The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators (ISBN 0-5712-0228-4) is a book by award-winning animator and director Richard Williams about various aspects of animation. The book includes techniques, advice, tips, tricks, and general information on the history of animation.

As the title implies, the book is helpful for several fields of animation, not just traditional animation. It has been praised by many as being one of the best books on animation available.

A 16-volume DVD box set—The Animator's Survival Kit – Animated—has also been created to combine the book with footage from Richard Williams' masterclasses and additional animation of the examples from the book.

A revised edition, titled The Animator's Survival Kit – Expanded Edition (ISBN 0571238343), was published in 2009.

The book met with universal acclaim. Chris Wedge, the director of Ice Age, wrote about the book "What I came out with was a complete re-structuring of animation, how I saw animation, how I analysed motion. People the first night sat down at their work stations and were running some of Richard’s examples ... and at lunchtime you could see the influence. It was a revelation." The book has become incredibly popular in the animation industry and is commonly used by animation students worldwide.

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