It utilizes primarily the flash, CG, and traditional animation formats, typically produced on a small budget.
Pruneda adapted the comic strip Don Catarino y su apreciable familia, which was screened in 1934 despite remaining unfinished.
Pruneda tried to make an animated sequence for the film Revista Musical, but the project failed due to financial problems.
[1] In 1934, the otolaryngologist Alfonso Vergara Andrade founded AVA Studios in Mexico City with Antonio Chavira and Francisco Gómez.
After the visit, Disney produced The Three Caballeros, which world premiere was screened at Cine Alameda in Mexico City in 1944.
Dibujos Animados S.A., also ran by Terrazas, created Cold War UPA-inspired anti-communist propaganda cartoons for the USIA with the intention of showing these films in Latin America[2][3] (despite being unaware of the intent to do so) featuring "good guys" Manolin the rooster and Burrito the donkey and "bad guys" Armando Lios the raven and Chente the wolf,[4] bringing together the best Mexican animators at the time alongside American animation directors (including Emery Hawkins who directed one of the shorts).
[5] Also around this time, the country was responsible for the Animation services provided in Rocky & Bullwinkle set up by the sponsor to produce the series on a low budget.
It received poor ratings due to competition with more popular American animated shows, such as those of Hanna-Barbera.
The country's first feature film, Los tres Reyes Magos ("The Three Wise Men"), was released in 1974, directed by Fernando Ruiz.
It did not fully restart until 2003, when Mexico City-based animation studio, Ánima Estudios, released Magos y Gigantes (Wizards and Giants).
In 2006, Huevocartoon, a popular multimedia brand focused on eggs, released its first feature film, Una pelicula de huevos.
[13] In 2011, Don gato y su pandilla, an animated film based on Hanna-Barbera's Top Cat series was released successfully, earning $112.25 million pesos in its theatrical run.
The series gained unexpected popularity and was picked up for television by the Latin American branch of Cartoon Network.
In 2020, Ánima Estudios has released the superhero film, La liga de los 5, which is a first for the Mexican cinema industry.