Discussing education through animation

“The screen era” has arrived. Children’s learning has moved from paper to electronic devices and picture books to animation. At present, however, Taiwan’s animation industry has yet to fully mature, so 90% of educational “children’s animations” are imported from abroad. What's more, TV channels tend to buy popular animations from overseas to increase audience ratings.

It's true that this wave of internationalization provides children access to a wide variety of animations, but with so many different stories and styles to choose from, prior screening by parents is imperative.

Hopefully, once children learn to create their own animations by using technology as a tool to express emotions, and creators begin to talk to children and observe the world from their perspective, we will see far more original Taiwanese works and the beginning of a bright future for Taiwan’s animation industry.

以下為中文對照

「螢幕時代」來臨，孩童的學習從紙本轉到3C產品，從繪本轉到動畫。但目前台灣的動畫產業鏈尚未成熟，因此擔當教育重任的「兒童動畫」高達九成由國外進口。電視頻道業者為了提高收視率，更向國外購買熱門動畫來放映。

在國際化的浪潮下，孩童們可以看到豐富多樣的動畫作品。但在眾多選擇之中，故事內容、繪圖風格都有很大的差異，所以，家長事先的篩選是至關重要的。

當孩子學會自己創作，並將科技當成一種表達情緒的工具。當創作者開始跟孩子對話，並站在他們的角度觀察這個世界，相信未來一定會有更多的台灣原創作品發光發熱，讓台灣動畫產業有進一步的發展。