Editing Animation (section)

==Other media, merchandise and theme parks==
Apart from their success in movie theaters and television series, many cartoon characters would also prove lucrative when licensed for all kinds of merchandise and for other media.

Animation has traditionally been very closely related to [[comic book]]s. While many comic book characters found their way to the screen (which is often the case in Japan, where many [[manga]] are adapted into [[anime]]), original animated characters also commonly appear in comic books and magazines. Somewhat similarly, characters and plots for [[video game]]s (an interactive form of animation that became its own medium) have been derived from films and vice versa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cine-Files » New Screen Order: How Video Games are Changing Cinema Interiority |url=https://www.thecine-files.com/new-screen-order/ |access-date=11 May 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Some of the original content produced for the screen can be used and marketed in other media. Stories and images can easily be adapted into children's books and other printed media. Songs and music have appeared on records and as streaming media.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

While very many animation companies commercially exploit their creations outside moving image media, [[The Walt Disney Company]] is the best known and most extreme example. Since first being licensed for a children's writing tablet in 1929, their [[Mickey Mouse]] mascot has been [[Mickey Mouse#Merchandising|depicted on an enormous amount of products]], as have many other Disney characters. This may have influenced some [[Mickey Mouse#Pejorative use of Mickey's name|pejorative use of Mickey's name]], but [[Disney Consumer Products|licensed Disney products]] sell well, and the so-called [[Disneyana]] has many avid collectors, and even a dedicated [[Disneyana Fan Club]] (since 1984).<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://disneyanafanclub.weebly.com/history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426153040/https://disneyanafanclub.weebly.com/history.html |archive-date=26 April 2023 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=Disneyana Fan Club {{!}} Preserving the Legacy of Walt Disney |language=en}}</ref>

[[Disneyland]] opened in 1955 and features many attractions that were based on Disney's cartoon characters. Its enormous success spawned several other [[Disney Experiences#Disney resorts|Disney theme parks and resorts]]. [[The Walt Disney Company#Financial data|Disney's earnings]] from the theme parks have relatively often been higher than those from their movies.