Walt Disney Animation Studios has debuted a new Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
On September 5, 1927, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit debuted in the animated short “Trolly Troubles.” The short, which clocks in at a little over six minutes, was the creation of Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, who chose a rabbit to differentiate their character from the glut of animated cats on the market. “Trolly Troubles” is springy and funny, with a lot of mileage wrung from Oswald’s gaggle of children (he is a rabbit after all). While Disney and Iwerks only completed 26 Oswald shorts for Universal Pictures, the character would become incredibly important to Disney (and later the company …