Tag: Toho
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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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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: THE BATTLE OF KINUTA STUDIO
In early April, Watanabe’s new leadership fired 1200 employees, including “all forty-two animators”.
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1942: HISTORY & THE UNWATCHABLE
The Japanese government had forcibly contracted their film industry to three companies: Daiei, Toho and Shochiku.
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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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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.