I don't get the animosity. I'm one of the forum's biggest fans of animated film and I resolutely believe that animated film does not have cinematography. It doesn't make animated film less good or less valid. The cinematographer is also known as the director of photography. Animated films aren't photographed, they are drawn (or computer generated). I suppose stop-motion (and puppets) and motion capture are all exceptions to this, but those are fairly rare.