The Bear Dodger (1948)

Overview : 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".

Release Date : January 29, 1948

Runtime : 9m

Genre : Animation, Comedy, Drama, Adventure  

Companies : Sanko Eiga-sha

Countries : Japan

Keywords : short film