The Animation Atlas by Jake Cunningham - ISBN: 9781035427291
Hardcover
Explore global animation history, from Disney to hidden gems, with stunning illustrations.

The Animation Atlas

The Ghibliotheque Guide to the World of Animated Film

$40.79

  • Hardcover

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    14 October 2025

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Summary

“Indispensable”

  • EMPIRE Magazine

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

From Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham, authors and hosts of the Ghibliotheque podcast, comes this whistle-stop tour through animated film history. A cartography of cartoons, The Animation Atlas takes in everything from titans of animation such as Disney,

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035427291
ISBN-10:103542729X
Author:Jake Cunningham, Michael Leader
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Welbeck
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:14 October 2025
Weight:740g
Dimensions:242mm x 192mm x 22mm
About The Author

Jake Cunningham

Jake Cunningham (Author)

Jake Cunningham is a multimedia writer and producer. As well as Ghibliotheque, he has produced podcasts with NBC Universal, Sky, Channel 4 and Prime Video. He discusses film on the BBC World Service, and has written and voiced video essays for the BBC and Little White Lies. He has written for Empire, The I and NME among others. His first animated short film as writer and producer, made with the BFI, was released in 2021. He recently developed and wrote on a Sky Atlantic documentary and is currently producing his next film. He lives in London with his wife, small dog and baby.

Michael Leader (Author)

Michael Leader is a writer and broadcaster whose writing has appeared in Sight & Sound and Little White Lies, and whose voice has appeared on podcasts and radio ranging from Ghibliotheque and Truth & Movies to BBC Front Row and BBC Radio 5. For several years he was Editorial Director for Film4 Online, and Commissioning Editor of the BBC Arts/iPlayer series Inside Cinema and Inside Games, for which he wrote and produced short-form documentaries about, among other things, Studio Ghibli. He lives in Sussex with his partner and a small child.

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