This list provides an overview of animated productions that can be considered as first-time milestones in the development of animation techniques or in artistic or commercial success. It can be achieved only in animated works (feature films, short films, and television) alongside with live-action animated hybrid and the earliest invention of physical animation technique, but heavily relied of CGI or motion capture in live-action films (e.g. Jurassic Park and Avatar) are excluded.

Early animation

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Joseph Plateau's illustration of his invention in Correspondance mathématique et physique (1833)

17th-to-19th-century: Earliest animation, before film

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Year Milestone Notes
1659 Introduction of the magic lantern by Christiaan Huygens, with moving images
1825 Introduction of the thaumatrope by John Ayrton Paris
1833 Introduction of the phenakistiscope The first device used for stroboscopic animation. Invented simultaneously by Joseph Plateau and Simon Stampfer
1866 Introduction of the zoetrope Similar cylindrical animation devices had already been proposed by Simon Stampfer (1833) and William Horner (1834)
1868 Flip book patented by John Barnes Linnett, under the name of "kineograph"
1877 Invention of the praxinoscope by Charles-Émile Reynaud
1892 First theatrical animation in long strips Reynaud's Théâtre Optique (patented in 1888) at the Musée Grévin

Late-1890s-to-mid-1910s: Silent-era

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Year Milestone Notes
1900 First hand-drawn animation on film The Enchanted Drawing
1907 First color on animation in filmstrip Katsudō Shashin
1915 Cel animation process invented By Earl Hurd and John Bray
Rotoscoping technique invented By Max Fleischer

Countries

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Continent Country Work Type of Work Type of Distribution Type of Length Release/Premiere Year End Year Ref.
  Europe   France L'Aquarium Movie Theatrical Short 1878
Un bon bock Medium 1892
The Tale of the Fox Feature 1937
Joe the Little Boom Boom Series Television Quarter-hour 1960 1963
  United Kingdom   England The Clown and His Donkey Movie Theatrical Short 1910
The Little Island Medium 1958
Handling Ships Feature 1945
A Rubovian Legend Series Television Halfhour 1955 1964
  Wales The Little Engine That Could Movie Direct-to-video Medium 1991
The Princess and the Goblin Movie Theatrical Feature 1991
SuperTed Series Television Quarter-hour 1983 1986
  Scotland Sir Billi Movie Theatrical Feature 2012
The Family-Ness Series Television Quarter-hour 1984 1985
  Northern Ireland Macropolis Movie Theatrical Short 2012
Pajanimals Series Television Quarter-hour 2008 2013
  Germany Rhythmus 21 Movie Theatrical Short 1921 [1]
Judas & Jesus Medium 2009
The Adventures of Prince Achmed Feature 1926
Die Sendung mit der Maus Series Television Halfhour 1971 Present
  Latvia Lietaina diena Movie Theatrical Short 1969 [2]
The Gold of the Tigers Medium 1995
Ness un Nesija Feature 1991
Fantadroms Series Television Quarter-hour 1985 1995
Asia   Japan Katsudō Shashin Movie Theatrical Short 1907 [3]
Momotarō's Sea Eagles Medium 1943
Momotaro: Sacred Sailors Feature 1945
The New Adventures of Pinocchio Series Television Quarter-hour 1961 1961
  Philippines A Boy Playing Yoyo and Girl Jumping Rope Movie Amateur Short 1953 [4]
Libingan Theatrical Medium 2007
Adarna: The Mythical Bird Feature 1997
Tadhana Television 1978
Poptech Series Series Quarter-hour 1980 1984
  Bangladesh The Story of a Village Movie Theatrical Short 1970s [5]
Murgi Keno Mutant Medium 2011
Khoka Theke Bangabandhu Jatir Pita Feature 2021
Meena Series Television Halfhour 1991 2010
  Thailand The Pumpkin of Nyefar Movie Theatrical Short 2004
hesheit Medium 2005
The Adventure of Sudsakorn Feature 1979
PangPond: The Future World Adventure Series Television 2002
  Saudi Arabia World of Twitter Movie Theatrical Short 2014
But Where Does It Come From Direct-to-video Medium 1996
The Boy and the King Theatrical Feature 1992
Shadeed and Tammam Series Television Quarter-hour 2003 2003
  America, South   Argentina La intervención en la provincia de Buenos Aires Movie Theatrical Short 1916 [6]
Little Red Riding Hood Medium 1965
El Apóstol Feature 1917
The Adventures of Hijitus Series Television Quarter-hour 1967 1996
  Brazil O Kaiser Movie Theatrical Short 1917
O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca Medium 1942
Amazon Symphony Feature 1954
Monica and Friends Series Television Quarter-hour 1976 Present
America, North   Canada The Wizard of Oz Movie Theatrical Short 1933
Stop That Tank! Medium 1942
The Enchanted Village Feature 1955
Cartoon Party Series Television Halfhour 1959 1962
Australia   Australia Leisure Movie Theatrical Short 1976
Australian History Medium 1971
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Feature 1970
Arthur! And the Square Knights of the Round Table Series Television Halfhour 1966 1968
  Africa   Ivory Coast Kimboo Series Television Quarter-hour 1989 1990
Transcontinental   United States Humorous Phases of Funny Faces Movie Theatrical Short 1906 [7][8]
The Einstein Theory of Relativity Medium 1923
Creation[9] Feature 1915
Jim and Judy in Teleland Series Television Quarter-hour 1949 1950
  Russia The Cameraman's Revenge Movie Theatrical Short 1912 [10]
In a Faraway Kingdom... Medium 1957
The New Gulliver Feature 1935
Happy Merry-Go-Round Series Television Quarter-hour 1969 2001
  Egypt Nothing To Do Movie Theatrical Short 1936
East West? East West Medium 2009
The Boy and the King Feature 1992
Bakkar Series Television Halfhour 1998 2025
N/A   New Zealand The Frog, the Dog and the Devil Movie Theatrical Short 1986
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale Feature 1986
Oscar and Friends Series Television Quarter-hour 1995 1996

Techniques

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Animation

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First films/television series to be created using various animation techniques
Type Form Media Title Release Date
Hand-drawn Paper Short film Fantasmagorie 1908
Cel Short film The Sinking of the Lusitania 1918
Feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937
Television series Crusader Rabbit 1950
Oil-painted Short film Conversation in Space 1961
Feature film Loving Vincent 2017
Digital ink and paint Short film Off His Rockers 1992
Feature film The Rescuers Down Under 1990
Television series Pac-Man 1982
Stop-motion Other Short film Matches: An Appeal 1899
Clay Short film The Sculptor's Nightmare 1908
Feature film I Go Pogo 1980
Television series The Gumby Show 1955[11]
Puppet Short film The Humpty Dumpty Circus 1908
Feature film The Tale of the Fox 1937[12]
Television series The New Adventures of Pinocchio 1961
Silhouette Short film The Sporting Mice 1909
Feature film The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926
Cutout Short film Die Schöne Prinzessin von China 1917
Feature film El Apóstol 1917
Television series Captain Pugwash 1957
Rotoscoping Short film The Clown's Pup (Out of the Inkwell) 1919
Feature film Gulliver's Travels 1939
Television series Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 1976
Digital CGI Short film A Computer Animated Hand 1972
Feature film Toy Story 1995
Television series ReBoot 1994
Flash Feature film Wizards and Giants 2003
Television series ¡Mucha Lucha! 2002
Machinima Short film Diary of a Camper 1996
Feature film The Seal of Nehahra 2000
Web series Red vs. Blue 2003
Motion capture Short film Adam Powers, The Juggler 1981
Feature film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001

Format, process and sound

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Year Milestone Film Notes
1907 Animation in celluloid and stenciling process Katsudō Shashin
1920 Animation produced using a photographic color process The Debut of Thomas Cat Using the Brewster Color process.
1923 Synchronized sound animations N/A Lee De Forest premiered a program of 18 short films using the Phonofilm sound-on-film process at the Rivoli Theater in New York City.[13]
1928 Fully synchronized sound and post-produced soundtrack Steamboat Willie A click track was used to set the same tempo for animation and soundtrack (Mickey Mousing).
1931 Feature-length film with synchronized sound Peludópolis Considered lost.
1932 Animation to use the three-strip Technicolor process Flowers and Trees
1937 Animation to use Disney's multiplane camera The Old Mill, short film. A predecessor of the multiplane technique had already been used for The Adventures of Prince Achmed. Ub Iwerks had developed an early version of the multiplane camera in 1934 for his The Headless Horseman Comicolor Cartoon.[14]
First animated feature film to use three-strip Technicolor Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1940 Animation to use stereophonic sound Fantasia Recorded in Fantasound with 33 microphones on eight channels, but the reproduction of multi-channel Fantasound in theaters was eventually more limited than intended
1951 Stereoscopic 3D animations Now is the Time & Around is Around Abstract dual-strip stereoscopic short films by Norman McLaren for the Festival of Britain[15]
1952 Animated feature film presented in 3D Bwana Devil
1953 Animation presented in widescreen format Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom Short film; developed and released in CinemaScope.
1955 Animated feature in widescreen format Lady and the Tramp
1957 Animated TV series broadcast in color Colonel Bleep
1959 Syncro-Vox in animation Clutch Cargo
1960 First animation to use xerography (replacing hand inking) Goliath II
1961 Animated feature film to use xerography process One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1978 Animated feature presented in VistaVision Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo Process adapted for animation as "Anime Vision".[16]
Animated feature to be presented in Dolby sound Watership Down
1983 3D feature film - stereoscopic technique Abra Cadabra
Animated TV series to be recorded in Stereo sound Inspector Gadget
1989 TV cartoon to be broadcast in Dolby Surround sound. Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration
1995 Animated television series to be broadcast in Dolby Surround Pinky and the Brain
2000 Animated feature presented in IMAX Fantasia 2000
2007 Animated feature presented in 7.1 surround sound Ultimate Avengers Blu-ray release
2008 Animated feature designed, created and released exclusively in 3D Fly Me to the Moon
2009 Animated feature directly produced in stereoscopic 3D rather than converted in 3D Monsters vs. Aliens Completion using InTru3D
2010 Animated feature released theatrically in 7.1 surround sound Toy Story 3
2022 Animated feature film to aspect ratio opened up in IMAX Lightyear It opened up from 2.39:1 to 1.43:1 for select sequences of the film.[17]
2024 Animated series with IMAX aspect ratio Max & the Midknights Opened from 2.39:1 to 1.43:1 for select sequences.
First animated feature film in 2:1 aspect ratio Moana 2

Reception

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Accolades

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Year Milestone Notes
1933 First animation to win Best Animated Short Film at the Academy Awards Flowers and Trees
1938 First animated feature to be nominated an Academy Award Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, representing Best Original Score; it also received an Academy Honorary Award for Walt Disney.
1941 First animation to win Best Original Song and Original Score Pinocchio
1951 First animated feature to win Golden Bear Cinderella
1961 First animated TV series nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series The Flintstones. As of 2025, no animated series has won.
1992 First animated feature nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture Beauty and the Beast. As of 2025, no animated feature has won.
1998 First animated feature to win Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year Princess Mononoke[18]
2002 First Academy Award for Best Animated Feature winner Shrek. Monsters, Inc. and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius were also nominated.
2005 First animated feature to win Academy Award for Best Sound Editing The Incredibles
2009 First animated feature nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Waltz with Bashir.[19] As of 2025, no animated film has won.
2010 First animated feature nominated for the Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Picture RPG Metanoia.[20] As of 2025, no animated film has won, although received a second runner-up prize instead.
2015 First animated feature to win Venice Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize Anomalisa[21]
2024 First animated feature to win Gawad Urian for Best Film Iti Mapukpukaw[22]

Box office records

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Year Milestone Film Notes
1992 First animated feature to earn $500 million worldwide[23] Aladdin
1994 First animated feature to earn $750 million worldwide[24] The Lion King
2010 First animated feature to earn $1 billion worldwide[25] Toy Story 3 It is currently the highest-grossing G-rated film from 2010 to 2019, only to be surpassed by another sequel, Toy Story 4.
2013 First animated feature to earn $1.25 billion worldwide Frozen
2019 First animated feature to earn $1.5 billion worldwide The Lion King (2019) Walt Disney Pictures, which produced the film, considered it to be live-action despite the entire film (aside from its opening shot) being computer animated.[26] Other sources deemed it to be animated based on specified criteria.[27]
2020 First non-American animated film to topped the annual global box office. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train It also the first R-rated animated film to earn $200 to 500 million worldwide, surpassing the previous R-rated film Sausage Party (2016) with $140 million worldwide, which makes Demon Slayer: Mugen Train three times larger than the former in a box-office gross for a R-rated animated film, making it a rare feat.[28] It only occurs an non-American animated film to topped the global box office for five years.
2024 First animated feature film to earn $1.6 billion worldwide. Inside Out 2 Currently the highest-grossing Pixar film of all time as well as the second highest-grossing animated film of all time which was surpassed by Ne Zha 2.
First animated feature film to earn over $200 million at its 5-day opening weekend. Moana 2 It became the highest-grossing animated feature film of its opening weekend by making over $200 million.
2025 First non-Hollywood animated feature film to earn $1 billion worldwide.
First animated feature film to earn $2 billion worldwide.
Ne Zha 2 It earned $2 billion in China and worldwide and is currently the highest-grossing animated feature film of all time.

Other milestones

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Year Milestone Notes
1924 First pornographic animation The Virgin with the Hot Pants, opening sequence for a stag film.
1928 Fully pornographic animated film Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure
1932 First hentai animation Suzumibune; first established with the term hentai, a Japanese animation and literature pornography. Considered lost.
1942 First film to use limited animation extensively The Dover Boys at Pimento University
1960 First primetime animated TV series The Flintstones[29]
1961 First animation to combine various types Conversation in Space; combines with collage and paint
1962 First animated TV special released on December or use in Christmas-themed Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol[30][31]
1963 First computer-generated (CGI) moving image Simulation of a Two-Gyro Gravity-Gradient Attitude Control System by Edward E. Zajac at Bell Labs; animated line drawings for scientific purposes.
1964 First animated feature film based on a TV series Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
First stop-motion television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1966 First animated TV special released on October or use in Halloween-themed It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
1969 First X-rated animated feature film A Thousand and One Nights, Japanese anime hit. Pornographic animations had already been made for the phénakisticope and the short film The Virgin with the Hot Pants (circa 1924)
1972 First CGI character A Computer Animated Hand by Edwin Catmull and Fred Parke at University of Utah
1973 First PG-rated animated film Fantastic Planet
First use of CGI in a feature film Westworld; used pixelated image processing to simulate robot vision.
1974 First R-rated animated feature film The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1976 First CGI short film Hunger (La Faim)
1978 First animated feature film to premiere on television Tadhana. It was broadcast once on Philippine channels GMA 7, RPN 9, and IBC 13 to commemorate the sixth anniversary of martial law, and was never released commercially in theaters until 2020s.[32][33][34][35]
1981 First motion capture character Adam Powers, The Juggler. The character was motion captured by Ken Rosenthal, a real juggler.[36]
1982 First PG-13 rated animated film The Plague Dogs
1983 First direct-to-video animated series Dallos. First original video animation
1986 First non-narrative animated feature film Sophie's Place
1992 First direct-to-video animated feature film Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
1993 First CGI series VeggieTales
1994 First CGI TV series Insektors
1995 First CGI feature film Toy Story
1997 First animated series produced for the Internet[37] The Goddamn George Liquor Program
First CGI TV special Santa vs. the Snowman
1998 First PG-rated CGI animated film Antz
2004 First cel-shaded 3D animation Appleseed
2005 First animated feature film shot with digital still cameras Corpse Bride
2006 First animated feature film combined with stop-motion and computer animation Flushed Away; produced by Aardman Animations, heavily use with CGI for characters and visual effects in heavily contrast with stop-motion animation.[38]
2007 First animated feature film developed by one person Flatland. Filmmaker Ladd Ehlinger Jr. animated in Lightwave 3D and edited the film[39] by himself over the course of two years,[40] starting in 2005.[41]
2009 Stop-motion character animated using rapid prototyping Coraline
2012 Stop-motion film to use color 3-D printing technology for models ParaNorman
2013 First animated TV series solely created by a non-binary person Steven Universe on Cartoon Network.[42] Created by Rebecca Sugar, also the first woman to solely created a series on that network.[43]
2016 First R-rated 3D computer-animated film Sausage Party. While most previous R-rated animated films are 2D traditional, Sausage Party is officially recognized as the first R-rated fully CGI to be rated by MPA in years.[44]
2017 First fully-painted animated feature film Loving Vincent. 75% of animated using paint and brush to canvas in present after van Gogh's death, while the other 25% also animated using paint and brush through rotoscoping, which only appears in flashback.[45]
2024 First animated feature film made completely with AI DreadClub: Vampire's Verdict. All visuals, performances, sound, music, and animation are AI. July 2024.[46]
First animated feature film converted from planned TV series. Moana 2; Originally planned as Disney+ series, converted to film due to first film's 2023 streaming success.

See also

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