I’m a middle school teacher, and we just got a new media center with a TV studio, video cameras, etc. I plan to run a club that writes their own skits and plays and makes them into mini-movies. There’s this group of students who are really into anime and they want to draw their own characters as a club. We got to talking about the TV studio and the possibility of including them and of them making anime movies of their own.
What is the best software for making anime on a computer? We have Macs with OSX and new Dells. I don’t know jack about this stuff, so all the googling in the world won’t help me. I need the advice of people who have used it and can tell me if it’s something I could learn and teach 12 year olds to use (or that the 12 year olds could learn and teach me). I am applying for a grant for this club to cover costumes, props, makeup, etc., so if this software were a reasonable price (couple hundred bucks max), I could include it in the grant.
Thanks for any advice and links to products.