Obscure Classic Anime: “Umeboshi Denka” (1969)
One of those shows you didn’t know existed. “Denka” was the last of the 1960s Fujiko Fujio series, and it was the least successful of them all. Here’s what it was all about.
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Japanese Animated Commercials – Part 6
Here’s another post covering those wacky Japanese animated commercials. So innocent, so cute, so bizarre!
Japanese Animated Commercials – Part 5
Today we take another look at several more wacky and stylish (and in one case, politically incorrect) Japanese anime commercials!
“The Fantastic Funnies” (1980)
In 1980, CBS aired a one-hour special called “The Fantastic Funnies”, produced by Lee Mendelson in association with the National Cartoonists Society. Over a dozen cartoonists were interviewed, talking about their work.
American Cartoon References in Japanese Cartoons
Japanese animation really owes it to American cartoons for how they developed their techniques. Many of the early cartoonists there relied on the likes of Disney and Fleischer, which were…
Top 5 Anime Openings
There’s one thing that’s always there in most TV shows, the theme song. They’re there to get us hyped for the show, setting the mood for what’s about to come….
Lost TV Anime
People involved in film preservation can attest to the challenges of finding missing films. Maybe the original masters were thrown out, maybe it got destroyed in a fire, or maybe…
The Lost Astro Boy Episode
Before I begin, I need to clarify that there are actually several episodes of the original 1960s Astro Boy that were considered missing. Of the 193 episodes made, episodes 34,…
“Chingo Muchabei” (1971)
I tackled this anime briefly in my very first post for Cartoon Research, but I felt it warranted a whole post. Chingo Muchabei has an interesting history in spite of…
Japanese color animation 1907 to 1945 – Part 2
This is part 2 of an essay about the earliest use of color in Japanese animation films. To read part one, click here. 2 Artificial coloring methods According to a…
