Seitarou Kitayama
1888 - 1945Kitayama Seitarou was a first generation animator who made animations on his own, not hired by larger corporations. He even founded his own animation studio which was closed due to lack of commercial success. He utilized the chalkboard technique, and later paper animation, with and without pre-printed backgrounds.
Murata Yasuji, Kimura Hakuzan, Yamamoto Sanae and Oofuji Noburou were students of Kitayama Seitarou and worked at his film studio.
In 1923, the Great Kanto earthquake destroyed most of the Kitayama studio and the residing animators spread out and founded studios of their own, knowing that one could make money with the production of animations.
Murata Yasuji, Kimura Hakuzan, Yamamoto Sanae and Oofuji Noburou were students of Kitayama Seitarou and worked at his film studio.
In 1923, the Great Kanto earthquake destroyed most of the Kitayama studio and the residing animators spread out and founded studios of their own, knowing that one could make money with the production of animations.
Фильмы
Saru to Kani no Gassen
Seitarou Kitayama, Seitaro Kitayama
An early animated short based on the Japanese folktale. There is some confusion as to which version is which, as there are other animated takes on the tale: 1927s "Yasuji Murata’s Monkey and the Crabs", and 1939s "Monkey and Crabs" or ‘Shin Sarukanigassen’ from Kenzô Masaoka
The Battle of the Monkey and the Crab
1917 
Япония, мультфильм