Animation is a global artform, and The Animation Atlas is your essential guide to this exciting, expansive world.

From the duo behind the Ghibliotheque podcast and their bestselling books comes this whistle-stop tour through animated film history. A cartography of cartoons, The Animation Atlas will take in everything from titans of animation from Disney, Pixar and Studio Ghibli to pioneers, innovators and rising stars from the wider world of cinema.

A truly global history of animation - Each of the 30 chapters sets down in a different country to focus on local talent that has made a global impact on the form, from Spain to South Africa and China to Chile.

Box office hits and hidden gems - Features a dazzling selection of films, from the stop-motion wizardry of Laika Studios (Coraline), the claymation classics of Aardman Animations (Wallace and Gromit), and breakout Irish dreamweavers Cartoon Saloon (Wolfwalkers), to the works ofrevered artists such as Lotte Reiniger (The Adventures of Prince Achmed), Jan Svankmajer (Alice) and Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away).

Dozens of gorgeous illustrations - Includes more than 150 photographs, artworks and stills from some of the most beautiful animated films ever made. A perfect gift for film lovers.