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Which character starred in Walt Disney’s first fully animated film series?
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The character that starred in Walt Disney’s first series of fully animated films was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.12
Disney began producing this series in 1927. While he had previously worked on projects like Alice in Cartoonland, those films combined live action with animation. After his distributor took the rights to Oswald, Disney went on to create Mickey Mouse, who debuted in the sound-synchronized film Steamboat Willie in 1928.12