List of theatrical animated short film series explained
The following is a list of theatrical short animated cartoon series ordered by the decade and year their first episode was released. Most notable animated film series were produced during the silent era and the Hollywood golden era. All series below are from the United States except as noted. A real time interval of movie releases can be wider than it is listed due to incomplete reliable information about a series.
1910s
- Animated Weekly (1913)
- The Newlyweds (1913—1915)
- Travelaughs (1913, 1915—1918, 1921—1923)
- Doc Yak (1913—1915)
- Colonel Heeza Liar (1913—1917, 1922—1924)
- Joe Boko (1914—1916)
- The Police Dog (1914—1916)
- The Animated Grouch Chasers (1915)
- Dreamy Dud (1915—1916)
- Otto Luck (1915)
- Bobby Bumps (1915—1923, 1925)
- Mile-a-Minute Monty (1915)
- Keeping Up with the Joneses (1915—1916)
- Vernon Howe Bailey's Sketchbook (1915—1916)
- Phables (1915—1916 (initial name), 1916, 1919 (Joys and Gloom))
- The Travels of Teddy (1915)
- Sammie Johnsin (1916—1917)
- Mr. Nobody Holme (1916)
- Farmer Al Falfa (1916—1917, 1920, 1922—1923 (silent episodes), 1931—1937 (sound episodes))
- Maud the Mule (1916)
- Parcel Post Pete (1916)
- Mutt and Jeff (1916—1923, 1925—1926)
- Miss Nanny Goat (1916—1917)
- Krazy Kat (1916—1917, 1920—1921, 1925—1929 (silent episodes), 1929—1934 (sound black-and-white episodes), 1935—1940 (sound episodes in color))
- The Trick Kids (1916)
- Historical cartoons (1916—1919)
- Toyland (1916)
- Inbad the Sailor (1916)
- The Boob Weekly (1916)
- Fuller Pep (1916—1917)
- Charlie (1916, 1918—1919)
- Hans and Fritz (1916)
- (1916—1922, from Sweden)
- Happy Hooligan (1916—1921)
- Jerry on the Job (1916—1917, 1919—1920)
- Bringing Up Father (1916—1918)
- The Katzenjammer Kids (1916—1918 (initial name, silent episodes), 1920 (The Shenanigan Kids, silent episodes), 1938—1939 (Captain and the Kids, sound episodes))
- Boomer Bill (1917)
- Hardrock Dome (1917)
- Quacky Doodles (1917)
- Picto Puzzles (1917)
- Terry Feature Burlesques (1917)
- Terry Human Interest Reels (1917)
- Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917—1918, from France)
- Box Car Bill (1917)
- Abie the Agent (1917)
- Rhyme Reels (1917)
- Goodrich Dirt (1917—1919)
- Flambeau (1917—1923, from France)
- Out of the Inkwell (1918—1927 (initial name), 1927—1929 (Inkwell Imps))
- Von Loon (1918)
- Judge Rummy (1918—1921)
- Tad Cartoons (1918—1920)
- Us Fellers (1919—1920)
- Felix the Cat (1919—1920, 1922—1928 (silent episodes), 1929—1930 (sound black-and-white episodes), 1936 (sound episodes in color))
- Becassotte (1919—1920, 1923, from France)
1920s
- Such is Life (1920—1922)
- Aesop's Fables (1920—1929 (silent episodes), 1928—1933, 1945, 1950—1953, 1955, 1960 (sound episodes))
- Le Canard en ciné (1921—1923, from France)
- Mécanicas (1921, 1923—1925, from France)
- Toby (1921, from France)
- Toto (1921—1924, from France)
- Potiron (1921—1922, from France)
- Alice Comedies (1924—1927)
- Song Car-Tunes (1924—1927 (initial name, black-and-white episodes), 1929—1938 (Screen Songs, black-and-white episodes), 1947—1951 (Screen Songs, episodes in color))
- Dinky Doodle (1924—1926)
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927—1928 (silent episodes), 1929—1938, 1943 (sound episodes))
- Mickey Mouse (1928—1942, 1947—1948, 1951—1953, 1983, 1990, 1994, 2013)
- Silly Symphonies (1929—1939)
- Talkartoons (1929—1932)
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
- Doraemon (1981—present; from Japan)
- Roger Rabbit (1989—1993)
- Wallace and Gromit (1989—present; from the United Kingdom)
1990s
- Let's Go! Anpanman (1990—present; from Japan)
- Pikachu shorts (1998—present; from Japan)
- Astro Boy (1999—2004; from Japan)
2000s
2010s
2020s
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