Katsudō Shashin (1907)
- Original title
- 活動写真
- Genre
- anime, silent film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 3 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A three-second animated film from the early 1900s shows a boy writing Japanese characters, taking off his hat, and bowing. The images are hand-colored in red and black and loop to play over and over.
briefoldflickeringplayfulstatelyarchaicwhimsicalsilent
What happens
Katsudō Shashin (活動写真; 'motion picture'), sometimes called the Matsumoto fragment, is a Japanese animated filmstrip from the Meiji era that is the oldest known work of animation from Japan. Its creator is unknown. Evidence suggests it was made somewhere between 1905 and 1912, so it may predate the earliest displays of Western animated films in Japan. It was discovered in a collection of films and projectors in Kyoto in 2005. The three-second filmstrip depicts a boy who writes "活動写真", removes his hat, and bows. The frames were stencilled in red and black using a device for making magic lantern slides, and the filmstrip was fastened in a loop for continuous play. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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