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1924-26: KIMURA HAKUSAN
Following the wrecking of the entire Japanese animation industry in the Great Kanto Earthquake, how did Japanese animation come back, and who was responsible?
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AMERICAN ANIMATION AND A REGENCY (1919-1926)
It is impossible to discuss animation in the inter-war period without mentioning American cartoons. And let’s be honest; that means the Mouse.
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JAPAN’S IMPERIAL WARS (1894-1907)
Everything in this piece is essential to understanding the animation produced in Japan before World War II.
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THE ANIMATION BUBBLE (“1907”-1923)
There were three dominant Japanese film studios at the start of 1917. There were exactly zero frames of animation. Who would be the first creators, and what would be the First Anime, to emerge?