The most important asset of the animation art is the character produced by the animation artists. Characters are direct representatives with whom the audience communicates emotionally while watching an animated movie. A visual communication with the audience is attempted with the created characters. At the same time, these characters have taken the place of real actors today. It is possible to see examples of the characters of the animation art in almost all cinema productions. These characters sometimes appear before the audience in the form of a monster, a rodent, a princess, or a car. In short, they have turned into images that enrich the imagination of the human being, which do not exist in reality but are perceived as real in the perception of the audience. The most difficult and troublesome place is the character production stage and the formation of the personality connected to the story. The most important problem in the art of animation is that the actions of the animated characters convey a thought and emotions and empathy. The process of creating empathy in the art of animation appears as a very important problem for the animation artist. In this study, the relationship between character phenomenon and empathy in the art of animation was questioned and tried to be analyzed by associating it with the intentionality theory. In addition, the characters in the films The Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson, 2001) and Inside Out (Pete Docter, 2015) were analyzed in terms of intentionality and empathy was tried to be emphasized in terms of animation.