Early Anime Features: Two 1960s Classics
In 1961, after the American box office failure of Tōei Dōga’s first three animated features, Japanese theatrical animation was relegated to being sold as children’s cartoons in the U.S. –…
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Early Anime Features: 1958-1960
In this post, I will take a closer look at Tōei Dōga’s first three anime features. All of them received an Amercian release despite the fact they were each based…
Early Anime Features: To 1958
Animation in Japan before World War II was very popular, but not to the point of helping any Japanese animation industry. Instead, Japanese theatrical distributors during the 1920s and 1930s…
Recommended Anthropomorphics (2013)
Back on July 21 last year, I described here the Ursa Major Awards for the best in anthropomorphic literature and art of the year, in eleven categories. The two categories…
More Indian Animation 2
Once again, another column devoted to the constantly growing animation industry (and fandom) in India. These stories are culled from the October 2013 posts of India’s online industry newsletter, Animation…
Out Of The Computer: The Mainframe Story
Back on my post of December 15th, in his comments on the Christmas CGI DVD movie Casper’s Haunted Christmas, reader Shane Skekel said, “I remember seeing that Mainframe/Rainmaker Casper special…
Hard-Boiled Horror! Two by Araki
I was asked in early September what I thought of the then-current, on Japanese TV, s-f anime series Attack on Titan that was getting such rave reviews? Well, my first…
Christmasy Cartoonz, Part 6: Foreign Animation, J – S
Concluding our survey of international Christmas specials with an overview of various programs, features and shorts from Japan, South Africa and the Soviet Union. If I’ve left out a favorite…
Christmasy Cartoonz, Part 5: Foreign Animation, A – I
I would get lost if I tried to include all of the foreign (non-U.S., Canadian, or British, which are often shown on American TV) Christmas animated features and shorts. Here…
Christmasy Cartoonz, Part 4: specials, direct-to-video and theatricals
Welcome back to our serialized listing of animated Christmas films. This week a look at theatricals, made-for-TV-and-home-video productions and several TV Specials created in CG. As always, if you notice…
