A method and a system for computer graphics animation is disclosed. The present invention provides a novel client-server architecture for scalable computer animation particularly adapted to computer animation. The animation tasks are identified as those that scale well and those that do not, and scalable animation tasks are sent to servers while non-scalable tasks are sent to the client. For computing animation tasks at the servers, the present invention provides a novel, intelligent parallel processing distribution engine that distributes the scalable animation tasks among several servers highly efficiently. Furthermore, the present invention provides intelligent animation engine at the scalable animation servers, incorporating intelligent animation algorithms, including AI methodologies such as neural net, genetic algorithm, and optical flow analysis. Scalable client-server animation incorporating AI methodologies is novel.