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1927-1928: YAMAMOTO & KIMURA
YAMAMOTO Sanae gives Momotaro his first cartoon, while KIMURA Hakusan makes propaganda.
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1927-28: HISTORY NOTES & OFUJI
OFUJI Noburo’s career was continuing to build momentum and garner respect.
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1927-28: THE MOUSE & MURATA
MURATA Yasuji was asked to direct an assortment of cartoons about fairytales, fables and folklore.
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1924-1926: KŌUCHI & OFUJI
Kōuchi Jun’ichi’s apprentice, Ofuji Noburo, would change Japanese animation permanently.
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1924-1926: YAMAMOTO SANAE
As a young adult, Yamamoto ran away from his family’s kimono-selling business to art school.
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1924-26: KIMURA HAKUSAN
How did Japanese animation come back after the Great Kanto Earthquake, and who was responsible?
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1919-1926: AMERICAN ANIMATION & A REGENCY
It is impossible to discuss animation in the inter-war period without mentioning the Mouse.
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1894-1907: JAPAN’S IMPERIAL WARS
Everything in this piece is essential to understanding the animation produced in Japan before World War II.
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1907-1923: THE ANIMATION BUBBLE
There were three dominant Japanese film studios at the start of 1917. There were exactly zero frames of animation.