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Welcome to the Early Animation Wiki! We are a collaborative place to share information on the early days of animation.

People database

Find biographical information on animators, directors, background artists, composers voice actors, and more. Pictured: Tex Avery.

Animation database

Watch examples of early animation, complete with links to information about the cartoons, their makers, and their studios.

Studio database

Histories of the studios responsible for producing and distributing early animation.

Resources

Find information on early animators, animation studios, artistic movements, influences, and more in books, journal and magazine articles, and links to websites, blogs, and collections.

Explore: On the Topics and Style of Soviet Animated Films

Link of the Month: The Disney Strike of 1941

Featured Animation: Interplanetary Revolution

This May Day, let’s dream of a day when the workers of the world, and beyond, will unite!

Featured Biography: Nikolai Khodataev