Tag: Sato/Chiba
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1943: MASAOKA, OFUJI AND THE LOST
The next animated film to come out in Japan – that still survives, of course – baffled me before I watched it, because I didn’t see how it could have been made.
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1942: HISTORY AND THE UNWATCHABLE
Thanks to a new edict from the Japanese government, by the start of 1942, the entire Japanese film industry was reduced to three production companies. They were Daiei, Toho and Shochiku.
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1938: NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES
Today, we’re looking at wartime history, warring states, and the last adventure of a certain war-dog for decades.
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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.