Much of Asia's animation production since the 1960s has been tied to foreign interests attracted
by stable and inexpensive labor supplies. For nearly forty years, western studios have
established and maintained production facilities, first in Japan, then in South Korea and Taiwan,
and now also in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and
China. The economics of the industry made it feasible for Asia to feed the cartoon world, to the
extent that today,  about 90% of all "American" television animation is produced in Asia.