Tag: Oishi
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1950-53: DAIEI & DISNEY
For the first time since the passing of the 1939 Film Law, it was legal to import films from overseas.
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1939: WHEN DIPLOMACY FAILS
Japan gets outmaneuvered, as World War II starts in Europe. Thankfully, a few people are still making animation.
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1934: TANAKA & OISHI
Toho Studio made their first moves in animation. But one director has made his last.
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1933: MASAOKA, OFUJI, & TEAM GODZILLA
MASAOKA makes Japan’s first talking animated picture. Probably.
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1931: IWASAKI & A NEW PILLAR
By 1931 in Japan, animation was a viable industry again, even if that was largely down to government funding.