is a Japanese animation film from 1928. It was directed and animated by

Yasuji Murata was a pioneering animator who helped develop the art of anime in Japan. Studying the animation techniques of Sanae Yamamoto, Murata produced dozens of mostly educational films at the Yokohama Cinema studio featuring such characters as Momotarō ...

for Yokohama Cinema Shōkai.

Plot

At the Olympic Games of animals, the most diverse species of animals compete in the sporting disciplines. Monkeys do gymnastics on the horizontal bar, bears and hippos swim and kangaroos and pigs fight against each other. In the 800 m run, a duck wins against a bulldog, a hippopotamus and a camel. A polar bear enters the pole vault and the pigs try to gain an advantage in the hurdles with balloons, but crash.

Production and Release

The film was inspired by the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

in Amsterdam, and was made in Yasuji Murata's film studio, Yokohama Cinema Shōkai. Murata himself was director and responsible for the animation. The work is considered his most important. The script was written by Chūzō Aochi and the animators were Koji Iida and Yukikiyo Ueno. The film was admitted on 4 November 1928 by the Japanese Censorship Board and then presented in Japanese cinemas.

References

1928 anime films 1928 films 1920s animated short films Anime short films Japanese silent films Japanese black-and-white films 1928 short films 1920s Japanese films Films about fictional Olympics-inspired events {{anime-film-stub