Believed to be the first animation created in Japan. The short experimental hand-cranked film of only 50 frames features a boy in a sailor suit who writes Katsudou Shashin (Moving Picture) and then removes his hat and gives a salute.
Katsudou Shashin has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 活動写真, Matsumoto Fragment
Genres: Military
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Top 5 Anime Like Katsudou Shashin [2026 List]
- 5. Tokyo
- 4. ?/Sankaku no Rhythm/Trump no Arasoi
- 3. Bio-Sensor
- 2. Ai (ONA)
- 1. Namakura Gatana
5. Tokyo
A short film spelling Tokyo in hiragana.
Tokyo has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 「とうきょう」- Tokyo, Tokyo
4. ?/Sankaku no Rhythm/Trump no Arasoi
Four short vignettes in this early animated film. In the first, shadows pull away to reveal a puddle, and automobile and bicycle tires pass through it. In the second, cutout shadows of a variety of shoes of people walking are seen. The third is a flurry of geometric forms. In the fourth, the playing card spade courts the heart and pushes away the club, but eventually the club returns, beats up the spade, and wins the heart.
?/Rhythmic Triangles/Fighting Cards has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: ? 三角のリズム トランプの爭, ?/Sankaku no Rhythm/Trump no Arasoi
3. Bio-Sensor
Bio-Sensor is a 1984 Japanese computer-animated surreal short film produced by Takashi Fukumoto at Toyo Links and Hitoshi Nishimura at Osaka University. It's notable for its early use of primitive motion capture, using profile and head-on films of a tiger walking.
Bio-Sensor has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: イオセンサー, Bio-Sensor
2. Ai (ONA)
Short animation by Rapparu.
Ai (ONA) has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 愛, Love
1. Namakura Gatana
Namakura Gatana, meaning "dull-edged sword," is a two-minute comedy about a samurai who, thanks to his dull instrument, loses every time he attacks a weak opponent. In order to examine the sword, he tries to attack passers-by, but lower-class townspeople fight back and knock him down.
Namakura Gatana has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: なまくら刀（塙凹内名刀之巻）, Namakura Katana, Hanawa Hekonai Meitou no Maki, The Fine Sword, An Obtuse Sword
