>>126179144>You posted the wrong image, OP. THIS is the golden age of cartoon.OP actually is overall still correct, the Golden Age of American Animation is generally held to have lasted from 1928(when sound cartoons became popular, particularly Mickey Mouse) through around 1969 when WB shut down their theatrical animation department for good*(though one could argue that 1972 is the real endpoint as that's the year that Walter Lantz Productions and Terrytoons Studio both shut their doors, or even as late as 1977 as that's the final year DePatie-Freleng Enterprises made a Pink Panther short for theatrical release)
honestly it's kind of amazing how long the Golden Age for American Animation lasted, even just the 1969 date gives you a 41 year period(while the 1977 extreme end point gives you 49 years), most "Golden Ages" in entertainment genres & formats last maybe 10 to 20 years
*well technically they'd open a new studio in 1980 but I'd say an 11 year gap is long enough to consider them separate studios even if they were working with the same IP's
