What Was The First Anime Ever. Moving picture 活動写真 katsudō shashin is a japanese anime produced in 1907 making it the oldest known anime. Animation filmarchives jp sarukanigassen was yasuji murata s first animated film and the forms he used for the characters are thought to have influenced the images used in dainippon yubenkai kodansha s monkey and the crabs 1937 a picture book by sengai igawa.
That is the official version according to japanese animation industry. For me it was technically pokemon but the first non 4kids anime i ever watched was naruto. What was the first anime you ever watched.
While animated shows had already found some popularity in japan the first major hit that made its way to the usa was osamu tezuka s astro boy known as mighty atom in japan.
Log in sign up. The show premiered in japan on january 1 1963. Press j to jump to the feed. Very first anime was pokemon and kirby right back at ya.
