Hyaku-nengo no Aru Hi

You might think that "anime" started with the first serialized TV shows in the 1960s, but Japan had been making animation long before this, in the form of short films. This article aims to give a tour through the history and evolution of early Japanese animation that led to the serialized shows of the 1960s that eventually led to where we are today. At present, there are over 200 early Japanese animations that have survived and are easily viewable. Here, 44 stand-out works in the chronological evolution of early animation are highlighted for you to check out. All animations listed here can be found online, with English subtitles when needed!

The full list of the works on the official Japanese Animated Film Classics website. This part covers the years 1917 - 1933.

Includes listed English/Japanese titles and ID number on the site. Fill in for [ID] in one of the following URLs:
https://animation.filmarchives.jp/en/works/view/[ID]
https://animation.filmarchives.jp/works/view/[ID]

Entries missing from MAL's database:
- The Development of the Train (Murata Yasuji, 1932)

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/2533

Silhouette animation is created by backlit shadow puppets. Shadow plays have existed for centuries, but on film it is a form of stop-motion. The effect is usually created with paper cutouts, which is why it is often considered a subgenre of cutout animation.

Cutout animation stacks:

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46772

These stacks are meant for cataloguing every stop-motion animation on Myanimelist. The list is the result of research by the Stop-Motion Animation Appreciation Society:

https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=16200

Stop-motion is a form of animation in which objects are manipulated little by little while each frame is shot separately. Puppet animation is the most common, but before 1935 cutout animation was also very common. Among other types are claymation, pixilation (now removed from the database), object and model animation. In this list also works using sand, charcoal or paint are included, since in the form they've been accepted to MAL, they also include gradual manipulation and shot by shot filming.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47018
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47020
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47021
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47022
Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47023
Part 6: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47026
Part 7: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47027
Part 8: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47032
Part 9: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47034
Part 10: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47035
Part 11: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/47036

Part 13: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49186
Part 14: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51880