Well-known animation characters can often bring huge economic benefits,but at present,there are frequent imitations of free-riding on animation characters.Although the introduction of commercialization rights in foreign countries may be an effective protection method,but at the moment when commercialization right cannot be promulgated in short term and the protection of animation characters is urgent,it is more effective to use the Copyright Law as the main protection basis.At the legislative level,animation characters can be regarded as a new category of works.When judging whether it constitutes an infringement,the appearance image of the character should be taken as the core,and a comprehensive judgment should be made in combination with factors such as personality and name.As for the term of protection,trademark rights can be used to make up for the lack of copyright protection term,and the same character whose appearance has changed greatly can be regarded as a new work to extent its term of protection.