Mickey Mouse crashes a kabuki baseball game with a talking raccoon. 1934 Japan was WILD.
A baseball game among the animals of the forest. In the middle of the match, the fox transforms into a princess and the raccoon into a servant, turning the scene into a kabuki-style performance. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Betty Boop also make appearances. The assistant director was Kenzo Masaoka, often referred to as “the father of Japanese animation,” who also provided the voice for the raccoon.
Production
Bizarre Disney-kabuki fusion nobody asked for.
Director
Seiichi Harada
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This predates Disney's Snow White by three years and features unauthorized Mickey and Minnie cameos.
Kenzo Masaoka later pioneered cel animation in Japan; this short shows his early experimental phase blending traditional theater with Western cartoon aesthetics.
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Looks like analog horror
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