Mysterious Master: Hakuzan Kimura
Like most early animators, Hakuzan Kimura came from a background of graphic work within the movie industry; in his case, advertising posters.
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“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” OAVs – Part 6: “Call Me Tonight” (1986)
“Call Me Tonight” was, in its way, one of a kind. It was an erotically suggestive OVA. A romantic horror comedy and perhaps, some may say, mild pornography.
Japanese Animated Commercials – Part 6
Here’s another post covering those wacky Japanese animated commercials. So innocent, so cute, so bizarre!
Streamline Pictures – Part 16: “Wicked City”
Wicked City was a 1987 Japanese OVA horror film-noir directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Streamline picked it up and dubbed it in 1993. Here’s what the critics had to say about the picture.
Streamline Pictures – Part 10
Reviews, reviews, reviews. We got reviews for our product. Each one spreading the word about anime to an even wider, ever-growing audience. Regardless of the reviewer’s taste, these reviews (positive…
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…
Anime Fandom in North America
Anime fandom in the U.S. and Canada began when the Japanese animated TV program Raideen (Yuushu Raideen; Brave Raideen) began to be broadcast on American Japanese-community channels, in February 1976….
“Jungle Kurobe” (1973)
Move over, Paula Deen! In the early part of the 20th century, blackface was a staple of stage and screen comedy. It was prominent in American cartoons and comic books….
Tatsunoko’s “Hakushon Daimao” (1969)
Tatsunoko Productions was unusual as far as a TV animation studio in Japan was concerned. Most other companies produced shows based on pre-existing comics, which was the norm in Japanese…
