ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Filmation engine

Okay kiddo, imagine you want to make a cartoon show. You have all these characters and stories in your head, but you don't know how to bring them to life. Well, that's where the Filmation engine comes in.

It's like a really fancy machine that helps you create your cartoon show. You put in all the pictures and sounds you want to use, and the Filmation engine helps put them together in a way that looks like the characters are moving and talking like in a real cartoon.

It's kind of like a magic trick - the Filmation engine takes lots of pictures and puts them together so fast that it looks like your characters are moving all on their own.

So, when you watch cartoons like He-Man, She-Ra, or the Ghostbusters, you're actually seeing what the Filmation engine helped create. It's a really neat tool that made it possible to bring lots of cool cartoons to life!