Adobe Animate - Please help!!

Hi there.

I am writing this on behalf of my 12 year old daughter, whose dream is to be an animator (like Jaiden Animations, who is her current idol!)

She has been using a free software called Krita, but for some reason it's stopped working and the time has come to think about some proper software for her.

However, I know NOTHING about this sort of stuff and all of the technical jargon baffles me. None of her school teachers seem able to help, I think because what she wants to do is perhaps too specialised, or it's something they say she should think about when she goes to college to do A Levels.

I need to know if Adobe Anmate is the right software for her. She's pretty smart - taught herself how to use Krita and made a couple of (what I think are super) animations and she has a unique animation/drawing style.

Will Animate allow her to draw her animations and bring them to life or should I be looking at Adobe illustrate instead? Or is AI just really for drawing?

Sorry for all of the questions but it's so hard trying to work out what she needs, and I can't afford the whole CC thing, hoping to just get 1 app which should do the job.

Hugely grateful for any help/advice that can be offered.

Many thanks,

Joanne.