Kobotori, also known as The Stolen Lump, is a 1929 animated film, directed by Chûzô Aochi and Yasuji Murata. The short is one the earliest known surviving examples of Japanese animation, following the experimental works of Ōten Shimokawa and Junichi Kōuchi in the late 1910s. An old man has a lump or tumor on his face. In the mountains, he encounters a band of tengu making merry and joins their dancing. He pleases them so much that they want him to join them the next night, and offer a gift for h

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After the success of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney wanted to try something new and created the Silly Symphonies. The first in the series, The Skeleton Dance, was released in August 1929. Much of the animation was done by Ub Iwerks. After leaving Disney to start his own studio, Ub directed a short in 1937 called Skeleton Frolic, which borrowed heavily from The Skeleton Dance. | Disney History Channel

🎃 Halloween Favorite: Silly Symphonies – The Skeleton Dance (1929) Long before the days of computer animation and high-tech effects, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks gave the world something truly magical — and a little spooky — with The Skeleton Dance, the very first entry in Disney’s legendary Silly Symphonies series. Released in 1929, this black-and-white animated short has become a Halloween staple and a cornerstone of animation history. With its dancing skeletons, eerie graveyard setting, and pla