Yeah, this instantly reminded me of the children's books which are apparently called "Wimmelbuch" in English as well (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimmelbilderbuch) - this is a Wimmelanimation so to say...
I love the ones that are foreign to me because I don't understand any of the idioms. At all. Are those pies on the roof? Stabbing a brick wall with a knife?