Citations:animatophile

Noun: "an enthusiast of animated media"

 * 1997, Mark Langer, "Animatophilia, cultural production and corporate interests", in A Reader in Animation Studies (ed. Jayne Pilling), page 156:
 * While Nickelodean was committed to children's programming, Kricfalusi and his co-workers increasingly created programming that catered to his cult following among animatophiles and allied youth taste groups addicted to the show's hip references, deliberate bad taste and trash aesthetic.
 * 2007, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Kids Rule!: Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship, 206:
 * The creative and economic moment of the early twenty-first century, when both SpongeBob and The Fairly OddParents are produced, is a moment in which the "wacky style" of humor and animation of these programs has been mainstreamed and no longer attracts a kind of subcultural, or even an animatophile, following.
 * 2019, David McGowan, Animated Personalities: Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts, page 242:
 * Although still airing in timeslots primarily focused on children, several of the shows actively sought to attract adult audiences (and specifically animatophiles) as well.
 * 2007, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Kids Rule!: Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship, 206:
 * The creative and economic moment of the early twenty-first century, when both SpongeBob and The Fairly OddParents are produced, is a moment in which the "wacky style" of humor and animation of these programs has been mainstreamed and no longer attracts a kind of subcultural, or even an animatophile, following.
 * 2019, David McGowan, Animated Personalities: Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts, page 242:
 * Although still airing in timeslots primarily focused on children, several of the shows actively sought to attract adult audiences (and specifically animatophiles) as well.