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1927 – First appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Trolley Troubles. He appears in Poor Papa, which is made earlier in 1927, but it is rejected by Universal Pictures and not released until 1928. 1928 – Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse make their debuts in Steamboat Willie, the first ever synchronized cartoon with sound.
Mickey Mouse was the first cartoon superstar who surpassed Felix the Cat's popularity, but soon dozens of cartoon superstars followed, many remaining popular for decades. Warner Bros. had a vast music library that could be used in cartoons, and inspired many cartoons as well, while Disney needed to create the music for every cartoon.
Cartoon Network's first original series was The Moxy Show and the late-night satirical animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast (the latter moving to Adult Swim at launch in September, 2001). The What a Cartoon! series of showcase shorts brought the creation of many Cartoon Network original series collectives branded as " Cartoon Cartoons ...
Mickey Mouse first appeared on May 15th in 1928 in the unfinished short "Plane Crazy." The character was officially unveiled to the public six months later in "Steamboat Willie," co-starring ...
The short is often considered to be one of the most influential cartoons ever made. Animators voted Steamboat Willie as the 13th-greatest cartoon of all time in the 1994 book The 50 Greatest Cartoons , and in 1998, the film was selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry . [ 10 ]
Premiering in April 1930, a three-minute cartoon sequence produced by Walter Lantz appears in this full-length, live-action Technicolor feature film. 1930: Two-color Technicolor in a stand-alone cartoon: Fiddlesticks: Released in August 1930, this Ub Iwerks-produced short is the first standalone color cartoon. 1930
These are lists of animated television series.Animated television series are television programs produced by means of animation.Animated series produced for theaters are not included in this lists; for those, see List of animated short film series.
From the mid-1960s through the early 1980s, several successful prime-time animated TV specials aired. Because these one-shot cartoons were aired during prime-time hours (and thus had to appeal to adults as well as children), they had to obtain higher ratings than their Saturday and weekday counterparts.