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In the 2000s, the‘ Japanese Animation ’, called Anime and ‘Otaku Culture’ have received attention in the West contemporary art world. The exhibitions as , that the Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami whose works originated from the traditional Japanese art such as Ukiyoe of the Edo period curated, have been spotlighted in the West contemporary art world. Ukiyoe is, especially, woodblock print of Katsushika Hokusai who, a Japanese cartoonist and woodblock prints artist, influenced artists of the impressionism and Art Nouveaux in the context of Japonisme prevailed in America and Europe one hundred years ago. Ukiyoe, with the emphasis of the‘ f l a t n e ss ’of forms and colors, has also influenced Japanese animation and manga, and many contemporary artists have begun to use the style,‘ f l a t n e ss ’of new trend ‘Tokyo-Pop’, that Murakami re-created after pop art of the 1960s. But, this interactivity of animation and contemporary art seems to be more expanded in the digital media time. The style and form of animation have deeply influenced the new generation artists using digital media as video art. experimental film etc.. Furthermore, in the context of viewing and installation methods, the interactivity of them has been expanded to the realm of the film festivals and exhibitions as Senef, Resfest, Future Cinema exhibition of ZKM center in Germany, etc.. The purpose of this study stressing on the interactivity of animation and 영상예술연구_ 5호 contemporary art lies in the future study on the interactivity of animation, video art and cinema as digital media. Also, it is expected to map new discourse about the ‘artistic’positioning of animation as the popular culture, in animation studies of Korea.