ANIME STUDIO

Anime Studio is a vector based 2D animation software for animators distributed by e frontier. Anime Studio is compatible both for Windows and Macintosh operating systems. A Linux version is announced. The software comes in two flavours, named Anime Studio and Anime Studio Pro, the first being restricted in terms of possible length and image size as well as not having all the functions of the Pro version.
The software was originally developed under the name "Moho" by LostMarble, the last Moho version 5.4 is identical with the current release of Anime Studio Pro. LostMarble is still the home of Papagayo, a free lip sync software which works with Anime Studio.
Despite its name, Anime Studio isn't restricted to animation in anime style. It can serve as a time-saving frontend to create flash cartoons, it can create cutout-style animation quite easily, and it can, within its restrictions, even mimick some pencil drawn animation. Since it features some basic 3D funcionality, it can be seen as a 2½D program. Short films, especially those which tell their story in one scene, are fast and easy to create. For bigger projects some additional software is required, like video and sound editors. Several professional animation studios have integrated Anime Studio into their workflow and use it for advertising and TV series.