Forum - View topicActual WWII-era anime?
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Sunday Silence
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http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/01/16/pre-wwii-japanese-animation/
Even if they can't be identified, still looks interesting nonetheless. |
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Brent Allison
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Very cool, but I have no idea of either who made it or what its title is. It's reminiscent of Little Red Riding Hood, though I've heard of no versions where she's actually spoiler[a tanuki]. That's clearly a Japanese spin.
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Mushi-Man
 Posts: 1537 Location: KCMO |
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The problem with identifying early Japanese cinema (both animated and live action) is that most of the original reels and the information about them had been lost over time. Japan lost a huge bulk of it's film history during the fire bombings of WW2 and in the early 20th century Japan didn't document the films that much. And even after WW2 Japan did a very poor job preserving reels, they didn't even make sure to save the master copies in many cases. The Human Condition trilogy (3 classic Japanese films from the late 50s- early 60s) actually lost their master copies despite the fact that it's a very famous film trilogy in Japan. And the same goes for many Akira Kurasawa films which now have countless scenes missing because no one held onto the master copies.
So now, when Japan has an interest in their early film history, they have the problem of having very little information about these films. It seems like every month or so some one in Japan finds an anime or films that no one new existed just because no one documented it. |
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