![]() In 2006, Disney CEO Bob Iger brought Oswald back to the company, effectively trading commentator Al Michaels to Universal, so he could work on NBC Sunday Night Football, in return for the character. On the train home from the fateful meeting, which also led to many of Disney’s animators to leave for Universal, he decided to come up with a new character that he would hang on to the rights for. However, in 1928, Disney lost control of the character in a contract dispute with his producer Charles Mintz, who took Oswald to Universal. It was the first Disney series featuring its own character and its success allowed the Walt Disney Studio to expand. Oswald was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1927 and a series of cartoons featuring the character were made through 1928 and distributed by Universal Studios. Watanabe’s copy is currently being kept at Kobe Planet Film Archive, one of the largest private film collections in Japan, with more 16,000 titles in its library. The original Neck ‘n’ Neck was five minutes in length, but was cut to two minutes for the 16mm version sold for home projection use. “As I’ve been a Disney fan for many years, I’m happy that I was able to play a role,” Watanabe told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, which contacted Bossert and the Walt Disney Archives to confirm it was one of seven of the 26 Oswald series thought to be permanently lost. The film was tagged Mickey Manga Spide (Mickey cartoon speedy) and cost Watanabe ?500, $4.40 at current exchange rates. ![]()
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