new animation

By ashbys

  • Walt Disney

    Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa
    Illinois. He and his brother Roy co-founded Walt Disney Productions, which became one of the best-known motion-picture production companies in the world.
    Disney was an innovative animator and created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. He won 22 Academy Awards
    during his lifetime, and was the founder of theme parks Disneyland and Walt Disney World. As an animator and

  • the beginning of animation

    GERTIE THE DINOSAUR, is considered the first cartoon to feature an appealing character

  • FELIX THE CAT

    musical mews and feline follies introduced Felix the cat- often considered the first animated movie star.

  • STEAMBOAT WILLIE

    featuring Mickey Mouse—becomes the first cartoon with the sound printed on the film,
    and is the first notable success for Walt Disney Studios, founded in Los Angeles in 1923.

  • THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ANIMATION

    During what many consider to be the “Golden Age” of animation, theatrical cartoons became an integral part of popular culture. These years are defined by the rise of Walt Disney (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Silly Symphonies), Warner Brothers, MGM, and Fleischer (Betty Boop, Popeye).

  • MERRIE MELODIES

    Warner Brothers Cartoons founded create Merrie Melodies series.

  • Snow White

    Walt Disney releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first animated
    feature to use hand-drawn animation.

  • THE AMERICAN TELEVISION ERA

    The animation industry began to adapt to the fact that television continued its rise as the
    entertainment medium of choice for American families. Studios created many cartoons for TV, using a “limited animation” style. By the mid ‘80s, with help from cable channels such as The Disney Channel and Nickolodeon, cartoons were ubiquitous on TV.

  • THE SIMPSONS

    The Simpsons is an American adult animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest-running American scripted primetime television series.

  • TOY STORY

    Toy Story, the first fully computer-animated
    feature film, was released.

  • BIG HERO 6

    Big Hero 6 is the first Disney animated film
    to feature Marvel Comics characters