[BOOK] Animation; The Global History

Animation: The Global History is a fantastic and comprehensive look into the history of international animation. It focuses on both the artistic achievements and the technical achievements from around the world. It delves into a variety of different areas, from the development of animation, animation in World War II, experimental animation, television animation, international animation and modernist animation plus many many more.

The book is written by Maureen Furniss, a program director of experimental animation. She teaches a range of animation history courses at CalArts and is the founding editor of Animation Journal and is also author to many other books about animation.

One of the main reasons that this book is a huge influence on my work is that it delves deeply into many major studios, particularly the Fleischer studio, a huge influence for When Dreams Became Data. It talks about the animation process the studio use, their character development over the years of animating and the entire timeline and history of the studio.

Overall I found this book to be a fantastic read, it is insightful and very informative, easily one of the best books I have read. I highly recommend this book to any animation enthusiast who is at all interested in the history of animation.