"Chinese Animation is the first edited book that explores the multiple histories, geographies, industries, technologies, media, and transmediality of Chinese animation, from early silent animated shorts to socialist masterpieces, from computer-generated-imagery blockbusters to edgy independent films, and from stop-motion to virtual-reality animation. The book represents the best of the Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies (ACAS) in 2021 by including fifteen chapters that cover a wide range of geopolitical places across a time span of more than a century since the 1920s-the pre-1949 Republic of China, the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore-and different languages, such as Mandarin, Cantonese, and Taiwanese. Defining Chinese animation studies as a new field emerging from the periphery of modern Chinese literature and film studies on the one hand, and from Western and Japanese animation studies on the other, the editors of Chinese Animation incorporate diverse academic approaches and perspectives. Designed as a foundational work for Chinese animation studies, this book is a must-read for a rapidly growing community of scholars, students, fans, and general readers interested in Chinese and world animation."--.