Extreme Minimal Modern

Walt Disney's Man and the Moon (1957).

After consulting with scientists Disney artists and studio technicians prepared a factual picture of how the coming conquest of the moon. Ward Kimble was the Director and designer on how it may be when we travel to the moon.

This was made around the time of "Sleeping Beauty"

Characters are 3-D and can move like real people.
Backgrounds scarce
Disney's "Man and the Moon" is done is a very "minimal" style. That's the hat I was looking for.

Tom Terrific and Manfred

Tom Terrific (1957). Some great line work. Thick and thin lines, thicker obviously on the larger dog. There is Sick Sick Sidney (1958) done in a similar style but looks like pencil. High Modern style done by Terry Toons.

This style is EXTREMELY MINIMALIST, emphasizing flat linear shapes, occasionally painted in single colors, with little ornamental decoration.

Taken from the book CARTOON MODERN Style and Design in the fifties Animation by Amid Amid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyI-BT5OOY4