Animation Anecdotes #354
Glen Keane used one of Disney’s fabled Nine Old Men animators, Eric Larson, as a model for Dr. Dawson in Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective.
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Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1984
The Academy shorts branch had to sit through the Bill Melendez Betty Boop special. That ought to teach ’em for never awarding anything to Max Fleischer.
“Thunder Boy Pikkari B.” (1967)
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.
“Gulliver’s Travels Beyond the Moon” on Records
Toei Animation’s 1966 feature received deluxe treatment on LP, featuring a score by legendary TV composer Milton DeLugg that evokes movie matinees of the 1960s.
Forgotten Anime #51: “Grey: Digital Target” (1986)
Grey began as a futuristic war manga by Yoshihisa Tagami, reprinted in the U.S. as a high-quality American comic book, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison.
“Forgotten” Anime #33: “Black Magic M-66” (1987)
Black Magic M-66 is an adaptation of a popular 1983 manga novel by Masamune Shirow, who is very well known for his 1986 manga Appleseed, and the 1991 Ghost in the Shell.
“Forgotten” Anime OAVs #30: “Darkside Blues” (1994)
Darkside Blues is an adaptation of a s-f story written by Hideyuki Kikuchi, the author of Vampire Hunter D, A Wind Named Amnesia, and Wicked City.
“Forgotten” Anime OAVs #28: “Demon Of Steel” (1987)
Despite what the Anime News Network says about “Demon Of Steel” – “Objectionable content: Significant” – I found it to be more boring than anything else.
Jam Handy’s “A Case Of Spring Fever” (1940)
Whenever the name Jam Handy is mentioned one particular film often recalled: “A Case of Spring Fever”. The film, cleverly employing live action with cartoon animation, has now achieved cult status.
Fred Patten on “Burka Avenger”
Here is something timely for the New Year. With politicians calling for not allowing any Muslims to enter the U.S., the current “Burka Avenger” series from Pakistani is particularly worthy of note.
