“Dame Oyaji” (1974)
In the 1970s, Japanese broadcasters were blessed with studios such as Toei Doga, Tokyo Movie, Tatsunoko, and Nippon Animation supplying them cartoons for their viewers to tune into. Not all…
Category Archives: LOST PLANET ANIME
“Little Lulu” Anime
Cartoonist Marjorie Henderson Buell (“Marge”) made it big when she created Little Lulu in 1935. What was originally a magazine cartoon that appeared in Saturday Evening Post spawned a franchise,…
Osomatsu-Kun
Cartoonist Fujio Akatsuka (1935-2008) is a household name in Japan. He pioneered in “gag manga”, Japanese comics that are based around jokes and humor. Fujio made comics with outrageous characters…
Calimero
It’s not often that a studio buys a license to do a show based on a foreign cartoon, but it happens. One of the more famous instances is The Smurfs,…
“Pyun Pyun Maru”
Toei Animation has a long history with animation, producing lavishly-animated features and theatrical shorts since its establishment in 1948. In the wake of Mushi Production’s success with Astroboy, Toei began…
The Longest Running TV Cartoon, Ever
Alot of people believe that The Simpsons is the longest running TV cartoon, ever. It’s easy to see why, with over 23 years and more than 500 episodes. However, there’s…
The Gutsy Frog (1972)
As a child living in Japan, I was enamored by a cartoon there called Dokonjo Gaeru, also known as The Gutsy Frog (the official English name for trademark and licensing…
The Last Black & White Anime
Editor’s Note: Today I’m proud to introduce the debut of a new series of columns that I’m calling “LOST PLANET ANIME”. They will be written by our latest Cartoon Research…
