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Animation History

  • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces is a silent film and the first recorded animation to date. It used stop motion photography and was made in 1906 by J. Stuart Blackton. It consist of faces changing on a chalkboard.
  • Fantasmagorie

    Fantasmagorie
    The first hand drawn animation and considered to be the first animated cartoon.
  • Felix the Cat

    Felix the Cat
    Felix the Cat is considered the first animated movie star. Created by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messemer.
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie
    Steamboat Willie and Mickey Mouse become 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.
  • Snow White

    Snow White
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first animated feature to use hand drawn animation.
  • Flintstones

    Flintstones
    The Flintstones are the first animated series on primetime television. It happened in 1950. The Flintstones were created by Hanna-Barbera
  • The Pink Phink

    The Pink Phink
    DePatie-Freleng Enterprises wins the Academy Award for Best Short Film for The PinkPhink.
  • CGI

    CGI
    The Adventures of Andre and Wally B. was the first fully CGI-animated (short) film. The Graphics Group, the precursor to Pixar, created it.
  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons
    The Simpsons is an American adult animated sitcom created by Matt Groening. 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. It was released in 1995, and created by Pixar.