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I can definitly see why the orthodox animation style is much more popular with mainstream society. I'd say that the majority of people who watch animation (cartoons for children/adult swim type of cartoons for adults) just want something that is easy to follow and dont take a lot of thinking on their part. They just want to be entertained. The audiences for experimental animation are much smaller. The complexities and unclear story/meaning are probably too much for average mass audiences.

The absence of the artist in orthodox animation is something that ive never noticed but is totally true. If you walked up to a random person on the street, they probably couldn't name one animator. This is because most mainstream cartoons and movies are all formed following a mold that people are used to seeing. Different animators have to comform to what everyone wants. However, when doing experimental animation, anything goes. An artist can create their own style and claim it in all their films.