Nobody talks about this one. A 1936 film where monkeys and octopuses wage actual war, not a metaphor, not a joke setup, but a genuine conflict animated with the deadpan logic of early surrealist cinema. The absurdity is completely sincere; it commits to monkey-versus-octopus military strategy like it's reporting historical fact. You're watching something that predates the entire language anime would use to tell stories, yet it moves with the speed and clarity of modern action. It's a relic that feels like it arrived from the future, then went back in time and got lost.

Monkeys and octopuses go to war in this very short movie from 1936. The film centers entirely on the conflict between the two animal sides, and its brief running time keeps the focus squarely on that clash. It carries a Supernatural genre label and stands as an early piece of Japanese animation, likely of interest to viewers curious about prewar animated film.