History of Re-Animation

Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie is one of the first early animations to exhibit many of the qualities modern viewers expect in an animation. The movement was fluid, if not anatomically correct but the noodling of the joints and bodies are still done in modern animations and were a common animation technique of the time, which could easily be seen to have evolved from the earlier use of silhouettes and quickly drawn then re-drawn chalk techniques in common animators. With the addition of sound (and Disney's choice of it) it set the stage for the whimsical repeating cartoon antics of a main character and his opponent in this case Mickey Mouse and Pete (other examples; Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, Popeye and Bluto, etc). This basic story plot and two characters opposing each other would be the staple for animated shorts for decades to come. The animation is an excellent example of the silly cartoon violence that would eventually come under fire half a century later as promoting vi...