there?

1, divided into: plane hand-drawn animation, three-dimensional shooting animation, virtual generated animation, and real-life animation according to technology;

2. According to the media, it is divided into cinema animation, TV animation, advertising animation and science and education animation;

3. According to the nature of animation, it can be divided into commercial animation and experimental animation.

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Characteristics of animation in various countries:

1, China Animation

China Animation has been committed to creating a road with its own characteristics, adhering to the tradition of Chinese painting. After the reform and opening up, this purpose has not been abandoned in the tide of world animation.

2. Japanese animation

Japanese animation works have a strong preference for surrealism and are often closely related to Japanese cartoons. With the development of science and technology, Japan still adheres to the traditional hand-drawing method and devotes itself to the study of animation narrative language. In order to improve work efficiency, the "mouth movement drawing method" is adopted, which only changes the speaker's mouth shape.

3. American animation

American animation occupies an important position in the history of world animation, leading the trend and development direction of world animation, and has always paid attention to the application of high technology and the pursuit of high quality. Drama-oriented, happy ending. Tragedy films are rare, and they pay special attention to the depiction of details, which is suitable for the aesthetic taste of the vast majority of viewers.

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