What was the first animation ever made?

Answer 1

On the fifth day of this earth, birds and sea animals were created.

On the sixth day of this earth, land animals were created.

So the very first animal was either a bird or a sea animal.

Answer 2

The first animation ever made was found on an 5,200 year old bowl which had five frames showing a goat jumping to get leaves out of a tree. The pictures were not originally animated obviously, but years later people animated it.

Answer 3

It has to be Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy, from the early 1960's.