1917 was the year of definitive firsts in the history of Japanese animation. The three key figures at the time were Ōten Shimokawa, Seitarou Kitayama, and Junichi Kouchi each contributing to making the first animated short films that would be known as anime. The first confirmed film release occurred in January with New Art Book of Tokobo: Imosuke's Boar Hunt. Shimokawa's Bumpy new picture book – Failure of a great plan. [[1]] One person claimed he seen the short Cat and Mice on YouTube back in 2006 but was since deleted and has not surfaced on the internet since.
- New Art Book of Tokobo: Imosuke's Boar Hunt (LOST)
- Battle of a Monkey and a Crab (LOST)
- The Story of the Concierge Mukuzo Imokawa (First professional animation shown in a theater, LOST)
- Bumpy new picture book – Failure of a great plan (First oldest confirmed made, LOST)
- Bunbuku kettle (LOST)
- Cat and Mice
- Chamebō ‒ Air gun (Unknown)
- Chamebō's new picture book – The Revenge of Mr. and Mrs. Flea (Unknown)
- Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow (Unknown)
- Hanawa Hekonai – The Kappa Festival (Unknown)
- Imokawa Mukuzō goes fishing (Unknown)
- Imokawa Mukuzō – Somersault (Unknown)
- Imokawa Mukozo the Doorman (LOST)
- Kachikachi Mountain (LOST)
- Naughty Mailbox (LOST)
- Sparrow with no Tongue (LOST)
- The Dream Car (Unknown)
- The Ministry of Culture's Art Exhibition (Existence unconfirmed)
- The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom (LOST)
- The Pot and the Black Cat (Existence unconfirmed)
- What to do with your Postal Savings (LOST)