1. French film history sets August 30, 1877 as the birthday of animation. That was the day when the "optical practical mirror" invented by French optician and painter Emile Reynaud was patented.
2. "Gertie The Dinosaur" produced by early American animator Winsor McCay is very entertaining because it contains a complete storyline and character personality. , and it was the first "realistic" and "exaggerated" cartoon that focused on action. It can be said that it has created the era of "American animation".
3. The Zagreb Film Studio in the former Yugoslavia was established in the mid-1950s by a group of artists and animators inspired by UPA films. Inherited the experimental spirit of UPA and carried it forward.
4. Japanese animation is inseparable from the development of cartoonists. Among them, the most influential one is Osamu Tezuka.
His important works include (Astro Boy) ( Forest Land) (Monster Doctor Black Jack), etc.
5. The earliest artists in China to study animation were the Wan brothers. In 1941, they completed an 80-minute animated film ("The Iron Fan Princess"), which was the fourth animated feature film in Southeast Asia. It caused a sensation in many countries.