Animation in Animation & Comic Time 1 is the earliest professional animation information magazine in Chinese mainland, and it is also the first to use "animation &; AmpComic) is a public publication of this word, so it is generally believed that Chinese mainland is the birthplace of the word "animation". Animation Times was originally an animation supplement of Asahi Express, a Japanese popular entertainment magazine, which was founded on 1997. Later, because the supplement was very popular, the editorial department decided to change its name to Animation Times and issue it as an independent publication.