What Was The First Anime Ever Created. Hekoten shimokawa created the first anime ever in february 1917 in japan. However a few old films have turned up in recent years and were digitally restored.
Probably heard of cartoons like sailor moon dragonball z voltron gundam wing speed racer digimon and the ever so popular pokemon. Moving picture 活動写真 katsudō shashin is a japanese anime produced in 1907 making it the oldest known anime. Therefore as a professional commercial anime mukuzo imokawa still seems to hold the title of the first.
The first anime adaptation of shotaro ishinomori s manga cyborg 009 was created in 1968 following the film adaptation two years prior.
It was around two minutes long and was the birth of the anime world. In fact it was at the vanguard of japan s furious attempts to modernize in the early 20th century. The first ever peice of anime was of a samurai trying out a new sword on an enermy however he suffered defeat. Anime has a far longer history than you might think.
