Top: Arts: Animation

Animation World Network - Provides information resources to the international animation community. Features include searchable database archives, monthly magazine, web animation guide, the Animation Village, discussion forums and other useful resources.
About.com: Animation Guide - Keep up with developments in online animation for all skill levels. Download tools, and seek inspiration from online work.
Digital Media FX: The History of Animation - Michael Crandol takes an exhaustive look at the history of animation and animators/visionaries like Max Fleisher, Walter Lantz, and Otto Messmer.
Enculturation: From Mouse to Mouse: Overcoming Information - Essay by Patricia Pisters on the animated image and its changing relationship with the cinematic image.
History of Animation: Before Disney - A short, illustrated essay by Patrick James on the basics of early animations.
Richard's Animated Divots - Chronology of animated movies, television programs, and short cartoons. Includes animation filmographies and a list of anime television series.
Spark Online: Only Genius Is Genius - Chris Romano feels that the proliferation of Flash and other web-based animation technologies has not improved the overall quality of animation and cartoons.
Toonhound - British cartoon, animation and comic strip creations - links, reviews and news from the UK.