traditional animation skills failing

"Young 3D animators have also gotten more skillful in recent years. But what I didn't expect is that the skills of traditional 2D animators have become worse, and notable young animators have not come out to the scene. This is a big issue for the industry."

-- Katsushiro Otomo, director of \\Akira\\ and \\Steamboy\\

If you like anime, this should really scare you. Read the full interview here:

http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/index.php?issue=4114

It's all a brain drain do to money.Sad :(

at least we'll still have 2d animators somewhere.

That's why I for one stress traditional animation over any software and any 3D modeling/animation program. In the end you need to have solid basics, a foundation built on traditional animation. IMO most skilled animators are schooled in the traditional animation methods before moving on to CG, modeling, or other experimental forms of animation.