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Animal Парк
Animal Парк (Animal Park) names several Eastern European animal attractions: a 50-species contact zoo in Alushta, Crimea, moved from Sevastopol; Kyiv's largest contact zoo at VDNH; a 344-hectare park near Baranovichi, Belarus; and the game Zoo 2: Animal Park.
Animal-assisted therapy
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a goal-directed therapeutic intervention in which animals, most often dogs, cats, or horses, are incorporated into treatment by health professionals against documented goals.
Animalize
Animalize is KISS's twelfth studio album, released September 13, 1984 on Mercury. Produced by Paul Stanley, it features Mark St. John on guitar, the hit "Heaven's On Fire", US #19 chart peak, and RIAA platinum certification.
Animals (2026 film)
Animals is a 2026 American crime thriller directed by, co-written by, and starring Ben Affleck, released on Netflix October 9, 2026; it adapts Kurosawa's High and Low.
Animals (American TV series)
Animals. is an American adult animated HBO comedy (2016-2018, three seasons) by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano, produced by the Duplass brothers, in which New York City animals hold improvised conversations; distinct from BoJack Horseman.
Animals (Maroon 5 song)
About 24 words: Maroon 5's "Animals" is a 2014 pop song from the album V. It gained sharp criticism for its music video, which depicted a stalker's fantasy.
Animals (Martin Garrix song)
Animals is a 2013 instrumental big room house single by Dutch DJ Martin Garrix (Martijn Garritsen), released 17 June 2013; it topped Beatport and the UK Singles Chart and peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Animals (Pink Floyd album)
Animals is Pink Floyd's tenth studio album, released January 1977, inspired by Orwell's Animal Farm with pigs, dogs, and sheep as social classes, recorded at Britannia Row, famous for its Battersea Power Station inflatable pig cover, and remixed by James Guthrie in 2022.
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) is the United Kingdom's main law regulating the use of living animals in scientific research, testing, and education.
Animals as Leaders
Animals as Leaders: Washington, D.C. instrumental progressive metal/djent trio founded by Tosin Abasi in 2007, with Javier Reyes and Matt Garstka; five albums including The Joy of Motion (2014), a Billboard hard rock number one.
Animals in Islam
Animals in Islam, also called animal welfare in Islam, covers the Qur'an's view of animals as "communities like you," welfare duties, halal slaughter, and their souls and resurrection.
Animals in space
Animals in space, also called animal spaceflight, are non-human organisms sent aboard rockets and orbiting laboratories, beginning with fruit flies and the Soviet dog Laika in 1957.
Animals in War Memorial
Animals in War Memorial, London war memorial at Brook Gate, Park Lane, Hyde Park, by David Backhouse, unveiled 24 November 2004 by the Princess Royal; bronze mules, horse, and dog; inscription "They had no choice"; similar memorials in Ottawa and Canberra.
Animals, Property, and the Law
Animals, Property, and the Law is Gary L. Francione's 1995 Temple University Press book arguing that animals' property status prevents welfare law from establishing rights for them, covering anticruelty statutes, vivisection, and the Federal Animal Welfare Act.
Animaniacs
Animaniacs is a Warner Bros./Amblin animated variety comedy created by Tom Ruegger with Steven Spielberg, airing 99 episodes from 1993 to 1998, starring the Warner siblings Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, with a 2020–2023 Hulu reboot.
Animaniacs (2020 TV series)
Animaniacs (2020) is the Hulu animated revival of the 1990s series, streaming November 20, 2020 to February 2023 in three seasons and 36 episodes, with Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, and Maurice LaMarche and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
Ánimas Trujano
Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) is a 1961 Mexican drama by Ismael Rodríguez, based on Rogelio Barriga Rivas's novel La mayordomía, starring Toshiro Mifune as an Oaxacan Zapotec seeking the mayordomo honor; Oscar and Golden Globe nominated, dubbed by Narciso Busquets.
Animas–La Plata Project
The Animas–La Plata Project is a Bureau of Reclamation water project in southwestern Colorado that stores Animas River water in Lake Nighthorse near Durango to settle Ute tribal water rights claims.
Animate (株式会社アニメイト) (retailer)
Animate is a Japanese specialty retail chain selling anime, manga, and game merchandise, founded in Ikebukuro in 1983, with 126 stores across all 47 prefectures and overseas locations.
Animated sitcom
Animated sitcom: a situation comedy produced with animation instead of live action. Also called prime-time animation. Began with The Flintstones (1960); revived by Matt Groening's The Simpsons (1989), followed by Family Guy, South Park, Futurama, and streaming-era adult series.
Animation
Animation is the art of creating the illusion of movement by rapidly displaying a series of still images that differ only slightly, as in hand-drawn, stop-motion, and computer animation.
Animation city
An animation city (动漫城, dongmancheng) is a Chinese venue dedicated to animation: an indoor center of anime shops, arcades, and fan activities, or a larger animation-themed park.
Animation industry in Canada
Canada's animation industry: NFB-led art animation plus commercial hubs in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver; $175M production volume in 2023/24, CPTC and provincial tax credits, and a 2024–25 downturn.
Animation industry in Japan
The animation industry in Japan is a cluster of studios and rights holders that produces anime. In 2024, its market reached 3.84 trillion yen, with overseas revenue exceeding the domestic market.
Animation industry in the United States
The US animation industry: Hollywood-based production of animated film, TV, and games, from Disney's 1923 founding and the TV era of Hanna-Barbera to today's 51,900-artist workforce, $460 billion global market, and AI-driven contraction.
Animation studio
Animation studio: a company creating animated media with the equipment and personnel to produce animation; includes feature studios like Disney/Pixar, anime studios like Toei and Ghibli, stop-motion houses like Laika, and contract/outsourcing studios, distinguished by IP ownership versus client work.
Animator
Animator: an artist who creates the illusion of movement in 2D, 3D, stop-motion, or motion-graphics media for film, TV, games, and ads; U.S. median pay $102,030 (May 2025), 51,900 jobs, flat 2025–2035 outlook.
Animator vs. Animation
Animator vs. Animation (AvA) is Alan Becker's web series, begun June 3, 2006 as a viral Flash animation, in which mute stick figures battle their animator's cursor on a computer desktop, later expanding into sequels, seasons, and Animation vs. spin-offs.
Animatronics
Animatronics is a branch of engineering that builds electromechanical figures imitating living creatures; developed by Disney as Audio-Animatronics in the early 1960s, it is used in theme parks, film, and research.
Animax (アニマックス)
Animax (アニマックス) is a Japanese 24-hour anime pay-TV channel operated by Animax Broadcast Japan Inc., launched July 1, 1998 with Sony Pictures and major anime studios; ownership moved to AK Entertainment/Nojima in 2024, and Animax Asia now runs under KC Global Media.