: When making any animated show episode, is the voice acting done earlier or the animation?

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If the animation is done first, do the actors have to remain strictly to script leaving no room for improv and also have to nail their timing?
And if the acting is done first, how do they time it? Do they have to do it blindly, only by imagination?

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Not an expert by any stretch, I’ve just watched a few documentaries. Seems like it is a little of both. Kind of like its live action cousin, the voice acting is done after blocking but before final production. There is still room for some flexibility in higher end productions. My guess is that in lower cost productions, the voice actors are held to a more strict dialog. Think Aladdin with Robin Williams vs Scooby Doo.

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