Before Mickey and Mortimer were conceived, there was one other character that Disney had in the works and even had its first series. This guy's name was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. But there were some intellectual property disputes that happened with Universal Studios over the character so Disney gave birth to Mickey.
However, what happened to Oswald? Recently, there have been some film of Oswald being found in different parts of the world. Learn more about how Oswald came to Japan. - via BBC
(Photo credit: Kobe Planet Film Archive)
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