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1935: ENTER SEO MITSUYO
SEO Mitsuyo begins a career that will survive the war, even though it’s not entirely clear how he managed it.
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1935: ALMOST EVERYONE
This week, I look at efforts from 1935 by JO Studio, Masaoka, Ogino and Murata.
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1934: FOUR DIRECTORS
A quick spin through work from Masaoka, Ofuji, someone with a fake name, and Seo.
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1934: TANAKA & OISHI
Toho Studio made their first moves in animation. But one director has made his last.
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1934: HISTORY & MURATA
Despite several coup attempts in Japan, Murata Yasuji kept making cartoons.
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1933: MURATA THE INEVITABLE FREIGHT TRAIN
MURATA Yasuji’s work continues to dominate this blog. Oh well, never mind.
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1933: MASAOKA, OFUJI, & TEAM GODZILLA
MASAOKA makes Japan’s first talking animated picture. Probably.
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1931 – ACTUAL FIRST SUMO
I have an apology to make: I missed the first surviving animated depiction of sumo wrestling.
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1933: HISTORY AND THREE DIRECTORS
The Japanese government were still technically working to keep their citizens safe in 1933.
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1932: OGINO, OFUJI & THE UNKNOWNS
A skiving fuel store owner and a science fiction author made their first animation in this year.