In 1918, the first foreign animation appeared in Shanghai. It's an American animation called "Jumping Out of an Ink Bottle." In 1922, Wan Liming produced the first cartoon advertisement Shu Zhendong Chinese typewriter. Then there was the animated short "Dog Treat". Shanghai Tobacco Company also produced an animation for the New Year. These are the more famous animated shorts in the first place.
In 1926, the Wan 4 brothers, Wan Liming, Wan Gu Toad, Wan Chaochen and Wan Dihuan worked for the Great Wall Picture Company in China, not to be confused with the Great Wall Film Studio. Wan Liming, Wangu Toad is a pioneer in Chinese animation that can be identified, and they produced the first animated short drama Big Far Cry Studio. Duration is 10 to 12 minutes with black and white film. The brothers believe that Chinese animation has educational significance, logic, and evocative thinking in entertainment. They wanted to emphasize the uniqueness of the style of Chinese animation in its development. 2D shots of film combining life were a common trend at the time. Some of the first American animated Popeye to arrive in Shanghai, as well as those as famous as Miss Bobby.
"The Big Trouble Studio"
In 1935, the Wan brothers set out to produce the first animated camel dance entitled Audible Animation. Four years later, in 1939, Disney's Snow White was also introduced to Shanghai, causing a huge sensation. In 1941, China's first famous feature film, Princess Tiefan, was in a very difficult situation (the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and World War II in China), which used rotoscoping machine technology. Today's original betty boop is the same. At that time, Japanese animation covered a lot of progress, and they did not directly affect China in terms of art and geography. During the Japanese invasion, the brothers produced 20 animated propaganda skits that focused on various patriotic resistances against the Japanese army, opium, and imperialism.
On October 1, 1946, a northeast motion picture studio was established in Xingshan, Nenjiang Province, now part of Heilongjiang Province. It was the first film studio known to have been established by the Communist Party. The 1947 product included the use of puppetry to play emperor dreams, using exaggerated techniques to expose the corruption of the Chinese Kuomintang. The use of party content in puppet films became acceptable, and animators noticed their success. A documentary cartoon can be traced back to catching turtles in an urn (1948). In 1948, the Northeast Film Studio was renamed the Shanghai Picture Studio Group.
1947 domestic animation film "Emperor's Dream"
In February 1950, the Northeast Film Studio, together with other departments, became the predecessor of the Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio. The Wan Brothers, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Suzhou Academy of Arts and many famous artists gathered for the first time at the studio. Japanese genius animator Shinobi Tsuneyoshi spent time in Shanghai creating thank you, kitty. He returned to Japan three years later as the only artist of his time to have worked in both the Chinese and Japanese animation industries. In 1956, the Wan brothers created the first color animation notably the use of the long title Crow Why Is Black, as recognized as the first international Chinese animation.
In April 1957, the government began supporting the studio as the country's first official animation factory. From the perspective of the world's technology, Chinese animation is still relatively slow. In 1958, the Wan brothers used a new animated film technique , the folk art of paper-cutting — to make the Eight Commandments of the Pig to Eat Watermelon. At the same time, another folk origami technique was also developed by Yu Zheguang and used in the film Clever Duck. In 1960, the first animated film exhibition was held in six major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, followed by the exhibition in Hong Kong in 1962 and Macau in 1963.
When widely known among ordinary citizens, the Wan brothers' movie Tiangong received the greatest praise. Development spanned four years from 1961 to 1964. It played for 2 hours, and the technology broke through the limitations of some bright colors and even moved to the big screen.
Do you remember any domestic cartoons you watched?
"Divine Pen"
Why the Crow Is Black
The Iron Fan Princess
Kitten Fishing
Little Heroes
My favorite "Brainless and Unhappy"
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