The first animé ever?

Question

Does anyone know what the first published animé cartoon was, or when the style of drawing first came around? im pretty sure its from japan, but they use a lot of other peoples ideas so i wwas wondering about that too

Answer 1

I think it was astro boy in the 1960's

more information about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Boy

hope it was helpful.