Animation in Spain
Magic Tricks, Drawings on Cels, and CGI
1st Edition
Published on 12. August 2025
Book
Hardback
188 pages
978-1-032-89207-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a comprehensive account of Spanish animation history, from its early days through to the arrival of CGI. It examines the two main centers of production, Barcelona and Madrid, as well as evolving animation hubs in the Basque Country and Galicia. This book also pays tribute to the women who were significant to the animation industry and had been invisible for many years, highlighting more recent attempts to achieve equality in the Spanish animation industry thanks to help from the government and women's associations looking to balance the inequality in this domain. This book will be of great interest to academics, students, and professionals working and researching in the field of animation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional Reference
Illustrations
74 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 74 s/w Abbildungen
74 Halftones, black and white; 74 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
473 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-89207-8 (9781032892078)
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Person
Maria Pages Rovira specializes in Spanish animation, holding a PhD in Animation from Universitat de Vic-UCC. She teaches 2D Animation in Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, and she is a member of the Research Group Dicode in the Centre de la Imatge i la Tecnologia Multimedia.
Content
1. Introduction, 2. From Trick Films to Cels (1906-1915): Early Spanish Animation, 3. The Arrival of American Techniques (1915-1939): Advertising Introduces Factory Production-Line Routines, 4. The Golden Age of Spanish Animation (1939-1951), 5. From Short Production to Long-Form Animated Film (1945-1952), 6. The Decline of Feature Films and the Emergence of Contemporary Advertising Strategies (1952-1966), 7. Television, Inner Market, and Underground Economy (1966-1975), 8. The Opposing Ways to Face Outsourcing in the 1960s and 1970s: Cruz Delgado Studio and Filman, 9. The Resurgence of Regional Autonomy in the Post-Dictatorship Era and the Basque Production after 1975, 10. Final Splendor of Spanish Traditional Animation (1975-1990), 11. Maite Ruiz de Austri, a Fruitful Director, 12. Hybridization of 2D and 3D: Studios and Periodization, 13. Women Association and Government Subsidies: Looking for Equality, 14. Conclusions, Appendix 1. Interview with Carles and Jordi Grangel (Grangel Studio), Appendix 2. Discussion Session with Isabel Herguera, Director of Sultana's Dream (2023)