Style: Western Cartoons: -Adobe Flash -Stylized minimalistic -Unproportionate to humans -Targeted mostly for young audiences -Digital Cost effective (jan 1, 2000 – dec 31, 2009)

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The 2000s, the beginning of the digital animation age brought about a much simpler animation style intended on streamlining production speeds and reducing production cost. ("What were the main influences and trends in 2000s TV animation?", 2021)

This however led to a reduction of overall body proportion realism using exaggerated and stylized body designs that used geometric shapes, which was known as the geometric era consisting of shows such as The Fairly OddParents (2001) & Samurai Jack (2001) ("Anime Vs Cartoon - What’s The Difference? - We Bet You Don't Know", 2021)

This became more prevalent among vector-drawn animations supporting thicker outlines and a weakness for stiff-looking animations due to restrictions that vector-drawn images function by.(2021)(2021)

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Anime Vs Cartoon - What’s The Difference? - We Bet You Don't Know. Wirally. (2021). Retrieved 9 May 2021, from https://wirally.com/anime-vs-cartoon/.

Reddit.com. (2021). Retrieved 9 May 2021, from https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/8l0x47/prevailing_cartoon_styles_per_decade_since_the/.

Twitter. (2021). Retrieved 9 May 2021, from https://twitter.com/SEGAmastergirl/status/1247142360678567936/photo/1.

What were the main influences and trends in 2000s TV animation?. Diverse Tech Geek. (2021). Retrieved 9 May 2021, from https://www.diversetechgeek.com/influences-trends-2000s-tv-animation/.

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