>>149150838You're right about most of these things, but
>Like Elio costed 300 millionIt cost $150 million. https://deadline.com/2025/06/box-office-preview-28-years-later-elio-1236436173/ It's a sad reality, but these CGI movies cost a lot of money so they can, in turn, gross much more. Just try naming any 2D animated movie, none of them have grossed over $500 million.
>start an animation studio that used celsUsing cels on current day is completely unnecessary unless you also plan to shoot your cartoons on film.