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==CGI in the 1990s==

===Computer animation expands in film and TV===

The decade saw some of the first computer-animated television series. For example [[Quarxs]], created by media artist [[Maurice Benayoun]] and comic book artist [[François Schuiten]], was an early example of a CGI series based on a real screenplay and not animated solely for demonstrative purposes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 1, 1991|title=The Quarxs|url=https://benayoun.com/moben/1991/07/01/the-quarxs/|access-date=June 7, 2021|website=MOBEN|language=en-US}}</ref> '''''[[VeggieTales]]''''', an American [[Christian media]], is also one of the first computer-animated series. Vischer came up with the idea for VeggieTales while testing animation software as a medium for children's videos in the early 1990s.

The 1990s began with much of [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] technology now sufficiently developed to allow a major expansion into film and TV production. 1991 is widely considered the "breakout year", with two major box-office successes, both making heavy use of CGI.