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Animation Timeline EARLY WAYS OF SHOWING MOTION 3,000 B.C. SHAHR-E SUKHTEH A bronze-age pottery 1833 ZOETROPE The zoetrope was a hollow drum that bowl depicts goats leaping (Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran). housed images on long interchangeable strips that spin and made the images appear to move. 1500 A.D. VITRUVIAN MAN Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man drawing shows multiple angles, 1868 FLIP-BOOK The flip-book, also known as the implying movement. kineograph, reached a wide audience and is credited with inspiring early animators more than the machines developed in this era. ANIMATION BEFORE FILM 1603 MAGIC LANTERN The Magic Lantern is an image 1877 MOVIEOLA/PRAXINOSCOPE The praxinoscope projector using pictures on sheets of glass. Since some expanded on the zoetrope, using multiple wheels to sheets contain moving parts, it is considered the first rotate images. It is considered to have shown the first example of projected animation. prototypes of the animated cartoon. THE SILENT ERA 1824 THAUMATROPE The thaumatrope housed a 1906 HUMOROUS PHASES OF FUNNY FACES marks rotating mechanism with a different picture on each the first entirely animated film, using stop-motion side. When rotated, you saw a combined picture photography to create action. (known as persistence of vision). 1831 PHENAKITOSCOPE The phenakitoscope featured spinning disks reflected in mirrors that made 1908 FANTASMAGORIE is the first animated film using it seem like the pictures were moving. hand-drawn animation, and is considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon. 1914 GERTIE THE DINOSAUR is considered the first THE AMERICAN TELEVISION ERA cartoon to feature an appealing character. 1960 FLINTSTONES Hanna-Barbera releases The Flintstones, the first animated series on prime-time television. 1919 FELIX THE CAT Musical Mews and Feline Follies introduced Felix the Cat—often considered the first animated movie star. 1961 YOGI BEAR The Yogi Bear Show, a spin-off of Huckleberry Hound (another Hanna-Barbera production), debuts on national TV. 1928 STEAMBOAT WILLIE featuring Mickey Mouse— becomes the first cartoon with the sound printed on 1964 THE PINK PHINK DePatie-Freleng Enterprises the film, and is the first notable success for Walt Disney wins the Academy Award for Best Short Film for The Studios, founded in Los Angeles in 1923. PinkPhink (of the Pink Panther series) and continues to create shorts for theatrical release. 1964 FRITZ THE CAT Fritz the Cat is released—the first animated adult (X-rated) feature film. THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ANIMATION 1930 MERRIE MELODIES Warner Brothers Cartoons founded, create Merrie Melodies series MODERN AMERICAN ERA 1984 THE ADVENTURES OF ANDRE & WALLY B This short film was the first fully CGI-animated film, 1937 SNOW WHITE Walt Disney releases Snow White and created by The Graphics Group, the precursor to Pixar. the Seven Dwarfs, the first animated feature to use hand- drawn animation. 1987 THE SIMPSONS The Simpsons is an American REFERENCES adult animated sitcom created by Matt Groening 3,000 B.C. SHAHR-E SUKHTEH Retrieved from https:// for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is the longest- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahr-e_Sukhteh running American sitcom, the longest-running 1500 A.D. VITRUVIAN MAN Retrieved from http:// American animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed study.com/academy/lesson/da-vincis-the-vitruvian-man- Gunsmoke as the longest-running American scripted history-golden-ratio-quiz.html primetime television series. 1603 MAGIC LANTERN Retrieved from https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_lantern 1824 THAUMATROPE Retrieved from http://courses. ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit06.htm 1831 PHENAKITOSCOPE Retrieved from http:// matthias-animation.blogspot.co.nz/2009/12/1831- phenakistoscope.html 1833 ZOETROPE Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia. 1995 TOY STORY Toy Story, the first fully computer- org/wiki/Thaumatrope animated feature film, was released. 1868 FLIP-BOOK Retrieved from http://fliptomania.com/ did-you-know/ 1877 MOVIEOLA/PRAXINOSCOPE Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxinoscope 1906 HUMOROUS PHASES OF FUNNY FACES Retrieved from http://s-tremain.blogspot.co.nz/2011/03/ animation-timeline-19061920.html 1908 FANTASMAGORIE Retrieved from https:// entertainment.howstuffworks.com/who-made-first- animated-movie.htm 1914 GERTIE THE DINOSAUR Retrieved from http:// 2014 BIG HERO 6 Big Hero 6 is the first Disney www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2014/10/17/39872/ animated film to feature Marvel Comics characters gertie-the-dinosaur-animation-watershed-deserved-a/ 1919 FELIX THE CAT Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Felix_the_Cat 1928 STEAMBOAT WILLIE Retrieved from https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie 1930 MERRIE MELODIES Retrieved from https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrie_Melodies 1937 SNOW WHITE Retrieved from http://www. thatfilmguy.net/snow-white-and-the-seven- dwarfs-1937/ 1960 FLINTSTONES Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/The_Flintstones 1961 YOGI BEAR Retrieved from http://yowpyowp. blogspot.com/2011/01/yogi-bear-anniversaire.html 1964 THE PINK PHINK Retrieved from https://mubi.com/ films/the-pink-phink 1964 FRITZ THE CAT Retrieved from http://www. denofgeek.com/us/movies/fritz-the-cat/257295/fritz- the-cat-a-look-at-r-crumbs-x-rated-animation-masterpiece 1984 THE ADVENTURES OF ANDRE & WALLY B Retrieved from http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/The_ Adventures_of_Andr%C3%A9_%26_Wally_B. 1987 THE SIMPSONS Retrieved from https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_The_Simpsons 1995 TOY STORY Retrieved from https:// animationfascination.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/ a-fascinating-day-in-animation-history-pixars-toy- story-1995/ 2014 BIG HERO 6 Retrieved from http:// hhscosmostimes.com/big-hero-6-isnt-a-big-surprise/ JAPANESE ANIME TIMELINE 1907 THE FIRST ANIME - The earliest motion picture 1961 Otogi Manga Calendar - Otogi Manga Calendar, anime was found in Kyoto, Japan. It depicts a salior the first televised anime series, was an educational removing his hat and saluting. This film was only three program where the main characters would talk about seconds. what happened on that day in history. 1930 WORLD WAR TWO - Japanise government would urge animators to produce animations which enforced the Japanese spirit and national affiliation. The military would also hire animators to make films 1962 One of the best work from "The Father of Manga showing the sly, quick japanise forces winning against and Anime" - Astro Boy, a manga written by Osamu enemy troops. most anime in this time period was Tezuka, was the creation that sent Osamu Tezuka into propaganda. the history books as "The Father of Manga and Anime". 1945 Momotaro: Umi no Shinpei - The first feature length anime film, in English the film is known as 1963 First super robot anime series - Tetsujin 28-go, it Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors. It was funded by the was the first Japanise anime to feture a giant robot. In Imperial Japanese Navy. hopes of winning wars, the creator makes a three-story remote control robot, but when he finishes it the war is over. After the creator dies of a heart attack the robot is given to his ten year old son, who uses it to fight crime. 1946 The First Work of "The Father of Manga and Anime" - Osamu Tezuka created his first work at the age of 17, "Diary of Ma-chan", inspired by the creations of Walt Disney. 1974 First Anime Space Opera Series - Space Battleship Yamato was a special anime because it was the first anime space opera series. This anime was inspired from the success of the Star Wars movies. 1979 The First Real Robot Anime - Mobile Suit 2002 Naruto - As of 2017, Naruto is the third best-selling Gundam, was the first anime with the real robot manga series in history, selling more than 220 million genre. Real robot is an anime style where mecha copies worldwide in 35 countries outside Japan. robots that are powered by conventional power sources and weapons explainable by real world science, and that use ranged weapons and speed to survive battle situations. 2006 Daeath Note - In 2015, the collected volumes of 1986 The Dragon Ball Series - This anime was the Death Note manga had over 30 million copies in origonally a manga series untill it hit the air and circulation. became one of the most famous anime in Japan, coming out with three sequells to the origonal anime. 2009 Fariy Tail - Eighth best seller in Japan in 2009 1999 Pokemon - Pokemon was created by Satoshi Tajiri and went from a japanise video game to an anime, manga, card game, and so much more. It became one of the most popular anime in America. 2012 Sword Art Online - Sword Art Online has received widespread commercial success, with the light novels having over 19 million copies sold worldwide. 2001 Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi - is the most successful film in Japanese history. Spirited Away is frequently ranked among the greatest animated films.It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards, making it the only hand drawn animated film and Japanese animated film to win best animated film. REFERENCE 1907 THE FIRST ANIME Retrieved from http://filmstudies.info/genres/anime.html 1930 WORLD WAR TWO Retrieved from http://coub.com/view/1lqmg 1945 Momotaro: Umi no Shinpei Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime 1946 The First Work of "The Father of Manga and Anime" Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Diary_of_Ma-chan 1961 Otogi Manga Calendar Retrieved from http://nishikataeiga.blogspot.co.nz/2016/07/1961-best- japanese-animated-shorts.html 1962 One of the