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Originally Posted by Triple_R
That being said, I think that what 4Tran said almost a year ago on this thread is correct: It's very hard to sell 2D animated feature films in the modern North American marketplace. For whatever reason, most movie-goers seem to consider them inherently inferior to CGI 3D (or 3D-esque) animated films. It's unfortunate, especially for somebody like myself, who genuinely prefers 2D animated films to CGI 3D-esque animated films at an aesthetic level.
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Funny you should mention: In the missing second half of the interview, Miyazaki insisted that only those who loved drawing by hand belonged in Studio Ghibli. He may have accepted the need for 3-D in certain scenes, but Miyazaki stubbornly remains an old-school animator at heart. He openly admitted that hand-drawn animation is a dying art form, but said that is more the reason to keep it alive as far as possible at Studio Ghibli.
Sounds familiar? It should. The theme of fighting against inevitable extinction is echoed in several Miyazaki films and screenplays, most recently in
Karigurashi no Arrietty, in which the Borrowers are a dying race that would nevertheless keep on living life to the fullest as long as they are able. This leitmotif has permeated much of Miyazaki's work since the culmination of the
Nausicaa manga, where the theme first gained full expression.