Tag: Paper
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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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1931 – ACTUAL FIRST SUMO
I have an apology to make: I missed a cartoon. And it’s significant because it’s the first surviving depiction of sumo wrestling.
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1932: MURATA AGAIN
In my last blog, I said I didn’t think OFUJI Noburo would hire fifty people. On the other hand, 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. And something awful was about to begin.
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1931: OFUJI NOBURO
The first completely original record talkie – unless new evidence emerges – was made by Ofuji Noburo fill a demand from movie theatres, for a National Anthem.
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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. So some new directors were joining the fray, although not all of them lasted.
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1929-30: THE LEFT AND THE LOST
What did you do in Japan when your ideals were miles to the left of the government? Make good cartoons and get arrested, apparently.
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1929-30: MURATA II AND OFUJI
MURATA Yasuji continues to set a blazing pace in 1930, while OFUJI Noburo goes for quality and mostly succeeds.
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1929-30: THE MINISTRY AND MURATA
MURATA Yasuji and Yokohama Cinema Shokai’s edutainment film series, the “Athena Library Series”, was clearly a success by 1929. Which is why this is only half his films.
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1927-28: HISTORY NOTES AND OFUJI
OFUJI Noburo’s career was continuing to build momentum and garner respect, although unfortunately only one of his films from these two years survive.