Tag: Cel
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1941: YAMAMOTO & THE WAN BROTHERS
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
Today’s cartoons feature a war-playing duck, a dentist with a side hustle, and the return of a Golden Boy.
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1937 – THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Only three pieces of animation from Japan in 1937 have made it to the present day.
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1936: YAMAMOTO, ASHIDA & 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 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
This week, I look at efforts from 1935 by JO Studio, Masaoka, Ogino and Murata.
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1933: MURATA THE INEVITABLE FREIGHT TRAIN
MURATA Yasuji’s work continues to dominate this blog. Oh well, never mind.