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Oswald Rabbit (Pre-Mickey Disney Film) Resurfaces In Japan

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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon found!

Missing Disney film which predates Mickey Mouse resurfaces in Japan

(CNN)A 1928 Disney animation, which predates the creation of Mickey Mouse, has been unearthed in Japan, according to Japanese media.
The Asahi Shimbun reports that the cartoon short, entitled "Neck n' Neck," was part of the collection of an anime history researcher, Yasushi Watanabe, who bought it in Osaka while still a high school student some 70 years ago.

A still from the rediscovered "Neck n' Neck" cartoon

At the time the film, which had been given the Japanese title "Mickey Manga Spide," or Mickey cartoon speedy, cost ¥500 ($4.40 at current exchange rates).
It features a character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who, in the two-minute consumer version owned by the researcher, is chased by a dog traffic cop while on a date. A longer version of five minutes was also produced.

The find came about after Watanabe read "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons," by former Disney animator David Bossert, which details the history of the character and notes that a number of the early animations had disappeared.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/15/...cid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__111618
 
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