Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Katsudō Shashin

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Original – 1907 film fragment, dubbed Katsudō Shashin (Japanese for "Moving Picture"), thought to be the oldest work of animation in Japan.

Reason: I found this while working on an unrelated project for MILHIST, and it struck me as highly encyclopedic. According to the article, Katsudō Shashin (活動写真?, Moving Picture), or the Matsumoto fragment, refers to a Japanese animated film speculated to be the oldest work of animation in Japan. Its creator is unknown; evidence suggests it was made sometime between 1907 and 1911, possibly predating the earliest displays of Western animation in Japan. It was discovered in a home projector in Kyoto in 2005. The three-second film depicts a boy who writes "活動写真", removes his hat, and waves. The frames were stenciled in red and black using a device for making magic lantern slides, and the filmstrip was fastened in a loop for continuous play. Being an anime freak and a devout (fanatical?) Toonami fan I figured I'd place this here and see if anyone else thinks it should be featured.
Articles in which this image appears: Katsudō Shashin
FP category for this image: Hard to say for sure, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle, and Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork all have a legit claim to it.
Creator: Unknown, unfortunetly :/

Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 11:26, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Is there any way to know what the frame rate was originally intended to be? I wish it was slowed down a bit. 217.44.208.188 (talk) 14:18, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- If it doesn't say in the article then I would not know; given the technological abilities of the day I would suspect not that fast, but that's my opinion. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:55, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to have a lot of JPEG artefacts. Surely those aren't original? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:31, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Frame rate needs to be slowed down. Also, the image quality is very poor - DUCK404 a (talk) 18:24, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]