Not just animation but even something like 3D printing was invented in Austin by Carl Deckard. Well one of the three major forms of 3D printing anyways. Deckard is the inventor of SLS 3D printing.
https://formlabs.com/blog/fdm-vs-sla...ng-technology/
And
https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/...s-away-166853/
3D printing is now a complete industry on its own. Medical, aerospace, tech, defense, aviation, home building companies all use 3D printing now. Austin has earned its keep as a top tier tech town. Easily one of the 10 best in the entire world and that's an amazing feat for a metro of Austin's size.
Texas has a great balance of cities. Austin for government, education, film/music/TV, and all things tech. Houston for aerospace, medicine, global trade, petrochemicals, food distribution, and all things energy. Dallas for telecom, finance, aviation, logistics/distribution, data centers, and pretty much all major industries are represented there. San Antonio for military, defense, cyber-security, and tourism industries. The major border regions like the RGV, El Paso, Laredo for cross-border trade with Mexico and major axis of trade in the NAFTA corridor. The oil and gas towns of West Texas. Corpus Christi for its petrochemical and seaports. And the many other towns for things like military, ports, and colleges. All of the major cities do something different, no one is stepping on anyone's toes.
States that have many major cities with a very diversified economy are usually better off than states that only have one major city that has to carry the entire state and never mess up in anyway. States like CA and TX are even luckier, their cities are the best in the entire world at certain industries. Plus both states are pretty huge, both population and land area and have unparalleled amounts of resources at their disposal.