Mole's Adventure

Mole's Adventure
もぐらのアバンチュール
(Mogura no Abanchūru)
Genre Science fiction
Anime television film
Directed by Hiroshi Washizumi
Music by Naozumi Yamamoto
Network NTV
Released July 14, 1958
Runtime 9 minutes

Mole's Adventure (もぐらのアバンチュール Mogura no Abanchūru) is the earliest surviving Japanese anime broadcast on television.[1] Originally airing on July 14, 1958 on NTV and again on October 15, 1958, the nine-minute animation was the first televised Japanese animation and the first example of a full color broadcast.

References

  1. "Oldest TV Anime's Color Screenshots Posted". Anime News Network. June 19, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.