Tag: Ashida
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1948: THE BATTLE OF KINUTA STUDIO
In early April, Watanabe’s new leadership fired 1200 employees, including over 250 studio staff, specifically targeting “Communist party members, sympathisers and all forty-two animators”.
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1940: AMERICA ON THE HORIZON
Our hero is a cutesy looking duckling who wants to play at war. He sounds like a kid, dresses like Donald Duck, and he’s been sent to the shop to get some “fish bullets” for dinner.
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1938: NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES
Today, we’re looking at wartime history, warring states, and the last adventure of a certain war-dog for decades.
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1936: YAMAMOTO, ASHIDA AND MABO
Even when the Ministry of Education had been sending work to YAMAMOTO Sanae, he was never the most prolific animation creator.