A visually fun Animaniacs reboot musical segment

Last year saw the release of a reboot of the beloved 90's animated series Animaniacs.  Featuring the return of Yak, Wakko, and Dot as well as Pinky and The Brain the reboot brings the characters into current times and puts them in a variety of new scenarios. 

With bringing the characters into our current times, the show of course has a new animation style in comparison to the original. In addition, the show also uses different animation styles to have more variety and experimentation than the original had. From anime to stop motion, the show certainly takes more steps to be more visually diverse than the original. 

One of the episodes of the current season had a musical segment that really stood out to me from a visual perspective. 

Animaniacs 2021 - History of Earth Song - YouTube

In the song, Yakko takes us through the history of earth from the age of dinosaurs all the way to where we are now. The visual style showcased in this song really stood out to me for both the use of 2D and 3D. Both styles for this segment seemed to take a huge influence from the simple yet colorful style of Kurzgesagt and I feel it really made this segment stand out. It's fantastically done and a testament to how this reboot is doing something that the original never really attempted. 

Animaniacs Season 2: Earth History Song - YouTube


Kurzgesagt on Twitter: ""The only thing that is stopping it is our imagination." https://t.co/wDYAvadJbf" / Twitter

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knE7FJDbdaI 



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