“Sketchbook,” Disney’s six-part documentary series devoted to the art of hand-drawn animation (streaming April 27 on Disney+), arrives as the studio embarks on the welcome return of traditional 2D — ...

Hand-drawn animated from major Hollywood studios is basically dead at this point. No major studio has a 2D-animated film in active production, and it’s a shame. While it’s not shocking that 3D has ...

Later Alligator, a hand-drawn 2d animation game, released its first trailer this week. A collaboration between Lindsay and Alex Small-Butera’s Smallbu Animation (Baman Piderman, special episodes of ...

As the nominees for the animated feature Oscar were unveiled this year, one thing was clear: 2D and 2D-influenced animated films are dominating awards season. Among this year’s nominees, “The Boy and ...

In 1908, Émile Cohl released the short film Fantasmagorie, widely regarded as the world's first animated cartoon. From these humble beginnings, cartoons blew up into detailed theatre shorts by the ...