So I’m creeping on a forum clicking away and muttering to myself when I come across a topic that is all “I don’t care about the animation as long as the plot is good.”
I (think that I) understand the intended sentiment behind such a comment, “If the animation is not that amazing but I like the plot I will watch it”; but it still kind of rubs me the wrong way as it was presented and discussed between non-lurking forum folk. They were lamenting a few favorite titles they feel other people poo-poo due to the bad animation. Which very well may be true. Many people could be missing out on some great plots! But if something animated has “bad” animation (either as defined by the viewer or by objective standards of quality) - that is a entirely valid reason to poo-poo a animated title as the animation in a animated title should account for something.
Animated works don’t get animated due to frivolous decisions. There is a intentional choice behind animating a show/film/commercial/art project/whateverz and animated titles should be held to that choice.
Its is like saying “I don’t care about the music in a musical as long as the plot is good.” The music is a part of the plot, in all types of musicals - the music defines the medium that the plot (good or bad) exists in. The animation is important to the plot of a animated work. It is. It can’t not be really.
