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1947: ARAI & TOHO
Toho Pictures started their in-house animation career in 1947, with a triple-header of new films at Tokyo’s Hibiya Cinema.
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1946: KUMAKAWA’S MAGIC PEN
OFUJI Noburo’s 1946 cartoon was the first animated version of any work by AKUTAGAWA Ryunosuke.
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1946: MASAOKA & TOHO
I have mentioned my sometimes grudging admiration for MASAOKA Kenzō before.
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1945: THE OCCUPATION BEGINS
Japan had officially surrendered to the Allied Powers, and ended World War II.
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1945: MOMOTARO: SACRED SAILORS
It’s time for the review I’ve been dreading, “Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei” / “Momotaro: Sacred Sailors”.
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1945: THE END OF THE WAR
The events of 1945 which led to the end of World War II.
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1944: MOCHINAGA SUBMERGES
One film from this year is watchable. It was the directorial debut of MOCHINAGA Tadahito, known elsewhere as FANG Ming.
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1943: MASAOKA, OFUJI & THE LOST
The next animated film to come out in Japan baffled me, because I didn’t see how it could have been made.
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1943: HISTORY & SEO
By the first week of February 1943, Japan had left Guadalcanal for good.
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1942: THREE WATCHABLE CARTOONS
I could only watch three cartoons from 1942. Here they are.