Fantasmagorie is an 1908 French animated film by Émile émile. Cohl it is one of the earliest examples of (traditional-hand) drawn, animation and considered by film historians to be the first animated. cartoonhe film was released on August 17, 1908. The film was created by drawing each frame on paper and then shooting each frame onto negative film, which gave the picture a blackboard look. It was made up of 700 drawings, each of which was double-exposed (animated on twos), leading to a running time of almost two minutes.