Kangaroo no Tanjoubi


Baby Kangaroo's Birthday Surprise

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Synonyms: Kangaroo no Tanjobi
Japanese: カンガルーの誕生日
English: Baby Kangaroo's Birthday Surprise
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 1941
Producers: None found, add some
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Source: Original
Genre: AdventureAdventure
Theme: AnthropomorphicAnthropomorphic
Duration: 9 min.
Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 5.331 (scored by 639639 users)
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Ranked: #123802
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Popularity: #13115
Members: 1,260
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Synopsis

A baby kangaroo's family and friends try to save him from a bad old wolf. Short film from 1940.

Characters & Voice Actors

Kan

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Kumakawa, Masao
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Reviews

Dec 22, 2020
Mixed Feelings
Cute short that's extremely influenced by the disney cartoon aesthetic. The first time you see the wolf, you see the Goofy influence in his snout. But, even more than, there is a part where he looks directly into the camera for a close-up and it's essentially identical to the Goofy title card image. The insert cards were written in katakana, like a telegram, which I am not used to reading, so I couldn't follow everything, but the story was pretty simple and I didn't mind. There are adequately cartoony flourishes here and here. From the outside, this doesn't seem to have anything to do with ...
Feb 24, 2021
This particular animated short was all kinds of disappointing. It felt like a blatant rip off of Disney shorts without an iota of imagination applied. The work is so soulless that they did not even attempt to synchronize a decent voice over. The VA is all over the place, the tone and cadence completely inappropriate for the scene. The characters seem like they've been retraced directly from Goofy. The wolf looked like a Hobo Goofy who'd grown a stubble beard. This is low effort content even for its time. Worth a watch? Not from me. Skip it and you don't lose a dime. There's ...

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