Question: The animated star of Hot Cross Bunny was originally created in what year?

full_context: Document 1: Bugs Bunny: Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character; created in 1940 by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. During the golden age of American animation, his popularity increased. This era led to his becoming an American cultural icon and the official mascot of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Document 2: Hot cross bun: A hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins, marked with a cross on the top, and traditionally eaten on Good Friday in the British Isles, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and some parts of America. The buns mark the end of Lent and different parts of the hot cross bun have a certain meaning, including the cross representing the crucifixion of Jesus, and the spices inside signifying the spices used to embalm him at his burial. They are now available all year round in some places. Hot cross buns may go on sale in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand as early as New Year's Day or after Christmas.
Document 3: Devil May Hare: Devil May Hare is a 1954 Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" cartoon was released on June 19, 1954. This theatrical cartoon was directed by Robert McKimson and starred Mel Blanc playing the voices of Bugs Bunny, the Tasmanian Devil, and the turtle. This short is featured on the "" DVD box set, as well as the "" DVD box set. It also appeared in the "" Blu-ray box set alongside "Bedevilled Rabbit", "Ducking the Devil", "Bill of Hare", and "Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare".
Document 4: Hot Cross Buns: "Hot Cross Buns" is an English language nursery rhyme, Easter song, and street cry referring to the spiced English bun known as a hot cross bun, which is associated with the end of Lent and is eaten on Good Friday in various countries. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13029.
Document 5: Elmer's Pet Rabbit: Elmer's Pet Rabbit is a 1941 Merrie Melodies cartoon. The short was released on January 4, 1941. starring Elmer Fudd and, ostensibly, Bugs Bunny. It is the first cartoon in which the name Bugs Bunny is given (on a title card, edited onto the end of the opening title following the success of "A Wild Hare"), but the rabbit is also somewhat the same as the one seen and heard in "Elmer's Candid Camera" and other pre-Bugs shorts. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Rich Hogan. Voices are provided by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan. It was produced by Leon Schlesinger.
Document 6: Hot Cross Bunny: Hot Cross Bunny is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies theatrical animated short, starring Bugs Bunny. The title is a play on the nursery rhyme "Hot Cross Buns" as well as a punny allusion to the basic plot premise.
Document 7: 14 Carrot Rabbit: 14 Carrot Rabbit is an animated cartoon short in the "Looney Tunes" series featuring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam (here as Chillicothe Sam), directed by Friz Freleng and first released March 15, 1952. The title is a play on "14 karat", as in a purity level for gold.
Document 8: Daffy Duck: Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character produced by Warner Bros. Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, the character has appeared in cartoon series such as "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies", where he usually has been depicted as the best friend and occasional arch-rival of Bugs Bunny. Daffy was one of the first of the new "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to replace traditional everyman characters who were more popular earlier in the decade, such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye. Daffy starred in 130 shorts in the golden age, making him the third-most frequent character in the "Looney Tunes"/"Merrie Melodies" cartoons, behind Bugs Bunny's 180 appearances and Porky Pig's 162 appearances.
Document 9: Warner Bros. Animation: Warner Bros. Animation (currently known alternatively as Warner Animation Group for theatrically released films) is the animation division of Warner Bros. The studio is closely associated with the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons (formerly Leon Schlesinger Productions), the studio which produced "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its animation division in 1980 to produce "Looney Tunes"–related works.
Document 10: Bugs Bunny's Easter Special: Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (also known as "The Bugs Bunny Easter Special" and "Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies") is a "Looney Tunes" television special featuring a number of Warner Bros. cartoons. It originally debuted on the CBS network on April 7, 1977.
Document 11: Not cross bun: A not cross bun is a variation on the hot cross bun. It uses the same ingredients but does not have a cross, rather some other type of piped decoration. The not cross bun was first sold commercially in 2013 by an Australian bakery, Sonoma Baking Company. Since this time Not Cross Buns are now made by many other bakeries across Australia
Document 12: Box-Office Bunny: Box-Office Bunny, released in 1991, is a 4-minute "Looney Tunes" short starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. It was shown in theaters as well as the VHS and LaserDisc release with "". This was Warner Bros.'s first Bugs Bunny theatrical release since 1964. It was issued to commemorate Bugs' 50th anniversary. It is included as a special feature on the DVD for "The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie".
Document 13: Baton Bunny: Baton Bunny is a Bugs Bunny cartoon of the "Looney Tunes" series, produced in 1958 and released in January 1959. It shows Bugs conducting an orchestra - with a fly bothering him. Bugs conducts, and in part, plays the overture to "Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und Abend in Wien" (A Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna)", a composition by Franz von Suppé. Though Mel Blanc was credited for vocal characterizations, there is no dialogue in the short; the only vocal effect made was when an audience member is heard coughing. This is the third and last Bugs Bunny cartoon (the first two being "A Corny Concerto" and "Rhapsody Rabbit", although he says three lines in the latter) where Bugs is silent. Or, nearly silent; at one point, he 'shushes' the brass.
Document 14: Buckaroo Bugs: Buckaroo Bugs is a Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" theatrical cartoon short released in August 1944, directed by Robert Clampett. It was the last "Looney Tunes" cartoon to be produced by Leon Schlesinger. It was also the first "Looney Tunes" cartoon to star Bugs Bunny.
Document 15: Yosemite Sam: Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park. Along with Elmer Fudd, he is the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He is commonly depicted as an extremely aggressive gunslinging prospector, outlaw, pirate, or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs particularly. In cartoons with non-Western themes, he uses various aliases, including "Chilkoot Sam" (named for the Chilkoot Trail; Sam pronounces it "Chilli-koot") in "14 Carrot Rabbit" (although in the same cartoon, when he tries to gain Bugs Bunny's trust, he cleverly invents the alias "Square-deal Sam"), "Riff Raff Sam" in "Sahara Hare", "Sam Schultz" in "Big House Bunny", "Seagoin' Sam" in "Buccaneer Bunny", "Shanghai Sam" in "Mutiny on the Bunny", and "Sam Von Schamm the Hessian" in "Bunker Hill Bunny" and many others. During the Golden Age of American animation, Yosemite Sam appeared in 33 shorts.
ground_truth: 1940