Osamu Tezuka made a short film to mock the hubris of Hollywood epics, and he did it by flipping the creation myth on its head: women first, men as the afterthought. The joke lands because the animation is deliberately cheap and loose, making the parody feel like something a smarter animator whispered to friends rather than a grand statement. A curiosity that works precisely because Tezuka knew exactly what he was mocking and had the skill to make fun without needing a budget to match.

The Genesis is a 1968 animated short that parodies The Creation, a major Hollywood film directed by John Houston. Its animators worked with a modest budget and set out to poke fun at grand productions that cost enormous amounts of money. The story is told through exaggerated, distorted drawings in the manner of a Japanese picture-card show. The attitude is playful and mocking, yet the artwork is carefully crafted throughout.