A researcher in Kyoto has discover a lost Japanese animated film made around 1900, making it the oldest of its kind in the country, reports MAINICHI INTERACTIVE….

The 35-millimeter, celluloid film consists of 50 frames stuck together with paste. It shows a boy in a sailor suit who writes Chinese characters, “katsudo shashin” (moving picture), takes off his hat and gives a salute. The images were drawn directly on the celluloid frames in black and red ink. The creators of the film are unknown….

ps : world’s oldest animation (in form of a sequence of pictures) was discovered in Iran last december..

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