Disney Renaissance: History and Key Facts
The Disney Renaissance was a period from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation returned to producing commercially and/or critically successful animated films.
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The Crunch Bird: History and Key Facts
The Crunch Bird (El pájaro crujiente) is an animated short by Joe Petrovich, Len Maxwell, and Ted Petok.
Experimental animation: History and Key Facts
Experimental animation is a form of animation in which motion pictures have their own rhythm and movement where it has no narration or a specific structure in animated films.
Jessie James Grelle: Biography and Background
Jessie James Grelle (, GREE-lee; born Joshua James Ervin Grelle) is an American voice actor and ADR script writer in English language dubs of Japanese anime.
Felix the Cat: History and Key Facts
Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Otto Messmer and Pat Sullivan during the silent film era.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: History and Key Facts
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr.
David Gerstein: History and Key Facts
David Gerstein (born February 6, 1974) is an American comics author and editor as well as an animation historian.
Feast (2014 film): History and Key Facts
Feast is an American animated romantic comedy short film written and directed by Patrick Osborne from a story by Raymond S.
Gertie the Dinosaur: History and Key Facts
Gertie the Dinosaur is an animated short film released in 1914 by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay.
Wayne June: Biography and Background
Wayne June (1954–2025) was an American voice actor.
For the Birds (film): History and Key Facts
For the Birds is a 2000 American animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Ralph Eggleston.
Laugh-O-Gram Studio: History and Key Facts
The Laugh-O-Gram Studio (also Laugh-O-Gram Films) was an American independent animation studio founded by Walt Disney on June 28, 1921 and closed on October 16, 1923.
Gerald McBoing-Boing: History and Key Facts
Gerald McBoing-Boing is a 1950 animated short film directed by Robert Cannon.
Der Fuehrer's Face: History and Key Facts
Der Fuehrer's Face (originally titled Donald Duck in Nutziland or A Nightmare in Nutziland) is an American animated anti-Nazi propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, created in
LGBTQ themes in Western animation: History and Key Facts
In Western animation, LGBTQ themes means plotlines and characters which are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise queer in series, produced in Western countries, and not in Japan (i.e
Geri's Game: History and Key Facts
Geri's Game is a 1997 American animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Jan Pinkava.
Winsor McCay: History and Key Facts
Zenas Winsor McCay (c.
National Cartoon Museum: History and Key Facts
The National Cartoon Museum was an American museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and exhibition of cartoons, comic strips and animation.
Harvie Krumpet: History and Key Facts
Harvie Krumpet is a 2003 Australian adult stop motion animated tragicomedy short film written, directed and animated by Adam Elliot, and narrated by Geoffrey Rush.
The Plausible Impossible: History and Key Facts
"The Plausible Impossible" is an episode of the Disneyland television program, originally broadcast on October 31, 1956.
Saturday-morning cartoon: History and Key Facts
"Saturday-morning cartoon" is a colloquial term for original animated series and live-action programming typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three
If Anything Happens I Love You: History and Key Facts
If Anything Happens I Love You is an American 2D animated short film written and directed by Will McCormack and Michael Govier (in their directorial debut).
Sara Ramirez: Biography and Background
Sara Elena Ramírez Vargas (Spanish: [ˈsaɾa eˈlena raˈmiɾes ˈbaɾɣas]; born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican and American actor, singer and activist.
The Story of the Animated Drawing: History and Key Facts
"The Story of the Animated Drawing" is an episode of the Walt Disney's Disneyland television program originally broadcast on November 30, 1955.
Lend a Paw: History and Key Facts
Lend a Paw is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released to theaters on October 3, 1941.
Thaumatrope: History and Key Facts
A thaumatrope is an optical toy that was introduced in 1825.
The Little Orphan: History and Key Facts
The Little Orphan is a 1949 American one-reel animated cartoon and the 40th Tom and Jerry cartoon, released in theaters on April 30, 1949 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.
Logorama: History and Key Facts
Logorama is a 2009 French adult animated satirical short film produced by the French graphic design and animation studio H5 as their first and only cinematic project.
Alyson Stoner: Biography and Background
Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993) is an American actor, singer, and dancer.
Flash animation: History and Key Facts
Adobe Flash animation (formerly Macromedia Flash animation and FutureSplash animation) is an animation that is created with the Adobe Animate (formerly Flash Professional) platform or similar ani
The Milky Way (1940 film): History and Key Facts
The Milky Way is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres with the film The Captain Is a Lady in 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Art pipeline: History and Key Facts
The art pipeline is the process of creating and implementing art for a particular project, most commonly associated with the creative process for developing video games.
Blocking (animation): History and Key Facts
Blocking is an animation technique in which key poses are created to establish timing and placement of characters and props in a given scene or shot.
The Old Mill: History and Key Facts
The Old Mill is a Silly Symphonies animated short film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred Jackson, scored by Leigh Harline, and released theatrically by RKO Radio Pictures on November 5
Cel shading: History and Key Facts
Cel shading or toon shading is a type of non-photorealistic rendering designed to make 3D computer graphics appear to be flat and hand-drawn by using shade gradient or tints and shades instead of
Cinemagraph: History and Key Facts
Cinemagraphs are still photographs in which a minor and repeated movement occurs, forming a video clip.
The Pink Phink: History and Key Facts
The Pink Phink is a 1964 American animated short comedy film directed by Friz Freleng.
Piper (film): History and Key Facts
Piper is a 2016 American animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios.
Clay painting: History and Key Facts
Clay painting animation is a form of clay animation, which is one of the many kinds of stop motion animation.
Quiet Please!: History and Key Facts
Quiet Please!