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“A sailor-suited boy writes "moving picture" in kanji, then bows to the viewer.”
Katsudou Shashin
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5.5
13,019 rank · 9,058 viewers · 22 favorites
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Synopsis
A sailor-suited boy writes "moving picture" in kanji, then bows to the viewer.
A young boy dressed in sailor attire and a bright red cap is shown to write the Japanese kanji characters translating to the phrase "moving picture." As he completes writing the phrase, he faces toward the viewer and bows.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 23 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 23 viewers settled on.
95%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 10
σ 2.28
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.28 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.48
Running avg · Jun 2016 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This was pretty great to see, specially going back in time, watch probably the first anime in history. Now I don't know if it's like the first movies, that laso got a bit lost when restoring them,...”
- 8 “It's quite obvious that there's not much to say about this anime because it's so short but I thought I might as well give it a review. Katsudou Shashin is what is currently considered to be the...”
- 7 “This could very well be the first anime. Some say it might be from 1907! So i'm going to be lenient, super lenient. story - 0 There is none, it's just a 5 second long clip of a boy writing. art - 8...”
Verbosity
Short · 83%
Medium · 13%
Long · 4%
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A Movie Production
- Format 3 sec eps × min
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-11391 catalog