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“Early color animation where butterflies rescue a bird; red rose aids only matching red butterfly.”
Hana to Chou
花と蝶
5.02
14,140 rank · 1,350 viewers · 0 favorites
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Synopsis
Early color animation where butterflies rescue a bird; red rose aids only matching red butterfly.
An early color animation which uses the color to help tell the story. Three butterflies save a bird that falls out of it's nest during a rainstorm. The butterflies decide to ask the flowers for cover, but the red rose will only help the red butterfly since they are the same color. (Source: AniDB)
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- 5 “Hana to Chou, or "The Flower and the Butterfly" by Noburou Oofuji is not just the first full colored Japanese animation on film, it also uses the idea of being able to distinguish colors on film as...”
- 5 “Rate a 5 Japanese Raw Genres:art film, drama, musical Special note First Color & Synchronized sound. Story Speaks for its self. Good time ruined by a bad event. Friends staying loyal to the end....”
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- Format 1 × 9′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 09m all episodes
- Aired Oct 1954 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-5037 catalog