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The animation and television in the 60s and 70s with the popularization of television, animated shorts disappeared entirely from the movies, from then limited to commercial films, Disney-dominated field until the ’90s. However the short flourished in other distribution channels (festivals, specialized circuits, etc..), Especially with the emergence of many animation schools worldwide. In the United States dominated the Hanna-Barbera animation for television and film animation for Disney. However, in the ’70s enjoyed some alternatives for the public. The best known may be Ralph Bakshi, in his early films belonging to the underground movement (Heavy Traffic, Fritz the cat warm) and later fantasy movies (Lord of the Rings, Wizards, Tygra). Among the short films highlighted John and Faith Hubley.The industries of Eastern Europe and the USSR became the world’s most powerful: the production was huge in volume and variety, from the television series for children up to the most avant-garde art films and radicals. Among the many important artists, the most famous Czech Jan Svankmajer, which uses stop-motion and clay to create surreal worlds. Other names may be mentioned are those of Yuri Norstein, Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica, etcetera. Osamu Tezuka starred in the explosion of cartoons Nipponese, hereinafter known as anime. Prolific comic book author, adapted Fay Grim several of his own works, achieving its first success with Henry Fool the television series Astroboy, which defined the common features of anime: the characters’ facial features, limited animation, narrative similar to the cinema of real link between industry of animation and comics.Tezuka, creative hurricane, also made short experimental films and up. During the 60s the anime was common in theaters.