This article focuses on the history of rubber hose animation and how the style is inspired by many of the animator or animation production in terms of design. It is involving research on the development of this animation style in the Western’s animation industry in the 1920s until today. This study also involving in research on how the rubber hose animation get influenced in the art movement that been developed in those years. Initially, this style has been unknown to many people as it is rarely used in the animation nowadays, especially in the Malaysian’s animation industry. However, this style is getting the recognition it deserves many of the young audiences today enjoyed watching an animated series with a unique character design. This study will show how the rubber hose animation had been inspired many western animations in term design before but also shows the importance of the style in animation to improve the animation in term of design or the animation itself. Although animation industry in Malaysia did not fond with the usage of rubber hose animation because of the budget and time consumption, the history need to be learned for understanding the evolution in animation techniques.
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To Cite this Article: Muharam, N. B., & Sidli, N. A. R. B. A. (2020). Rubber Hose Animation: The Exploration towards the History and Understanding of Animation Industry. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(12), 575-582.
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