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INTO THE NEW CENTURY:

W i t h t h e n e w cen t ur y, t h e
With the new century, the debut of the
Meanwhile off the silver screen and onto the television side of de b u t o f t h e iP h o n e a n d t h e en d o f
iPhone and the end of CDs (indeed time does
things, Ted Turner was the man to create CNN and CD s(in de e d , t im e do es f l y), t h e r i s e
fly). With the rise of horror films and digital
Cartoon network. Channels were criticized back in the o f h o r r o r f i lm s a n d dig i t a l m e di a,
media.
day, for airing only a single type of content, Di sn e y f o un d g r e a t s ucces s in t h eir
t h e a t r ic a l r e le a s es, a n d e v en w en t o n
24/7 which would later become their t o p r o d uce co un t les s a nim a t e d s er ies
Disney found great success in their theatrical
marketing point. o n T V, v i a Di sn e y c h a nn e l a n d Di sn e y
releases, and even went on to produce countless
XD . Wa l t Di sn e y s t udios, a l s o b ega n
But his gamble would pay off, as this t o t ra n si t io n f r o m t radi t io n a l l y dra w n
animated series on TV, via Disney channel and
would prove to be a huge success, and 2D a nim a t io n t o co m p u t er g en era t e d
Disney XD.
with his impressive library, chock full of a nim a t io n, f o l lo w in g t h e r es o un din g

funny, yet head turning collections such v ic t o r y o f P ixa r ’s f i lm s.
Walt Disney studios, also began to transition from traditionally
as the “flintstones”, “Scooby doo”, “tom and jerry”, “the looney Th e y w o u ld a l s o face s t if f co m p et i t io n f r o m
drawn 2D animation to computer generated animation, following
tunes” and countless others. r i va l s- Dr e a mWo r ks S t udios, S o n y P ic t ur es A nim a t io n,
the resounding victory of Pixar’s films.
P a ra m o un t A nim a t io n, Il l umin a t io n- w hic h a l l w o u ld g o

And the competitor to Cartoon network at the time was o n t o m a k e r es p e c t i v e b o x o f f ice r e co r d s et t in g m o v ies
s uc h a s “ H o w t o Tra in Yo ur Dra g o n”, “ D es p ic a b le M e”,
They would also face stiff competition from rivals, DreamWorks
Nickelodeon started its own original animated shows in 1991 “ C lo ud y W i t h a C h a n ce o f M e a tb a l l s ” et c.
with winners such as “rugrats”, “hey Arnold” and “Spongebob studios, Sony pictures animation paramount animation
illumination which all would go onto make respective box office
Squarepants” as their mascot later on. I t wa s a t t hi s t im e , t h a t p r es en t dig i t a l s t r e a min g g i a n t
record setting movies such as “how to train your dragon”,
N et f lix, r o c k et e d i ts e lf in t o p e o p le’s h o m es a n d h o w
dig i t a l m e di a w o u ld c h a n g e m e di a co n s um p t io n in t h e
“Despicable me”, “Cloudy with a chance of meatballs” etc.
On the other side of the planet, in Japan anime was on the rise. If f u t u r e .

you don’t know what anime is, (again how couldn’t you know?)any

Japanese animated series and movies are called anime.
“Cowboy bebop”, “neon genesis evangelion”,

“sailor moon”, “dragon ball”,

“spirited away” were a few

of the many achievements
of Japanese animations

of this era.

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