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The Bear Dodger (1948)

Directed by Noburou Oofuji

Animation | Family | Short

Overview

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”.

Length 9 minutes

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
09/04/2025ComputerStreamingVideo on Demand7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Had to re-add a poster in TMDb. Poster in ML is no longer on TMDb.

Feels older than 1948. Noted in the YT description, too.

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