United Productions of America

The legacy of the United Productions of America animation studio, better known as UPA, has largely been forgotten in the wake of the era of modern U.S. animation; it has been overshadowed by the commercialization of the vast cartoon libraries of Warner Bros. and Disney. But the effect of UPA upon the medium of animation was as ground-breaking as that of Walt Disney. UPA pioneered the technique of limited animation, and though this style of animation was widely abused during the 1960s and 1970s, it was originally founded on an artistic vision of animation as a form of art.

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Animation - Era of modern U.S. animation - Warner Bros. - Disney - Walt Disney - Limited animation - 1960s - 1970s

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