熊に喰われぬ男 · 1948

The Bear Dodger

Noburô Ôfuji · 9 min · Japan

Created by Noburo Ofuji, who had been cartoon making since the 1920s, often with decorative paper cutouts. The character animation looks like it was done 15 years before, but a lot of the elements are highly original; design (those trees!), use of camera focus. Heavily musical in a manner that recalls animation's earliest use of sound. The lesson here is: "If you can't count on your friends, travel alone".

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Sanko Eiga-sha