Wan brothers

This is the earliest known photo of 3 of the Wan brothers: Laiming, GuChan and ChaoChen. The pamphlet is made after 1941, since the cartoon character on the front is from Princess Iron Fan. They are promoted as 卡通作家 or "Cartoon Creators"

The Wan Brothers (Chinese: 萬氏兄弟) were 20th century animators born in Nanking, China.[1] They became the founders and pioneers of the Chinese animation industry[2] and made the first Asian animation feature-length film, Princess Iron Fan in 1941.[3]

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  2. ^ Braaten, Rachel; Stokes, Lisa Odham (2020). Historical dictionary of Hong Kong cinema. Lisa Odham Stokes. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-5381-2062-0. OCLC 1119980097.
  3. ^ Zhou, Wenhai (2020). "Chinese Independent Animation". Palgrave Animation. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-40697-4. ISBN 9783030406974. ISSN 2523-8086. S2CID 218994949.