Stop Motion in Popular Culture: a Case Study in Series Production of ‘Rilakkuma and Kaoru’

Abstract

Stop motion in popular culture aims to study the popularity of stop motion over the late 20^th century until early 21^st century with focuses on its influence, its identity as a sub-genre of animation, the affects in the shift of media reception as well as how stop motion can find its place in contemporary media. The article analyses the inception and production of the stop motion series ‘Rilakkuma and Kaoru’ that is available on the giant streaming service Netflix. Detailing the production of this series that shows the utilisation of modern animation techniques that helps stop motion to remain relevant to the contemporary pop culture.