Film · Animation, War

The Monkey Fleet (1936)

This very brief cartoon from Japan whose title translated means "The Monkey Fleet" and runs little more than a minute has the Asian monkeys battling octopuses as they both go underwater with the simian animals riding in submarines shooting their torpedo bullets at the sea creatures.

Director

Manzo Miyashita

Writers

Hôbun Ito, Chuzo Aochi

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Release date

January 18, 1936

Original title

Osaru no kantai