Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6141704-20171015130913/@comment-24922135-20171029103727

To be quite frank, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

Every single series has hired freelancers, that's basically an industry standard practice in EVERY creative industry.

Every single series used transformation sequences to shave off time that needed to be filled with more detailed content. That was half the point.

As far as I'm aware, every series employed Flash animation to some degree. I know for a fact that Omniverse employed a mix of flash and traditional animation, I seem to remember DJW saying that himself.

MOA's budget does NOT restrict them to only making 11 minute episodes, that's down to the state of CN right now. Yes, the episodes are half the length now, but the seasons are more than double the length. I'd argue that the budget went UP compared to previous series.

Finally, every big-budget company in the world (especially here in the west) would rather have its employees use flash than traditional animation. That's why Disney hasn't produced a 2D animated movie I over a decade. CG is cheaper and faster. Same deal with Flash except Flash has a lower barrier of entry. Flash isn't a bad tool either, if used right the products can be amazing. See: Twilight Sparkle vs Tirek in the MLP:FIM season 4 finale, which was animated better than quite a few episodes of Dragon Ball Super have been.