History of animation

By Azpect

  • Oh Mabel

  • My Old Kentucky Home

    First film with synchronised sound and animated dialogue

  • The Tale of the Fox

    First feature length puppet animation

  • King of Jazz

    First film filmed in Two-colour technicolour

  • Snow white and the seven dwarves

    First feature length three-strip Technicolour

  • Fantasia

    First film to have stereophonic sound

  • Crusader Rabbit

    First animated telivison series

  • The Gumby Show

    First stop motion telivison series

  • The Lady and the Tramp

    First feature flmed in a widescreen format

  • Colonel Bleep

    First telivision series to be broadcasted in colour

  • The Flintstones

    First Pre-time animated sitcom

  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    First feature film made using xerography process

  • Rock and Rule

    First animated feature containing computer-generated imagery

  • The Adventures of André and Wally B.

    First fully CGI-animated film

  • The Adventures of Mark Twain

    First feature length clay-animated film

  • "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

    First feature film to have live-action and cartoon animation share the screen for the entire film

  • VeggieTales

    First direct-to-video CGI-animated series

  • Insektors

    First CGI-animated TV series

  • Toy Story

    First fully computer-animated feature film

  • ¡Mucha Lucha!

    First Flash-animated television series

  • Wizards and Giants

    First Flash-animated film

  • Appleseed

    One of the first cel shaded animations. This title is shared with Steamboy

  • Steamboy

    One of the first cel shaded animations. This title is shared with Appleseed

  • Dinosaur

    First animated Blu-ray release

  • Flatland

    First feature digitally animated by one person

  • Fly me to the moon

    First feature film designed, created and released exclusively in 3D

  • Caroline

    First stop-motion character animated using rapid prototyping

  • Monsters vs. Aliens

    First feature film to be produced in 3D. Not just converted to it in post production.

  • Toy Story 3

    First animated feature film to earn more than $1,000,000,000 worldwide

  • ParaNorman

    First stop-motion film to use 3D printing technology for models