you know what's cheaper than hand-drawn horse?
A 3D horse
You know whats cheaper than a 3d horse?
NO HORSE AT ALL
Ive never noticed this whilst watching shows before but you would be SHOCKED by how many implied anime horses there are, that exist just out of frame or just off-screen. Its wild they must save SO much money, and more importantly TIME by doing this.
Please enjoy this other post where I prove my 3d anime clone horse theory
https://cohost.org/LotteMakesStuff/post/4129843-hold-up-the-same-f