Cartoons, feature films, cellophane films, stop-motion, all the very different ways of creating, producing and presenting animation, but an incredible number of people still believe in it. that it is strictly aimed at a younger audience. Animation, in essence, involves drawing movement (Taylor 7). This can be achieved using methods such as individual drawn images, computer generated images, cutout animations and many more. Although the process is meticulous and tiring, the end result is usually rewarding and worth the hard work. Animation can also adapt to any genre and appeal to any age group, something many people tend to overlook. This assumption that all animated works are generally vapid and childish seriously undermines the animation industry and those who participate in it. Animation needs to be seen as a credible form of media and, in essence, recognized as an art. The first development of animation dates back to the late 19th century, where it was created primarily using clay, puppets, stop-motion drawings, and cutouts. -exit techniques (“Origins”). Other techniques and devices used to create animated works at the time were the praxinoscope, which is a device that used mirrors to project a sequence of images onto a fixed screen (Pollard) and the rotoscope: a technique which, with an animator, trace and draw, frame by image, directly on the film. Although animation was proven to be a possible way to create art many years before, it wasn't until Walt Disney released "Steamboat Willie", one of the first pieces of animation to feature of a sound, that it was seen as a plausible form of entertainment in the world. the Western Hemisphere (Pollard). On the other side of the globe, particularly in East Asia, artists and designers have also begun their...... middle of paper ......rbara. The royal treatment. Np: Computer Graphics World, June-July 2012.PDF. “THE ANIMATION ROUND TABLE.” Student Resource Center. NC Wise Owl, January 10, 2014.Web. 14 March 2, 2014. “Origins of American Animation, 1900-1921.” Origins of American animation, 1900-1921.Np, nd Web. March 19, 2014.Pollard, Nancy. “Animation Timeline.” Chronology of animations. Brown University, September 1998.Web. March 19, 2014. Ahlinson, David. “Animation notes content.” Content of animation notes. Np, ndWeb. March 25, 2014.Zagzoug, Marwah. The history of anime and manga. Np, April 2001. Web. March 25, 2014. “The History of Anime” The Nihon Review. » Nihon magazine. Np, and Web. March 25, 2014. Carlson, Wayne E. “A Historical Timeline of Computer Graphics and Animation.” A historical timeline of computer graphics and animation. NP, 2004. Web. March 25. 2014.