By Basic Plane Figure, An Analysis Study on Appearance Type of Character in Domestic Kids TV Animation -Focus on the Broadcasting Animation on EBS-

Abstract Specially, the character in the kids animation is the fundamental visual element, and also has the high value which is to connect to various related businesses. The main purpose of this study is the analysis for character’s appearance by the basic plane figure, and it has studied on the authority of recognition capability which is to catch the simple shape rapidly and clearly rather than complex shape. For this study, I established the standard of analysis and then applied that to the characters which were selected in broadcasting domestic kids animation on EBS. Through this procedure, I analyzed character’s appearance with the distribution chart. As the result, the circular and oval shapes are the most frequently used shapes for character’s appearance. Finally, I expect the result of this study could be one of the design index for the character creation in practical environment. Key Words : Kids TV animation, Visual element, Basic plane figure, Character’s appearance, Creative aesthetic indication