American artist have caught up to the lead Japan had. Japan has seemed to hit a brick way in terms of unique styles and progression. The last great noticeable step was mixing in cgi into animated movies but even that was rushed, in early work the cgi looked sloppy, rushed and out of sync with the entire scene. Western studios have adopted that as well but since the technology is more refined you see those additions and they feel like an improvement rather than an eyesore.







