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The Start of Animation
The first ever animated film was Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, created by J. Stuart Blackton in the U.S using stop-motion photography -
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The golden age of American animation
The golden age of American animation was the era in which sound cartoons became popularized. This first started to take place in 1928 and started to lose its popularity during the late 1960s due to much newer television animation -
Steamboat Willie
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie is known for being the short film that popularized short film animations and is still very well known till this day. It has gone down as an iconic piece in animation's history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxf-UHuGobI&ab_channel=OswaldRabbit -
The start of Japanese Animation (Anime)
The first ever anime made was Astro Boy, made in 1951 by Osamu Tezuka. This is a key moment in history, as Japanese anime has it's own big piece in the puzzle we call "animation" -
The Dark Age of Animation
The Dark Ages of Animation first started in the late 1960s due to television animation making its rise in popularity. Theatrical animated shorts were losing popularity, The only major company still producing constant films in theaters was Disney -
The first ever implementation of "CGI"
The first ever look at CGI people had, was the animation of West World in 1973. However, it was mostly popularized in 1995 in the famous movie "Toy Story" by Pixar Animations -
Modern Age Animation
Modern day animations are all the cartoons, CGI and Anime we see all around us. Animation has grown in different ways and will continue to evolve over time. It has been widely used all over the world and likewise has been enjoyed by millions, if not billions
