The New Age of Asian Animation

Asian animation is in the throes of change—rapid change—with shifts in loci and methods of production that have turned the field upside down. No longer is animation the exclusionary domain of East Asia, no longer is it produced almost solely for overseas clients, no longer does it depend only on traditional materials of production. In the past five years, India has become a large production center of animation; service companies have entered coproduction agreements and have begun to make domestic fare, and increasingly, computers have wholly or partly replaced cel and other means of production.