# Do children not enjoy 2-D animation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-not-enjoy-2-d-animation/631262 "2012-08-12T11:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-not-enjoy-2-d-animation/631262/21 "2012-08-13T11:46:46Z")
> [@grude](#): > > An example used was 2009’s Princess And The Frog and it was the first major release traditional 2D animated film since 2004 aimed at the family/child market, I don’t believe there have been any since. > > The film media constantly remarked on the fact it was the first 2D animated feature in a while. The fault for that mostly lies at the feet of Disney. They decided that after a string of disappointing releases in the 2000’s that they would cease to produce 2D animation. Keep in mind that there are three major American studios that produce animation theatrically Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks Animation. Pixar has always specialized in CG and Dreamworks hadn’t made a 2D animated works since _Sinbad_. So by definition if the only studio producing 2D animation stops producing animation then there is no more 2D theatrical animation. It took a few years for Disney to realize that it wasn’t the style of animation that mattered it was the fact that they produced a series of fairly mediocre films that did. So they released _The Princess and the Frog_ to rave reviews and a successful box-office. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-not-enjoy-2-d-animation/631262/22 "2012-08-13T12:13:45Z")
Warner Bros classic collections are easily available for home viewing and aren’t likely to be trumped, in either style or content. I think the competitors have given up the ghost. My kids love those old cartoons and have since they were preschoolers (at age 2 I think they mostly loved Teletubbies and Blue’s Clues). I read an interesting article recently on the development of Blue’s Clues as an alternative to other programming, you might want to google that for some insights on early childhood entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-not-enjoy-2-d-animation/631262/23 "2012-08-13T12:41:54Z")
My kid watches Dora and Curious George all the time, and passes on all the CGI movies I have for her. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-not-enjoy-2-d-animation/631262/24 "2012-08-13T13:45:44Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Again in my OP I made no claims such as “all children hate 2D animation, they only enjoy 3D animation” instead I noticed something which is definitely true(lack of 2D animated films in wide release) and linked it to something I noticed which is that toddlers prefer 3D animation, I then wondered if there was ANYTHING definite to back this theory up. I didn’t post it as a position in great debates, but perhaps I should have posted it in cafe society rather than GQ. I think the point is that _your_ toddler prefers 3D, other people here haven’t seen the same in _their_ toddlers. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-not-enjoy-2-d-animation/631262/25 "2012-08-14T14:57:13Z")
Thinking back to her toddler years, my kiddo’s favorite shows were **Dora** , **Oswald** , and **Peep** , which are traditional 2D animation. I’m actually having trouble thinking of 3D animated shows she watches; the only one that comes to mind is **Olivia**. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-not-enjoy-2-d-animation/631262/26 "2012-08-14T15:38:41Z")
> [@grude](#): > > An example used was 2009’s Princess And The Frog and it was the first major release traditional 2D animated film since 2004 aimed at the family/child market, I don’t believe there have been any since. Nope, that traditionally drawn Winnie the Pooh movie a year or two ago is technically part of the Disney Animated Canon, just like The Princess and the Frog. No idea how it did financially, anecdotally the theater was like 5 college kids and maybe 10 40 year old women and no children, but I don’t remember how late into its run I saw it (or even if it was a localized phenomenon or tied to the time of day I saw it). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-not-enjoy-2-d-animation/631262.md?page=1)