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Well first off I've always liked old animated shorts. I remember back when I was a kid I would borrow and watch my Aunt's VHS tapes that would have animated shorts on them like Christmas specials, Disney Cartoon Classics, etc.... When I seen that Crunchyroll uploaded an handful of old Japanese classic animations I was excited to see them. The first one that caught my eye was Kuro Nyago or "The Black Cat" Since I'm probably like the hugest cat freak I know I gave it a shot.

Story:

Its basically about these kids who want a black cat that dances. Thats pretty much about it, but ... it was interesting and somewhat entertaining none the less.

Art:

Well since this is from 1929 the art isn't going to be as good as it would be if it were later on or in present day. The backgrounds like trees, bushes, etc.. are still images while the characters are the only thing that move. I thought the art was decent for its time, but I've seen better.

Sound:

The entire three minutes is basically music. For sound it was very good for it being one of the first ever being accompanied by music. The song is called "The Black Cat Dance" sung by Eiko Hirai. A couple moves accompanied by this song reminded me of something I've seen from somewhere and I just picked up on it when I was rewatching it just now when one of the kids said "Nyan Nyan" and did a certain move and I was like Oh I seen this before just animated better *cough*macrossfrontier*cough*. Well anyways back to the song I thought it was very catchy and it is something that could be enjoying to listen to more than once.

Characters:

Well not much to say here since its hard to tell anything much in just three minutes except that they all danced like they have been possessed by evil demons especially The Black Cat's younger brother the tabby cat. Better watch out for him he is after blood I seen that twisted look in his face he is not to be trusted.

Overall:

If you are one of those people who enjoy watching things from the dawn of animation or a cat lover then it wouldn't hurt to give this a shot who knows you might end up enjoying it this little short.

Note: Sorry if this review sucked its my first one on here...