Japanese Intros for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
When Hanna-Barbera cartoons aired in Japan, many sported new theme songs created by Japanese composers and singers. I thought it would be fun to showcase some of the more notable ones.
When Hanna-Barbera cartoons aired in Japan, many sported new theme songs created by Japanese composers and singers. I thought it would be fun to showcase some of the more notable ones.
A lost anime about a creepy salesman who offers depressed people a chance to fulfill their dreams and fantasies, only for their greed to get the better of them.
The past few years have seen old-school TV anime get a new life on DVD and Blu-ray, most often restored from the original film negatives (if they survive, at least)….
The CinemaScope “Another Day Another Doormat” is the last of the four Terrytoons “John Doormat” cartoons, and it’s arguably the best one of the bunch.
Japanese cartoonist Machiko Hasegawa (1920-1992) made a name for herself when her comic strip Sazae-san (Mrs. Sazae) debuted in 1946. The comic about a housewife would later spawn movies, live-action…
If you think all anime is all the same – check out this all new selection of off-beat, wacky, vintage animated TV commercials from Japan.
I’m back with more Terrytoons shorts in widescreen CinemaScope! It’s so hard to find these cartoons in proper ratio. Today, we present four more.
The main premise of this obscure anime comedy series involves a boy living in a thunder cloud, found by an average schoolboy and adopted into his home.
I’ve written about Japanese anime commercials in the past, but I never really looked into their cereal commercials. Here are some various advertising spots selling cereal sold in that country.
Most existent versions of these cartoons were panned-and-scanned for television airings, so I took upon myself to find as many wide-format prints on film as possible – the only way to view these cartoons the proper way.