Spanish animation refers to

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made in

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Short films

Silent era

Segundo de Chomón Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz (also Chomont or Chaumont ; 17 October 1871 – 2 May 1929) was a pioneering Spanish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé, Pat ...

is considered the pioneer of Spanish animation, with the stop-motion shorts he made in France for

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starting with '' La maison hantée'' (1907). An animated sequence within family footage on the

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of a child called Mercedes Cura is thought to be the first piece of animation made in Spain. For a long time '' El toro fenómeno'' ( Fernando Marco, 1917), which was lost, was considered the first Spanish animated production, but nowadays '' El apache de Londres'', also lost, is thought to date from 1915, and thus the centenary of Spanish animation was held in 2015. They were immediately followed by other shorts, including political satires. Starting in 1917 with La apertura de las Cortes: Dato no entiende de indirectas animated sketches were included in newsreels, and that same year

Joaquín Xaudaró Joaquín Xaudaró y Echau (August 17, 1872 – April 1, 1933) was a Spanish cartoonist, illustrator, and caricaturist. His humorous depictions of the new technologies of his time –he published a volume of cartoons called ''The Perils of Fli ...

, the best known Spanish animator from the

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, made his first film, Las aventuras de Jim Trot, and in 1920 he created the first Spanish sci-fi-themed animated film, La fórmula del Doctor Nap. In 1932 Xaudaró founded

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, the first animation production company in the country, and the directed its first film, Un drama en la costa, which turned out to be his last film as he died in 1933. The company outlived him briefly, producing three more films: El rata primero, Francisca, la mujer fatal and

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. En los pasillos del Congreso, a satire of the Second Republic's politics, was left unfinished. By then other cartoonists were experimenting with animation on their own, like José Escobar with La rateta que escrombrara l'escaleta. Stop-motion was introduced in Spanish animation by Salvador Gijón in 1935, with Sortilegio vacuno and Españolada. It seemed to catch on, and three films ( El intrépido Raúl, Pipo y Pipa en busca de Cocolín and Arte, amor y estacazos) were created by different teams in the following year's first months, but the

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's outbreak put a halt to all animated productions.

Feature films

Classic era

Spain's first animated feature, Garbancito of La Mancha (1945), was the first European cel-animated and non-American color one, using Dufaycolor. It was a fairy tale where an orphan child loosely based in Don Quixote has to save his friends from a giant with the help of his fairy godmother and goat. Its production company, Balet y Blay, made two more features: Happy Vacations (1948) and The Dreams of Tay-Pi (1952). Through the 1950 new companies were created. Estudios Moro and Estudios Vara produced the main features in subsequent stages of the Francoist era: The Wizard of Dreams (1966) and The Wardrobe of Time (1971). Cruz Delgado, a Moro animator, created his own studio and directed Magical Adventure (1973), while

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, who had moved to

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, created there features such as The Adventures of Hijitus (1973) and ''

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'' (1975). At the later stages of this period underground animation took shape, including the first abstract direct cameraless feature ever, José Antonio Sistiaga's '' Ere erera baleibu icik subua aruaren'' (1970), and during the

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the first Spanish feature restricted for adults was released: Stories of Love and Massacre (1979).

Modern era

In the 1980s the feature production was diversified under the new autonomous system and films based in the local traditions were produced, such as The Magic Pumpkin ( Juan Bautista Berasategi, 1985) in Euskadi and '' Despertaferro'' (Jordi Amorós, 1990) in Catalonia. " Katy The Caterpillar" (1984) was a coproduction with Mexico and

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(Cruz Delgado, 1988), spun a popular series, ''

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'' (1989), was the first animation film prized at the Goya Awards. Feature production didn't make an impact for most of the 1990s, and only one Goya award was granted in the first half of the decade, for The Return of the North Wind (

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, 1993). It was however a period of experimentation: '' Megasónicos'' (1997) was the first European CGI animation feature, and A Child's Play ( Pablo Lloréns, 1999) was the first Spanish

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feature. Production rose in the following years, and in 2000 four films competed for the Goya Award for the first time. The Living Forest (2001) was the first widely distributed CGI feature, but most films were made in traditional animation for the first half of the decade. While most of them were influenced by

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, '' Gisaku'' ( Baltasar Pedrosa, 2005) was branded as ''the first Spanish

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feature'' and released at nearly the same time in Japan and Spain.

Contemporary era

From the second half of the 2000s CGI has been the dominating trend in family features. Many of them were co-productions with other countries, such as

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(2008) and

Justin and the Knights of Valour ''Justin and the Knights of Valour'' (Spanish: ''Justin y la espada del valor'') is a 2013 computer-animated fantasy film whose working title was ''Goleor: The Scales and the Sword''. It is the story of a boy named Justin, who wants to become a k ...

(2013). The most ambitious of these co-productions was

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(2009), with a $70 million budget. At the same time, Spanish animation co-produced foreign films such as

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(2006). Some of the most ambitious projects in more recent years were produced just in Spain with the backing of television networks, such as

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in Lightbox Entertainment's

Tad, the Lost Explorer ''Tad, the Lost Explorer'' (Spanish: ''Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones'') is a 2012 Spanish 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Enrique Gato. The film is a spinoff of Gato's 2004 short film, ''Tadeo Jones'' and its sequel '' Tade ...

(2012) and Capture the Flag (2015). Meanwhile live-action directors Juan José Campanella and Javier Fesser entered the CGI animation field with

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(2013) and Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible (2014) respectively. Traditional animation is still used in adult projects. Chico and Rita ( Fernando Trueba, 2010) won the European Award and was nominated for the

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, while Wrinkles (

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, 2011) was nominated for the European Award and the

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. Lastly, stop-motion has been used for horror features such as Going Nuts ( Juanjo Ramírez, 2007) and '' O Apóstolo'' (

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, 2012).

List of productions

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, -style=font-size:85% , Garbancito of La Mancha , , 1945-11-23 , , 98 min. , , Traditional , , Balet y Blay , , J.M. Blay, A. Moreno , , colspan=2, , , P3.1 million , , P3 million , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% ,

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, , 1948-12-27 , , 73 min. , , Traditional , , Balet y Blay , , J.M. Blay, A. Moreno , , colspan=2, , , P3 million , , P1.3 million , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , Once Upon a Time... , , 1950 , , 75 min. , , Traditional , , Estela , ,

Alexandre Cirici Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom o ...

, , colspan=2, , , P4 million , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , The Dreams of Tay-Pi , , 1952-12-22 , , , , Traditional , , Balet y Blay , , J.M. Blay, F. Winterstein , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , The Wizard of Dreams , , 1966-12-16 , , 70 min. , , Traditional , , Moro , , Fernando Macián , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , Mortadelo y Filemon Festival , , 1969 , , 80 min. , , Traditional , ,

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, , Rafael Vara , , colspan=3, , , P2.2 million , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , Mortadelo y Filemon Second Festival , , 1970 , , 85 min. , , Traditional , ,

, , Rafael Vara , , colspan=3, , , P2.5 million , -style=font-size:85% , '' Ere erera baleibu icik subua aruaren'' , , 1970 , , 75 min. , , Drawn-on-film , , , , José Antonio Sistiaga , , colspan=4, , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , The Wardrobe of Time , , 1971 , , 78 min. , , Traditional , ,

, , Rafael Vara , , colspan=3, , , P40 million , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , Magical Adventure , , 1973-09-06 , , 69 min. , , Traditional , , Cruz Delgado , , Cruz Delgado , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , The Attic of Fantasy , , 1978 , , 75 min. , , Traditional , , Cruz Delgado , , Cruz Delgado , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , Stories of Love and Massacre , , 1979-04-16 , , 88 min. , , Traditional , ,

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, , Jordi Amorós , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% ,

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...

, , 1983-12-17 , , 82 min. , , Traditional , , Cruz Delgado , , Cruz Delgado , , colspan=2, , , P100 million , - bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , Katy the Caterpillar , , 1985-07-15 , , 69 min. , , Traditional , , Moro , , J.L. Moro, S. Moro , , , , , , P80 million , -style=font-size:85% ,

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, , 1985-07-29 , , 96 min. , , Traditional , , , , Manuel Rodjara , -style=font-size:85% , The Magic Pumpkin , , 1985 , , 90 min. , , Traditional , , , , Juanba Berasategi , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , Town Musicians of Bremen , , 1989-06-26 , , 86 min. , , Traditional , , Cruz Delgado , , Cruz Delgado , , colspan=3, , , P20 million , , bgcolor=lightgreen, , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , '' Peraustrinia 2004'' , , 1990-04-06 , , 75 min. , , Traditional , , Marimón , , Ángel García , -style=font-size:85% , '' Despertaferro'' , , 1990-12-05 , , 75 min. , , Traditional , ,

, , Jordi Amorós , , , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% ,

The Legend of the North Wind ''The Legend of the North Wind'' is a 1992 Spanish animated fantasy film directed by Juan Bautista Berasategi (originally credited to Maite Ruiz de Austri and Carlos Varela). It was based upon a story by Gregorio Muro and Josean Muñoz, and produ ...

, , 1992 , , 69 min. , , Traditional , , Eskuz , , J. Berasategi, M. Ruiz de Austri, C. Varela , , colspan=2, , , P150 million , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , The Return of the North Wind , , 1993 , , 72 min. , , Traditional , , Eskuz , ,

, , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightgreen, , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , '' Megasónicos'' , , 1997-12-19 , , 85 min. , , CG animation , , Baleuko , , J. González, J. Martínez , , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightgreen, , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , Ahmed, the Prince of Alhambra , , 1998-06 , , 68 min. , , Traditional , , Lotura , , Juanba Berasategi , , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -style=font-size:85% , '' ¡Qué vecinos tan animales!'' , , 1998-09-04 , , 69 min. , , Traditional , , Extra , ,

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, , 1999-07-09 , , 75 min. , , Traditional , , Merlín , , J.L. Feito, C. Varela , , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightgreen, , -style=font-size:85% , A Children's Game , , 1999-10 , , 74 min. , , Stop-motion , , Potens , , Pablo Llorens , , colspan=2, , , P48 million , -style=font-size:85% , The Thief of Dreams , , 1999-12-15 , , 70 min. , , CG animation , , Dibulitoon , , Ángel Alonso , , colspan=2, , , P130 million , , , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , The Island of the Crab , , 2000-10-02 , , 68 min. , , Traditional , , Irusoin , , T. Basterretxea, J. Muñoz , , colspan=2, , , P130 million , , , , bgcolor=lightgreen, , -style=font-size:85% , Marco Antonio: Hong Kong Rescue , , 2000-12-01 , , 78 min. , , Traditional , , Merlín , , M.J. García, C. Varela , , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , The Living Forest , , 2001-08-03 , , 82 min. , , CG animation , , Dygra , , Á. de a Cruz, M. Gómez , , colspan=2, , , €3 million , , €2 million , , bgcolor=lightgreen, , -style=font-size:85% , 10 + 2: The Great Secret , , 2001-08-17 , , 85 min. , , Traditional , ,

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, , Miquel Pujol , , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -style=font-size:85% , A Dog Called Pain , , 2001-11-16 , , 90 min. , , Traditional , , , ,

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, , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -style=font-size:85% , The Legend of the Unicorn , , 2001-12-21 , , 70 min. , , Traditional , , Extra , ,

, , colspan=2, , , P200 million , , , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , The King of the Farm , , 2002-06-21 , , 95 min. , , Trad. / CG / live-action , ,

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, , G. Muro, C. Zabala , , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -style=font-size:85% , The Warriors of the Apocalypse , , 2002-08-14 , , 80 min. , , CG animation , , Ovidio DVD , , Jesús M. Montané , -style=font-size:85% , Time Gate , , 2002-11-29 , , 80 min. , , Traditional , , Animatoons , , Pedro E. Delgado , , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -style=font-size:85% , Dragon Hill , , 2002-12-20 , , 80 min. , , Traditional , , Milímetros , , Ángel Izquierdo , , colspan=2, , , €3 million , , , , bgcolor=lightgreen, , -style=font-size:85% , Anjé, the Pyrenaic Legend , , 2002 , , 67 min. , , CG animation , , Baleuko , , Juanjo Elordi , , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , '' El embrujo del Sur'' , , 2003-07-04 , , 89 min. , , Traditional , , Lotura , , Juanba Berasategi , , colspan=2, , , €1.2 million , , , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -style=font-size:85% , Betizu Among the Stars , , 2003-10-31 , , 71 min. , , CG animation , , Baleuko , , Egoitz Rodríguez , -style=font-size:85% , El Cid: The Legend , , 2003-12-19 , , 90 min. , , Traditional , ,

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, , Raúl del Pozo , , colspan=2, , , €8 million , , €2.6 million , , bgcolor=lightgreen, , -style=font-size:85% ,

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, , 2003-12-19 , , 76 min. , , Traditional , , Animagic , , Antonio Navarro , , colspan=2, , , €7.2 million , , €2.3 million , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% ,

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, , 2004-02-09 , , 79 min. , , CG animation , ,

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, , , , , , $12 million , , $15 million , , bgcolor=lightgreen, , -style=font-size:85% , The Balunis in the Adventure in the End of the World , , 2004-03-19 , , 88 min. , , CG animation , , Baleuko , , Juanjo Elordi , , colspan=4, , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -style=font-size:85% , '' Glup, una aventura sin desperdicio'' , , 2004-04-02 , , 73 min. , , Traditional , , Dibulitoon , , A. Arregi, I. Berasategui , , colspan=2, , , €1.2 million , , , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -style=font-size:85% , Supertramps , , 2004-12-01 , , 79 min. , , CG animation , , Dibulitoon , , Íñigo Berasategi,

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, , colspan=2, , , €1.2 million , , , , bgcolor=lightblue, , -bgcolor=lightgrey , colspan=14, , -style=font-size:85% , Arensivia's Death , , 2005 , , 85 min. , , Traditional , ,

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Television animation

Classic era

Animation first appeared at the Spanish television in commercials and spots. The most famous one was José Luis Moro's The Telerín Family (1964), which was used to tell children it was time to go to bed. Its characters went on to star in the 1966 The Wizard of Dreams feature. In 1968 former Estudios Moro animator Cruz Delgado created for TVE the first Spanish animated series, '' Microbio''.RTVE
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had created in Argentina the Hijitus series.

Modern era

Cruz Delgado's Don Quixote of La Mancha (1979–81) was the first large success in Spanish TV animation, which boosted in the following years. Co-productions were set, with Nippon Animation creating the animation for BRB Internacional's Ruy, the Little Cid (1979), Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (1981) and

Around the World with Willy Fog ''Around the World with Willy Fog'' ( es, link=no, La vuelta al mundo de Willy Fog) is a Spanish-Japanese animated television adaptation of the 1873 novel ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' by Jules Verne produced by Spanish studio BRB Interna ...

(1984), while

The World of David the Gnome ''The World of David the Gnome'', originally titled ''David, el Gnomo'' (also known as ''David, the Gnome''), is a Spanish animated television series based on the children's book ''The Secret Book of Gnomes'', by the Dutch author Wil Huygen and ...

(1985) was an international success.

References

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Spanish animation Spanish animation refers to animation made in Spain. Short films Silent era Segundo de Chomón is considered the pioneer of Spanish animation, with the stop-motion shorts he made in France for Pathé starting with '' La maison hantée'' (1907). ...