Well-received since its release, Netflix's “The Liberator” made history by becoming the first big market series to employ an animated technology known as Trioscope, a cost-effective blend of live-action and CGI animation that provided the show's creator Jeb Stuart (“Die Hard,” “The Fugitive”) the flexibility to sculpt ...

Why is the liberators animated?

In addition to its cost-effectiveness, Crowley said the animated live-action performances distinguish Trioscope from other animation techniques because it balances the graphic novel aesthetic and the emotional depth of real-life actors.

What style of animation is The Liberator?

The second is that The Liberator is animated, in a style most commonly referred to as rotoscoping, where artists paint over live-action performances frame by frame. (Last year's Amazon series Undone used a similar technique.)