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A film/movie produced by a frame by frame process where each frame is individually composed; either generated as a computer graphic, by photographing a drawn image, or repeatedly making small changes to a flexible model (such as a clay model; see ]), and photographing the result. When the resulting film is viewed at normal speed, there is an illusion of continuous movement. Generating such a film is very labour intensive and tedious, though the development of ] has greatly speeded up the process. '''Animation''' refers to the process in which each frame of a ] or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see ] and ]), and then photographing the result. When the frames are strung together and the resulting film is viewed at a speed of 16 or more frames per second, there is an illusion of continuous movement (due to the ]). Generating such a film is very labour intensive and tedious, though the development of ] has greatly sped up the process.






] is the common term used for ]. ] is the common term used for Japanese Animation; the older term "Japanimation" has fallen out of favor.



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Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. When the frames are strung together and the resulting film is viewed at a speed of 16 or more frames per second, there is an illusion of continuous movement (due to the persistence of vision). Generating such a film is very labour intensive and tedious, though the development of computer animation has greatly sped up the process.


Anime is the common term used for Japanese Animation; the older term "Japanimation" has fallen out of favor.