Tag: Murata
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1949: THE KING’S TAIL
Time to talk about the film that nearly ended anime before it began: “The King’s Tail”.
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1948: MORINO, MASAOKA & OFUJI
This year, OFUJI Noburo got back into the studio to make “The Bear Dodger”.
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1948: THE BATTLE OF KINUTA STUDIO
In early April, Watanabe’s new leadership fired 1200 employees, including “all forty-two animators”.
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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: 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.
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1932: MURATA AGAIN
If you told me that MURATA Yasuji had invented a team of animation robots to assist him, I’d believe you.
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1931: MURATA. THE INCIDENT.
1931 saw Murata and his studio “only” release seven films. But one of them was a prequel for something far more famous.
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1929-30: MURATA II & OFUJI
MURATA Yasuji continues to set a blazing pace in 1930, while OFUJI Noburo goes for quality and mostly succeeds.
