Alvin and the Chipmunks is made with both live action and hand-drawn animation.
Alvin and the Chipmunks . In the 2007 CGI/live-action film adaptation and its 2009 sequel , they were voiced in dialogue by Justin Long , Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney . Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated television series featuring The Chipmunks , produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983 to 1987 , Murakami-Wolf-Swenson from 1987 to 1988 and DIC Entertainment from 1988 to 1990 . Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-action/computer animated musical family comedy film directed by Tim Hill . Alvin and the Chipmunks is a live-action film series , based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian , Sr. . Live-action roles include Jason Lee ( all four films ) and David Cross ( the first three films ) ; voice roles for the CGI chipmunk characters are provided by Justin Long , Matthew Gray Gubler , and Jesse McCartney in all four films , Christina Applegate and Anna Faris in the three sequels , Amy Poehler in the second and third films , and Kaley Cuoco in the fourth film .