Progression of Animation

  • Phenakistoscope invented

    Phenakistoscope invented

    Produced illusion if movement
  • Kinetescope invented

    Kinetescope invented

    Thomas Edison invents the kinetescope
  • First animated film

    First animated film

    Stuart Backton creates first animated film
  • En Route

    En Route

    First cut-out animation made
  • "Gertie"

    "Gertie"

    First animation film in theaters. Consisted of more than 10,000 drawing.
  • Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio

    Walt and Roy Disney create the studio
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie

    The first successful sound animated film. Made MIcky an international star and launched the Disney Studio of today.
  • Warner Bros.

    Warner Bros.

    Warner Bros. Cartoons created.
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White produced
  • Tweetie

    Tweetie

    Tweetie was created
  • Peter Pan

    Disney released Peter Pan
  • FIrst prime-time show

    FIrst prime-time show

    FIrst Prime-time show, THe Flintstones.
  • Scooby Doo

    Scooby Doo premieres.
  • THe Simpsons

    THe Simpsons

  • Toy Story

    Toy Story

    First full 3d CD flim