as in brightness
the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity
the animation of any city depends upon an abundance of street-level restaurants, shops, and places of entertainment
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Congratulations – and thank you! – to all of the filmmakers for an extraordinary year in animation.
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2024
The jewelry company released a limited-edition jewelry design featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and pixel of Disney animations.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
That was one of my earliest memories of digital cinema and animation.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
Sattar creates the animations behind Roan for her shows, helps select her single covers and plays a hand in the star’s makeup and outfits.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2024
The jewelry company released a limited-edition jewelry design featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and pixel of Disney animations.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
That was one of my earliest memories of digital cinema and animation.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
Sattar creates the animations behind Roan for her shows, helps select her single covers and plays a hand in the star’s makeup and outfits.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Animation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animation. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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