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That's a lie…it's a Triple Short! All one-reelers! An estimated 20 minutes for your animation edification!

1) Kobu Tori, 1929, Aoji Chuzo, Yokohama Cinema
From the western shores of the Pacific, the story of Kobutori Jiisan

…translated directly as "Lump-Taken Old Man" is a Japanese Folktale about an old man who had his lump (or parotid gland tumor) taken or removed by demons after joining a party of demons (oni) celebrating and dancing in the night.

-- from Wikipedia.


2) The Karnival Kid, 1929, Walt Disney, Celebrity Productions
From the opposite eastern Pacific shores of sunny Hollywood, CA, it's none other than Mickey and Minnie Mouse and singing frankfurters! According to user Dut…

It was the first short animation in which Mickey actually spoke and his first spoken words were "Hot Dogs!"


BONUS TRIPLE CROWN LINK:
Evil Mickey attacks Japan, 1934, Komatsuzawa Hajime, J.O. Talkie Manga-bu

Jonathon Crowe of openculture.com says of this one…

…this curious piece of early anti-American propaganda from 1936 that features a phalanx of flying Mickey Mouses…attacking an island filled with…other poorly-rendered cartoon characters [emphasis mine --Mongoose]. All seems lost until they are rescued by figures from Japanese history and legend. During its slide into militarism and its invasion of Asia, Japan argued that it was freeing the continent from the grip of Western colonialism. Of course, many in Korea and China, which received the brunt of Japanese imperialism, would violently disagree with that version of events.

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