Fluid Animation Within Modern Cartoons (READ DESC.)
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All shows + episodes w/ timestamps:
Steven Universe
(Takafumi Hori & James Baxter)
00:07 Mindful Education
01:20 Change Your Mind
1:50 Steven Universe: The Movie
Adventure Time
(James Baxter & Alex & Lindsay Small-Butera)
04:29 James Baxter the Horse & Horse and Ball
05:22 Ketchup
The Amazing World of Gumball
(Simon Landrein & Jeremy Pires)
06:26 The Ollie
06:39 The Drama
Craig of the Creek
(Spencer Wan)
07:12 Candy Smugglers
Gravity Falls
(James Baxter & Dana Terrace)
07:19 Theme Song Intro
07:58 Weirdmageddon III: Take Back the Falls
The Owl House
(Spencer Wan)
08:15 Theme Song Intro
08:25 The Intruder
08:38 Convention
09:18 Enchanting Grom Fright
10:00 Agony of a Witch
Okay so… I randomly made this video one day as a little project for personal uses, not expecting it to get as much attention as it does now😅. Which is also why there isn’t a wide variety of shows shown here, as it mainly just includes ones that I personally watch (not to mention the transitions are kinda trash). But I really appreciate everyone’s suggestions and recommendations! I plan on making a renewed, updated version of this compilation to upload soon - in which case, I might end up taking this one down
In the next version, could you include *that* fight scene in Amphibia?
The animation was done by an actual animator. For context, the show and many other animated shows in the US are animated in South Korea. They animate whatever is on the storyboard, so if the storyboard looks bad then they animate it to reflect the bad storyboard content. Hence why it is important to actually hire good storyboard artists to do so. No one on the Steven universe crew is a good storyboard artist which can be seen when the characters height change for no real reason or things just look bad, like the fight scenes.
@@cosmicwooloo tbh... Is good option.
Try castlevania, owl house, infinity train and maybe the boondocks
Ey where the OK KO at? That show has some incredible animation.
“Animation is a medium, not a genre”
Your username and pfp might be one the most cursed things I’ve seen
@@averagecartoonfan3519 He's still right
GEDA
GO AWAY GUS EDA
@@abbeyh I read that as sus eda at first
But either way.... it’s definitely correct.
5:33
"the island started shaking"
finn proceeds to unconsciously breakdance
Bruh why has this got me wheezing
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m struggling to breathe
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’M WHEEZING
spinel is living proof that smear frames are really handy and should be used
Yeah lol
@Insomnia_Gaming lol
God the animation for her was so amazing!!! They used smear frames great, but didn't use them lazily at all!!! When she's spinning her staff you can actually see her doing proper manipulation of it with her fingers to make it spin!! Often when spinning a staff in animation it'll just completely blur it, and it's the only case I've seen where a character is spinning a staff with just their hands, not arms, and it actually shows it!!
What's smear frames?
@@aloisia1118 it’s like when the you need the animation to move so quickly that one of the frames will result in being smeared, and their body will be elongated, and they might have three eyes. Here is a video with some examples because my explanation is terrible. czcams.com/video/aXkHp0cklS4/video.html
I’ve never seen adventure time so the horse that continually says “James Baxter” brought so much joy
You should totally watch adventure time if you liked gravity falls or owl house or even svtfoe, its got an amazing overarching plot and all the characters are super loveable and its just weird sometimes lol
It’s so good you should watch it
Funny thing is that's his whole thing in the show. He goes around trying to make people happy with his little ball trick
Also I agree, please do watch adventure time. It's pretty fun
that's what he does :)) james baxterrr
How did you like... Never watch adventure time?? It's like..The greatest show ever no cap
steven universe : "it's over isnt it" song, the animation is pretty good 2
I remember them saying they purposefully re-did some of the animation for that scene because Deedee Magno Hall went *SO* hard with the vocals
@@utopiaa_1775 as they SHOULD 😌😌
@Barb Monroe deedee is always a goddess tho
The song is so good.
yes! the 360 rotation of pearl singing is just *chef kiss
1:41 So I saw someone point out that whenever we see white diamond she’s radiating and glowing compared to everyone else, but when the two Stevens are mixing white diamond appears dull compared to them because Steven’s self love is more perfect than her “flawless” image.
Meanwhile in SUF: "Where's that self love now?"
@@03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3 He left it at Denny’s 😭
@@03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3
Hiding beneath all the poor boy's trauma
@@egreenlee750 HELP THIS COMMENT IS FUNNIER THEN IT SHOULD BE
@@user-sc9nk4be4v He left his plate and his joy at table number 7
So, you basically just telling me that you like James Baxter
James Baxter is really good tho
James Baxter is pretty good.
Yeah James Baxter is neat.
James Baxter is quite great
Who doesn't
I can't NOT laugh at 5:32
FINN IS JUST BOUNCIN AROUND DOIN NOTHING
BSHSHSHSHSHSHSH HE LOOKED LIKE A JELLO
I think the slapping plopping sound effects there add a lot too 😂
looks like gmod ragdoll
HE’S FUCKEN BREAK DANCING💀💀💀
@@GrindstoneGameClips istg
5:34 I like their Easter egg on that episode. It's just Mordecai screaming "Yooo"
The most creative Easter egg I've so far.
wHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Mordecai: wOAAAAAAHHHHH
I recognised Mordecai but I forgot his name 💀
Wh… why is that horse so smoothly animated…
Because it's animated by James Baxter
It’s name is James Baxter and it’s animated by James Baxter so I think you know why
James baxter animated the horses in spirit. The original one.
@@HELLO-ux3hb double james baxter
@@jackson65659 holy crap I didnt know that. Thats amazing
5:46
Half of Mordecai's vocabulary compressed into some scenes
LMFOAOOOOOO
LOOOOOLL
wOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
MY EARs
A quarter of the clips are just James Baxter animations.
Honestly I may end up one day just making a compilation of James Baxter animations haha
James Baxter is basically the god of animation. That video would be so long, but I'd probably watch it honestly 😆
@@BlueTheCartoonAddict he fckn hand drew 1:28-1:50 WHITE DIAMOND INCLUDED TF??
Yep! You can see the original on his youtube channel in fact!
@jēsūs what do you mean? The animation is gorgeous here, and it’s impressive how he hand drew this
fun fact: that steven universe episode from the first clip was story boarded by an animator from a different studio, and turned out to be the nicest animated episode and most consistent in character models , like in some episodes, heads become massive and legs are tiny stumps, it shows how much a good storyboard can impact a show
Not just a different studio but from a different country. Takafumi Hori worked on Trigger’s works like Kill la Kill and Little Witch Academia.
It was animated by a whole different studio. With a bigger budget
@@Oak_Eggar tbh lily sucks
@@Oak_Eggar Maaaaaaan that shits old.
@@savegalkissy It wasn't? It was only storyboarded by a guest in the studio, the animators were shafted hard for most of the show by terrible storyboarding.
The owl house is pretty much great animation all the time
Not all the time but it's pretty good
I agree! I find both the animation and art style very appealing.
@@cashy6091 exactly I could watch the show for just the art alone
@@jaycrews3707 why not all the time
It’s good the animation is good but the fighting animation is literally the best I have seen it’s really good but the animation in general isn’t the best of all time the best animation in my opinion is Hilda I love that show
1:53 was animated by hori takafumi (I don't remember where his cut ends) 4:30 was animated by the horse riding the beach ball himself, James Baxter
Sorry didn't see that
J-a-a-a-ames Ba-a-axter~
I heard takafumi animated LWA pilot episodes?
And to think he animated all that with hooves!
5:29 is Massaka Yuasi is the animator or director for these animations!
Steven Universe has good animation....I just wish the characters would have consistent proportions
Same tbh
I blame Rough Draft for that. The storyboarders were allowed to be expressive when drawing for Steven Universe, but while Sunmin Animation was really good at adapting the expressiveness in a way that shined in the final product, Rough Draft pretty much copied the style of the drawing exactly, which would sometimes look off if the storyboarder didn't have a style that was conducive to animation (on top of their usual habit of taking lots and lots of shortcuts).
I feel the same about lore Olympus
steven universe animation actually kinda lacks very often… its really unfortunate. its great at times of course, but thats mainly whenever they have a guest animator that doesn’t usually animate for them
@@weeatslime your pfp made me so confused because I was like When did the owo bot get CZcams
Alternative title: James Baxter animation reel
He has come in as a guest animator on many shows! I definitely honor his work, may eventually just make a video highlighting all the different shows/movies he’s helped with ;)
You can tell that the animators in the Owl House really wanted the witches battle to be the best and coolest it could be, especially between Eda and Lilith, and I love this! Makes them feel one of a kind and that they stick out in your brain more!
Yes!
the fight scenes in this show are beautiful how do they do itttt
@@theghost_3j up the frame count
Yes! Every battle and significant moment has the framerate jump up from maybe 12 fps to 24. I believe that that's how they do it, similar to how into the spider verse achieved the same effect. They always try to make the big fights look best and it SHOWS.
Reminds me of amphibia
now that season 2 of the owl house is out, i think the new beginning intro sequence fits VERY well into this.
Yes! Definitely hoping to see more of Spencer Wan’s work this season :)
@@cashy6091 I believe that Spencer Wan left the owl house after season one and that the new animation supervisor will be Kofi Fiagome.
BABY KING
@@crossedpawsgacha8702 YES
Reminder that these are all done by individual/guest animators opposed to just the overseas animation that’s typically done for these shows! I believe all the shows featured (and others) do have a really appealing animation style in general, but I specifically included clips where the animation changes/ becomes more fluid. I’ve been reading your guys’ comments and thank you for the suggestions! I may have to make a part two in the future :)
I think the here comes a thought one was a guest storyboarder but the same animators. I dunno for sure tho
Ahhh yes! I believe Takafumi Hori was a guest as he both storyboarded *and* animated certain portions of Mindful Education.
Anime has a whole word for sequences where the animation style changes to a higher quality-- sakuga. I like this term because it helps avoid the implication that the regular animation is bad, and means that those sequences just really push the envelope. Great video!
the majority of the animations where done by James Baxter
Still good regardless
And Spencer Wan
Yeah, and?
A horse did it :)
@@1NT3RN3TBARF jaaaaaamesss Baxter
6:50
"Sweet Christmas you totally yoshi'd that guy!!"
Got me laughing 😂😂
What's even funnier is he's referencing how usually to make big jumps in the Mario games with Yoshi, Mario will just jump off of Yoshi to make more distance while Yoshi takes the fall, so Darwin isn't wrong when he says that.
@@DevenSU :|
@@fuz5567 it was a year ago, please forgive thy sins I have wrought across youtube in my time 😭
the scene from infinity train where lake hucks a piece of grass at a deer is also really good. it's from the last episode of season 2. There's other great shots from infinity train, though sometimes few and far in between. can't think of many right now. check it for yourself!
There’s so many good moments from season three! One that comes to mind is in episode six when grace calms hazel down. The change in expression and color is so smooth.
You think somebody that posts the owl house actually watchrs infinity train?
Oh yeah when Alan Dracula lazered the flex
@@mtj8870 what are you implying?
@@mtj8870 I watch both-
The butterflies is amazing how do they Keep track of multiple things
They likely added them in later
The spongebobs in spongebobs head be like:
Oooooh, shoul've added Anphibia's intro! The part where Anne saves Sprig from the giant Indiana Jones Boulder was animated beautifully!
I totally agree ! It's really smooth and well animated :)
@@snuzzles6747 Yeah, the first time I saw it i must've rewinded it twice, then paused and giggled about how good it was before continuing. It reminds me of Spinel's spinny scenes.
and annes crazy blue power moment-
or any episode where Sash shows up
and the director be like ''RELEASE THE BUDGET''
@@user-yw8tg8hw7j especially that moment where Anne though sprig died, that was so fluent bro
The show Bluey has some of the smoothest animation I’ve ever seen. It got better in the second season as well
Yes
If your thinking of the one I am, it’s definitely the best kids show meant for little kids that I have watched
@@vaskebjorn_, I don’t know any other show about Australian Dogs called Bluey, but I think we’re thinking of the same thing. But, fun fact! It was originally meant for parenting help for adults
@@doctordeathdefying132 yeah lol
@@doctordeathdefying132 I can see why it would be meant for parenting help lol
The Owl House is packed full of beautiful animation sequences. Do they bring on guest animators for them or something like that, if anyone knows? The animation styles seem to vary a bit between those sequences.
Most of the sequences that look incredible in The Owl House are either animated by Animation Supervisor Spencer Wan or the show's creator and Executive Producer: Dana Terrace.
The fact that I distinguished some of these as one of James Baxter's work still amazes me. There's just something about how fluid he animates and how you can easily spot it because of just how smooth and realistic it is.
The Ducktales reboot “OK, first, I didn’t tell you because I was scared that you would get, hurt, then, I found out all this stuff and I didn’t want you to hurt ME! IM SORRY OK?! that scene is really well animated
Edit: A LOT of Ducktales scenes are really well animated, and my personal favorite of those scenes is the aerial fight between Boyd and Fenton. It’s so good!
When it comes to the DuckTales reboot, I like how the characters can be really expressive and how they don't always just stand still when talking.
True
Agree
Yesss that’s where it all started I honestly rewatched that scene over and over like holy shit it was so well done.
How did I JUST NOW realize that the bird at 5:49 is Mordecai?
And again, how did I JUST NOW realize that when Darwin say’s “You just totally Yoshi’d that guy!” At 6:50, he is referencing Mario players that jump off Yoshi over ditches to get more air?
this should've been called "Examples of God like Animation by James Baxter"
For a while I rly thought that james Baxter was just the horse for AT and everytime someone mentioned him I was like "you mean the horse?"
I would like to hereby apologize to all of the RotTMNT fans; I just looked more into that show aND WOW the animation is gorgeous :O
YES THANK YOU!
Yes! Im glad you liked it!
I AGREE
yes
I lowkey slid in here to see if RotTMNT was on the list and while it isn't I'm glad to see it being recognized!
10:05 This is my first time hearing her voice (never seen Owl House, been meaning to though) and I instantly recognized her as the same voice actress who did Beautiful Gorgeous in Jimmy Neutron
You should watch the show its really good and the animation is impressive
I just realized that every instance of smooth animation I’ve ever seen in a cartoon has been created by James Baxter.
I feel the need to vigorously applaud.
I love how spinel is madly spinning a weapon that can reset her mind like it’s a cardboard tube, it communicates how manic and crazy she is to the view in a subtle way
Damn the fight scenes (8:38 and 10:00) for these two are GODLY!!
What show is this again?
@@raurarur i think it's called Owl House
@@freshavocado5273 yup it is, and we've got more smooth scenes in Season 2!
1:25
Im so glad you included this
I just cant get over how smooth it is 😩😩
Honestly we shall appreciate the proggres of art nowdays, i remember the old times cartoons and i love steven universe for taking alot of inspiration from them , giving them some respect
James Baxter is an animation legend. All of his work is great.
It’s too bad he doesn’t do flash animation.
@@xs0528 how come? /gen
@@noranizaazmi6523 Nobody knows.
I love the first scene in this of Steven universe, cause It shows that ruby gets frustrated over little things while sapphire is having so many things crushing her and stressing her out, most likely cause of her future vision, and it shows that ruby can calm down and figure out her own problems and help her wife's bigger problems, and that they have to help eachother feel ok so they don't fall apart
OHHHHHH thanks for explaining it, tbh i didnt understood the scene in my own so your explanation was very useful
Once i suddenly started saying "Jaaaaaamess baxxxxterrrr" and wondered where it came from... and when i searched it up i was struck with nostalgia remembering the lovely horse
I'd recommend checking Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! They have very good animation there aswell!
Thank youu! I was thinking the same thing -- Rise of TMNT is so underrated (:0:)
God that show is SO UNDERRATED
Where can I watch it?
that show was so good T_T
@@cinnythebun7640 You can watch it on MyFlixer.com but I don't know if they added Season 2 yet
I’m so happy to finally see someone appreciate the gravity falls opening animation I’m obsessed with it
I had always loved the fact that Estelle was a voice actor for Steven Universe, and all of the songs that Garnet sang made all of them 1000% better.
The Owl House needs more seasons. Also I wanna see more of Gus :3
Rebecca, at peast since her time in AT always valued music a lot, so I think it's really cool SU had such care of getting very musically talented VA, which also means the movie being a musical was also so fitting!
This decade was amazing for animation, with so many fresh creators and artists sharing their ideas with the world. Animation is such an interesting medium because you can tell whatever story you want with no limitations but a lot of people disregard it as something for just kids
I swear Spinel’s scythe animation makes her a fun character for me
Every TOH fight scene is so fluid omg it’s a cinematic masterpiece
I live how the owl house every now and then throws a hint of fluid animation throughout their show
James Baxter and Spencer Wan or so freaking amazing. I hope to reach animation even a fraction as smooth as theirs someday.
The Owl House have a beautiful animation stile!
I still can't believe how flawless the fight animation in The Owl House is
I've always thought it was adorable that James Baxter got his name from learning to read, and misreading signs for "games" and "bookstore," pronouncing them as "James" and "Baxter" respectively... While also paying homage to his animator's name. So sweet.
Smooth animation: *exists*
James Baxter: it's free real estate ;)
Man
I love James Baxter's animation/style, it's so cute and unique
I will say, the last scenes in She-ra and the princesses of power, the reboot, is absolutely beautiful!
Baxter to Spencer: "I tip my hat to you, one legend to another"
2:32 i just feel like we all need to pause here for a moment to appreciate stevens face. thank you.
It's so cool when you start to recognize details about each animators style, like the slight dragging feeling of Spencer's that brings in more tension or the infinite smoothness of James baxters that gives an ethereal feel. It's so good to see their styles of animation come through in the styles of the shows characters
I think The Owl House takes the win on this one. I've never seen such consistently fluid perfect animation, while the characters stay so meticulously on-model in a tv show
Its not really a competition... its just a compliation.
@@XYZtoolss well, yes
I’m just imagining all of the button mashing spinel is doing when she’s singing other friends, like I just think it would sound like that one clip of the n64 controller in smash bros
1:28 is a no brainer. James Baxter integrated his talent into this special for this one scene alone. He has 25+ years of experience and he takes every frame with serious care. God bless Baxter.
These having such fluid animations make the moments and what the moments represent that much more impactful.
That eda vs lilith fight is what drew me into the show in the first place. I honestly didn’t expect that level of animation 🔥
The dance from enchanting from fright is the smoothest animation I’ve seen in a long time. Toh in general just has some really clean animation. I’d also consider most of these more smooth animation than just good. Good is to broad of a term for animation as a whole. What some people consider good could be bad for other people. There are too many factors and aspects of animation to categorize certain ones as good. It’s all about preference in the end. All this said this was still an awesome video that showcased some amazing work from the great animators of this generation.
Owl House's battle/important story scenes have some of the best animation I have ever seen in my life, the amount of work that we t into then it's astronomical.
These shows are amazing and proves that modern animation is an improvement to classic animation.
The first 4 minutes and 30 seconds were just steven universe.
I love it
Literally EVERY fight scene in the owl house is gorgeous!😭🤚 Also should have added the finale of Amphibia season 2 where Anne powers up, god damn that was like the best animation in the entire show, it was sooooo good😫👌
The owl house animations are so good, In obsessed with the show ❤️❤️❤️❤️
“So we decided to walk somewhere else”
*Proceeds to ascend*
The fact that you put the grom scene in there 😌💅
The anime influences of The Owl House were cool to see here. Especially the scene od the monster chasing the one character (haven't watched it yet, sorry) through the halls. That had big Spirited Away vibes, just as chaotic and the monster had good weight.
I'm so glad that all the clips from The Owl House are Spencer's animations specifically, love that guy.
If anyone wants to know. In the first Steven universe clip the crew brought on a guest storyboard artist to do all of the directing and choreography. He works at studio trigger which brought us little witch academy. He wasn’t the one who animated it that was the Korean studio that dose most of the shows usual animations. Anyways I just think it’s cool enough fact
Most of these clips gave me goosebumps. These animators need a raise!
It’s kinda sad that they had to bring in a guest to draw the storyboards for Steven Universe to finally look good and in model... the studio that animated Mindful Education is the same that animated all other SU episodes, yet there’s a glaring difference between it and other SU episodes in comparison. That’s how important storyboarding is, folks.
The second one is incredibly smooth, definitely one of my favorite episodes from SU
the whole steven universe “change” sequence animation is so smooth like dayum bruh
3:38
Spinel knows the ways of Spinjitzu :0
Just wanted to say that She-ra has some pretty good animation as well! Especially during the fight scenes in the last season and Adora's second transformation sequence.
Also, from Tangled: the series, the 360 shot in "Nothing Left to Lose" and the Cassandra vs. Rapunzel fight in S3, and when Raps sends the Sundrop and Moonstone back to the heavens.
She ra doesn’t have good animation imo though.
and isn’t the tangled series 3D animated
@@ggmmdh Tangled the Series is 2D animated. And I agree that She-ra isnt consistently good in animation, but I do think it has its moments is all
@@TheCanderemy oh really I heard somewhere it was cgi or something it just looks 2d
@@ggmmdh I googled it and it is definitely 2D. Even if it wasnt, 3D animation or 3D stylized (much like "Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse" and "Klaus") is still animation and are worthy of recognition.
5:15 Pretty sure “James Baxter” is that scenes animator.
And the Steven fusing with himself scene’s animator.
Yes it is-
*this good animation* me waiting for owl house *gets happy seeing owl house*
BRUH WHERE IS TEEN TITANS GO MOVIE THAT HAS SUCH CLEAN ANIMA-
IKR
The gravity Falls theme started playing and I got hit with nostalgia. I also knew all of these cartoons... (I'm a cartoon kid, the reality TV stuff was my least interest) so this was quite nostalgic since a few of these shows may never come back
5:46 I'd know that scream anywhere... But you know who ELSE knows that scream anywhere? MY MOOOM!
The steven re-fusing part is probably my favorite clip
The lumity grom dance is also pretty fantastic
I LOVE The Owl House fight scenes SO MUCH. they're smoothness reminded me of some tip tier anime fight scenes bit this time with different art style. I love the animation style, it brings me pure joy watching it, i feel the emetions of the characters too
fun fact about the owl house: recently in one of the last episodes, the animation in one part was sooo smoth!! it rrally impress me. if youre asking whats the scene im talking about, it's the lumity kiss!! the animation was soo cool, i guess it was because that kiss was one of the things the fans wanted the most.
The owl house has by far the best 2d animation I’ve seen from Disney
viola.
I think I already commented here before but THE ENTIRETY OF LEGO MONKEY KID IS SO SMOOTH
I like how you just put the entire intro for Gravity Falls
These are all pretty great :) my favorite little bit of insanely smooth animation is the end of Inside Of Every Demon Is A Rainbow from Hazbin Hotel. Holy moly, that animation of Charlie spinning in all the chaos is BEAUTIFUL.
Truee
I was surprised that the owl housemade it I love it
May i also nominate the entire DuckTales finale, the fight scene from Astro BOYD, that one pan scene from nothing left to lose (tangled the series), and Carmen Sandiago combat scenes
I cannot express quite how many times I have watched that animation of the two Stevens fusing. It is mesmerising.
All these shows are great, I love how the animation teams take so much time to make the show scenes amazing!
Can we just agree that james baxter is a god tier animator?
the first animation of the song from Garnet it was animated by Studio Trigger (the anime studio) so it maybe a bit more fluid and more consistent than Steven Universe’s regular style.
Along with the Spinel animation, that’s why it’s so fluid.
The “Other Friends” sequence with the various perspective shots and Spinel’s stretches always leave me in awe, especially when you consider some of the continuous shots and the progression between them. All these examples are testaments to how fluid animation and effective editing/transitioning go hand in hand.