I'm not sure what you guys are seeing, but I'm not very impressed by that preview. I don't see anything paticularly stellar about the hand animation, and the rest is computer generated. I've been watching a hell of a lot of anime lately, and the film looks to be on par with the average animation quality of your typical anime show.

I don't know, maybe it's because I just watched "Spirited Away," which is just so far and away the best animated movie I've ever seen, that my barometer is a bit off. I might also just dislike the animation mix that they're using, or it could be the low quality of the video.

I do agree with America's view on animation. However, I think there are a lot of good things happening as well. Futurama did well despite Fox's extremely poor treatment of it, and that was some of the best animation on television. Samurai Jack is doing quite well, and that's good as well.

I couldn't agree more about King of the Hill. The animation is unnecessary, intentionally simple and boring, and the show isn't even very funny. I definitely get discouraged about American animation when I think about that show, but then I think about the good ones and it's OK again