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Spine is 2D animation software designed specifically for software and game development.

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Live2D is the world's first drawing technology to enable 3D rendering of 2D images.

DragonBones is an open source project for 2D skeletal animation.

AnimeEffects is a 2D keyframe animation tool based on deformation of polygon meshes.

Marionette Studio is an online animation software for beginners and professionals. Animate 2D characters and environments in minutes with no prior skills.

Blender is the open source, cross platform suite of tools for 3D creation.

Mango Animate Character Maker can convert a static PNG/PSD image into a dynamic character by adding bones and nodes to the image and manipulating the bone structure to move and pose.

An animation tool that used key frame animation for games and movies.

Documentation Anima2D is a 2D Skeletal Animation plugin for use with Unity 5.

IK system for After Effects using shape layers as limbs for character animation

Adobe Animate is a Flash, vector animation software.

Texture Packer is hands down the best sprite sheet generation tool on the market.