From Gouache to Gadgets: Shopping For the Animator on Your Holiday Gift List

Does your animation-enthused giftee have a yen for a particular game, series, or animated film? Do they love collectibles from it--apparel, stuffed toys, or any sort of memorabilia? Then try shopping around the company stores. The Disney Store carries merchandise from any number of their hundreds of successful cartoons and films, as does the Warner Brothers store. You can even buy original cels from the films, sometimes signed by the animators themselves.

My personal favorite is AnimeNation. Nintendo sells toys, t-shirts, etc.; so do Sony, Blizzard, and many other animation and gaming studios. Letting loose in any of their stores can be like letting a kid run wild in a candy store; there's so much to buy, and you may even want to pick up something for yourself.

With these ideas in mind, you should have no trouble picking out a gift for the animation aficionado on your holiday shopping list. The only problem may be picking just one.