"Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics" is the first comprehensive examination of the aesthetics of animation in its many forms. It is therefore an essential resource for researchers, students and anyone with a serious interest in animation. "Art in Motion" provides thought provoking analyses of animation produced throughout the world. The first half of the book overviews the relationship between animation studies and media studies on a larger scale, then focuses on specific aesthetic issues concerning two-dimensional and three-dimensional animation, full and limited animation and new technologies. The second half contains a series of studies on abstract animation, audiences, representation and institutional regulators.