Category: History

Why Technology chases Art? It’s quite simple. Artists tell technology where to go! This represents to extent of realism the painters had to get to, when photography was introduced, and…

Prosenjit Ganguly held a 5 Day Animation Workshop at Arena Chandigarh from 13-17 June 2010. The students attending the programme were taken through a simplified look into a vital aspect…

The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals was a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck that compiled a list of the 50 greatest animated cartoons of…

Film Country Notes The Apostle El Apóstol Argentina 1917: The world’s first animated feature film, by Quirino Cristiani. All copies believed to be lost in a fire in 1926. Without…

1917: Cel animation, El Apóstol 1926: Silhouette animation (Stop-motion), The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1931: Synchronized sound, Peludópolis 1935: Puppet animation (Stop-motion), The New Gulliver 1937: Technicolor, Snow White and…

1917: Argentina, El Apóstol (also the world’s first) 1926: Germany, The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1935: USSR, The New Gulliver 1937: France, The Tale of the Fox (first released in…

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2000 Ah! My Goddess!: The Movie (Japan) Alpamysh, Алпамыш (Uzbekistan) Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (USA) Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (USA) Blood: The Last Vampire (Japan)…

1990 Despertaferro (Germany/Spain) Dragon Ball Z: The Worlds Strongest Guy,(Doragonbōru Zetto: Kono yo de ichiban tsuyoi yatsu) (Japan) Dragon Ball Z 3: The Tree of Might,(Doragon bôru Z 3: Chikyû…

1980 Animalympics (USA) Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!!) (USA) Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy (Japan) The King and the Mockingbird, Le roi et l’oiseau (France)…