Startoons is the Best (In My Opinion)
I’d just like to take a moment as to why I love Startoons the most out of any of the animation studios. Many people point to TMS to being the best animation studio, and while I think they are very good, I don’t think they draw the characters the best. That goes to Startoons.
Credit to @legion1979 for all of the pictures used.
First, Startoons is very stylized. Yeah, TMS has great expressions, but no one ever points out the expressions that Startoons has done.
Look at them! They have so much personality. You would never see TMS do an expression like Yakko with the NOT! sign.
Startoons has had a handful of songs, just like TMS. They’ve done, off of the top of my head, Wakko’s America, What Are We?, Be Careful What You Eat, Dot: The Macademia Nut, and There’s Only One of You. There’s probably more, but again, that’s just off the top of my head.
I’m gonna talk about Dot: The Macademia Nut, and that it features some of the best animation and drawings the show has ever had.
First of all, Dot. All of her outfits are on point, and the expressions and poses are amazing. Here are some pictures.
Yakko and Wakko look amazing too.
Just watching the song shows how perfect the animation is. It’s unbelievably good.
Anyway, I’d like to talk about the BAD animation. Yes, Startoons has bad animation occasionally. The Big Candy Store comes to mind.
But hey, TMS has some pretty bad animation sometimes. Taming of the Screwy has it for a majority of the episode. The Warners look very weird.
Finally, I’d like to say that Startoons improved over the course of the series. Macademia Nut came from the last season, and looks better than Wakko’s America from season one. On the other hand, I’d say TMS went down in quality instead. Cutie and the Beast has some pretty weird moments, and Wakko’s Wish also has some strange moments. The best of that movie goes to Pinky and the Brain.
Honestly, I just prefer how the Warners look in the Startoons style. I know there are different animators and boarders that still give differences in the style, you can see that, but I love all of them. I really do. Just watch Ragamuffins to see the best the show can look.
The above picture of them running is my favorite way the Warners are drawn. They look perfect.