Tag: Cel
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1942: THREE WATCHABLE CARTOONS
For 1942, there were only three cartoons which I have been able to see. So I’ve reviewed them.
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1941: YAMAMOTO AND THE WAN BROTHERS
As I hope has already become clear, this period of Japanese animated film-making is either superbly and precisely documented, or involves 85% guesswork.
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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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1937 – THE BEGINNING OF THE END
There are only three pieces of animation from Japan in 1937 that have made it to the present day. But I’m still very happy with what I can talk about.
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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.
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1936: MURATA’S END
On February 26th 1936, a group of young military officers, convinced that their brand of ultranationalism was correct and losing the internal struggle for the ear of the Emperor, attempted to overthrow the Japanese government; a coup d’etat.
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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
Today, JO Studio works on a shoestring, Masaoka throws in the towel, a skiving fuel store owner keeps going, and Murata runs out of steam.
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1933: MURATA THE INEVITABLE FREIGHT TRAIN
MURATA Yasuji’s work has been dominating this blog since the company was founded, and this year will be no different.
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1933: MASAOKA, OFUJI, AND TEAM GODZILLA
MASAOKA was the first Japanese director to make a talking animated picture. Unless he wasn’t and it was OFUJI instead. Elsewhere, Godzilla’s owners shake a claw or two.