How do aesthetics and style reflect the content, function and audience of animation?

How do aesthetics and style reflect the content, function and audience of animation?

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Ivor The Engine ~ Wales ~ 1959. 

The Queen makes the red dragon on a green and white background the official flag of Wales

Global:

The Day the Music Died" plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J. P. Richardson and pilot near Clear Lake Iowa.

Gravity Falls ~ America ~ 2012.

America - Hurricane Sandy's storm surge slams into the Eastern seaboard and causes destruction,causes almost 50 deaths in the states and leaves more than 8 million customers without electricity.

Global:

Obama Re-elected Second Term as US President

Miraculous Ladybug ~ France ~ 2015. 

he 500th Anniversary of King Francis I's Reign. 

Global:

two radicalized brothers attacked the offices of satirical French magazine, 17 people were killed over three days, while all three gunmen were eventually killed by armed police in raids.  

Howls moving castle ~ Japan ~ 2005 .

PM Koizumi wins a landslide victory in early general elections.

Global: 

Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system, is discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken on October 21, 2003,

The Old Man and the Sea ~ Russian ~ 1999. 
Yeltsin resigns in favour of Vladimir Putin, who takes over buoyed by popularity over major military campaign against Chechen rebels. 

Global : 

The Euro currency is introduced.