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A Concise History of Anime: Anime Today, Part II
Having produced the first large scale anime feature film, “Hakujaden”, Japan and other Asian countries quickly saw a growing interest in the art-form from fans on both hemispheres. As production companies such as the aforementioned Toei Animation and the similarly-formed Mushi Productions grew, animators and directors began to take on their own styles of animation, [...]
A Concise History of Anime: The First Anime, Part I
Some folks may surmise that anime began in the 1970s or 80s—but, sadly, they would be wrong. Western culture’s acceptance of this timeless Eastern art form occurred at the heels of some revolutionary advances in animation technology and a more tolerant west. In fact, anime has been produced in Japan for a nearly a century. [...]
A Blogger’s Preface to “A Concise History of Anime”
I can remember living in a house in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro-plex, when I was in middle school, off for the summer, and watching Cartoon Network’s late night programming. They featured off-beat animated toons like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and some (now unremembered) Batman spin-off show. After those, a Japanese animated cartoon came on [...]
