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Animation industry
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Animation.
American golden age
During the 1910s, the production of animated "cartoons" became an industry in the US. Successful producer John Randolph Bray and animator Earl Hurd patented the cel animation process that dominated the animation industry for the rest of the century. Felix the Cat, who debuted in 1919, became the first fully realised anthropomorphic animal character in the history of American animation. The characteristics of Felix the cat's physical appearance would come to be the standard model for cartoon character in the following years.