User blog comment:FanOfStuff/Labels!!!!!!!/@comment-3391287-20111221232158/@comment-1874924-20111222051728

Japan, like the West, has both high-budget and low-budget animation. I don't know about Japan, but most high-quality Western animation is/was originally intended for theaters. Western animation (such as TD) that's actually made for TV tends to be low-budget, limited animation. ("Limited animation" meaning that, when a character moves an arm, the arm is the only part of the body that moves.)