The Bear Dodger

The Bear Dodger — Plot

Created by Noburo Ofuji, who had been cartoon making since the 1920s, often with decorative paper cutouts. The character animation looks like it was done 15 years before, but a lot of the elements are highly original; design (those trees!), use of camera focus. Heavily musical in a manner that recalls animation's earliest use of sound. The lesson here is: "If you can't count on your friends, travel alone".

• Release date
• January 29, 1948
• Runtime
• 9 min
• Genres
• Animation, Comedy, Drama, Adventure
• Director
• Noburô Ôfuji