Zagreb & Japanese Cartoon Oddities
For a final week of Kausler closet oddities I found a bunch of Zagreb and Japanese treasures I hadn’t seen before – and don’t seem to be online.
Tag Archives: Yasuji Mori
Early Anime Features: Two 1960s Classics
In 1961, after the American box office failure of Tōei Dōga’s first three animated features, Japanese theatrical animation was relegated to being sold as children’s cartoons in the U.S. –…
Early Anime Features: To 1958
Animation in Japan before World War II was very popular, but not to the point of helping any Japanese animation industry. Instead, Japanese theatrical distributors during the 1920s and 1930s…
Yasuji Mori’s “Hustle Punch” (1965)
“Funny animals” are a staple in American animation, ranging from Bugs Bunny to Ren & Stimpy, but it is incredibly rare to see one in Japanese cartooons. Generally if an…
