The evolution of animation from something as simple as 2D to 5D is quite a long story, even older than film! And to be honest, it packs so much that it requires an article on its own to explain it properly. That too, a long one! Nevertheless, just to give you a brief idea, let’s just break it down into three eras: the 2D era, which is the beginning, then the shift to 3D, and how it evolved in 4D and later 5D.