<Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Ortensia the Cat / Sadie (girlfriend; in some depictions wife), Fanny (girlfriend), The Bunny Children (children), Mickey Mouse (younger half - brother), Mickey Mouse family </Td> </Tr> <P> Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit or Oswald Rabbit) is an anthropomorphic rabbit and animated cartoon character created by Walt Disney for funny animal films and distributed by Universal Studios in the 1920s and 1930s, serving as the Disney studio's first animated character to feature in their own series . 27 animated Oswald one - reelers were produced at Walt Disney Animation Studios (the Walt Disney Studio at the time). In 1928, Charles Mintz took the rights of Oswald from Walt Disney and claimed Oswald as an official Universal Studios character . In November 1928, as a replacement to compete with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Ub Iwerks created Mickey Mouse for the Walt Disney Studio . </P> <P> In 2003, Buena Vista Games pitched a concept for an Oswald - themed video game to Disney President and COO Bob Iger, who then became committed to bringing Oswald back to Disney . In 2006, nearly 80 years after the Disney studio broke away from Universal, The Walt Disney Company managed to acquire the intellectual property of Oswald and the catalog of Disney - produced Oswald films (with NBCUniversal effectively trading Oswald for the services of Al Michaels as play - by - play announcer on NBC Sunday Night Football). </P> <P> Oswald returned to prominence in Disney's 2010 video game, Epic Mickey . The game's metafiction plot parallels Oswald's real - world history, dealing with the character's feelings of abandonment by Disney, and envy towards Mickey Mouse . He has since appeared in Disney theme parks and comic books, as well as two follow - up games, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion . Oswald made his first feature film debut through his cameo appearance in the 2013 animated short Get a Horse! . He was the subject of the 2015 feature film Walt Before Mickey . Oswald also appears as a townsperson in Disney Infinity 2.0 . </P>

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