Wan brothers

The Wan Brothers (Chinese: 萬氏兄弟) were 20th century animators born in Nanjing, 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] The era in which the Wan brothers operated was a rather challenging one for building an industry.

[4] The brothers lived through the Second Sino-Japanese War,[5] World War II and the Cultural Revolution.

They also made the famous cartoon animation, Havoc in Heaven.

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"