In 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit was produced, and despite the development of computer generated animation at the time, the film was made using cels. This meant that post production lasted 14 months. Despite this it pushed the quality of live action way past anything that had been seen before. Despite his brilliance the creations from Harryhausen all had quite an uncanny nature to them. This was the first film that mixed live action and animation in a convincing manner.
At the same time Akira was produced. A groundbreaking anime developed from a manga set in a futuristic post apocalyptic Tokyo. It was the first Eastern animation that gained popularity outside of asia and really brought popularity to the anime genre, which in turn lead on to the popularity of Studio Ghibli, particularly with their most recent release at the time; My Neighbour Totoro. This style of anime, a light hearted slow paced story without huge plot points lead onto the likely inspiration of kyoto animation's many productions such as K-on and particularly Clannad.
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