Over what has been almost 100 years now, animation has developed in a way where some scenes are absolutely breathtaking, just as they were for people before modern technology. In 1928, the famous Steamboat Willie was released, which showed a significant leap in synchronization between sound and animation. This being made by Disney, who then became a very dominant force when it came to animation in the west.
Almost 60 years later in 1985, an animation studio in Japan was founded, called Studio Ghibli. They were basically ahead of the curve at the time as well, creating completely hand drawn fantasy movies, like Ponyo and Spirited Away. Which are still highly regarded even today in terms of their animation, which goes to show how eternal the art of hand-drawn animation is. Studio Ghibli would of course eventually fall under Disney and would use a lot of famous hollywood actors to voice the english dubbings of their movies. There are now many, many animation studios that reside in the East, the most popular ones being in Japan, with quite a few in both China and Korea as well.
Now in the modern day, animated shows and movies are more popular than ever, with the quality of CGI or hand-drawn animation often being a huge selling point for many watchers. As just mentioned, CGI albeit not drawn, is still by definition a form of animation. Just as like how characters in video games are animated, it is just all (most of the time) computer generated. Since the power of the computer is almost endless, this has lead us to some truly breathtaking movies and shows, with the CGI just constantly getting better and better as the years progress.
