The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #6: “Baghi: The Monster of Mighty Nature”
Continuing our survey of the Tezuka Pro TV Specials of 1978-1989 with one of particular interest to those in “furry” fandom. Baghi: The Monster of Mighty Nature. Daishizen no Majū…
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The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #5: “Primrose: A Time Slip of 10,000 Years”
We resume our survey of the Tezuka Pro TV Specials of 1978-1989 with the one based on Tezuka’s Prime Rose manga series. Time Slip Ichimannen Prime Rose. Primrose: A Time…
Toei Doga’s “Andromeda Stories” (1982)
Welcome to the fifth installment of my Tezuka Pro TV Specials series. This is the one not produced by Tezuka Pro. I can already hear you asking, “Wait a minute;…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #4: ‘Bremen 4: Angels in Hell’ (1981)
Bremen 4 – Jigoku no Naka no Tenshi-tachi. Bremen Four: Angels in Hell. August 23, 1981. 90 minutes, in the usual 10:00 p.m. to midnight time slot. The credits say:…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #3: “Fumoon” (1980)
We resume our survey of the Tezuka Pro TV Specials of 1978-1989 with the one based on the epic manga, Nextworld. Fumoon. August 21, 1980. 91 minutes, in a two-hour…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #2: “Marine Express”
We resume our survey of the Tezuka Pro TV Specials of 1978-1989 with the star-studded Marine Express. Kaitei Choutokkyuu Marin Ekusupuresu. (Marine Express: Undersea Super Train). August 26, 1979. 91…
Dutch Delights!
I am interrupting my series on the Tezuka Pro TV Specials of 1978-1989 to bring you a review of “Dutch Delights!”, a program of recent independent, fine-art & experimental shorts…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials, 1978-1989 #1 – Bander’s Book
1. The background and Bander’s Book. A note (or warning): I have previously described how, when Dr. Tezuka showed Bander Book at the C/FO meeting in December 1978, I told…
Disney’s Live Action Cartoons
Disney has recently been increasing the publicity for its Maleficent live-action feature due to be released on May 30, 2014. It is obviously based on Disney’s earlier feature cartoon classic;…
Planes, Trains, and… “Cars”?
Ever since Pixar’s Cars in 2006, animated anthropomorphic vehicles have become “in”. Cars led to Cars Toons, a series of 7-minute short films on TV or DVDs from 2008 and…
