Momotarou: Umi no Shinpei

You might think that "anime" started with the first serialized TV shows in the 1960s, but Japan had been making animation long before this, in the form of short films. This article aims to give a tour through the history and evolution of early Japanese animation that led to the serialized shows of the 1960s that eventually led to where we are today. At present, there are over 200 early Japanese animations that have survived and are easily viewable. Here, 44 stand-out works in the chronological evolution of early animation are highlighted for you to check out. All animations listed here can be found online, with English subtitles when needed!

The "Scotland Loves Anime" film festival takes place annually in Glasgow and Edinburgh. It was started in 2010 and includes the "Golden Partridge" jury award and audience-voted awards.

The past winners of the Golden Partridge Award are as follows.

2016: Kimi no Na wa.
2017: Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta
2018: Penguin Highway
2019: Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara
2020: n/a

In 2017, the live action Tokyo Ghoul film had its UK premiere at SLA.

In 2019, Isora Iwakiri's film The Sacrament had its UK premiere at SLA.

In 2020, the festival was hosted online. It also included Penguin Highway, Production I.G.'s short film collection and Weathering With You.

Mostly short pieces of Japanese animation dating back to the early XX century. Pre Astro Boy works only. For those who want to explore the very beginnings of anime history before it took its current culture, tropes and technological advancements.

Pre-1990 films with talking animals, excluding Ghibli.

films which are significant either culturally, historically, or both. can be influential either in japan or in other places.

Every cinema or direct to video anime film that came out between 1940 and 1959.

1960s: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34959

I’m not exaggerating for comedic effect - each entry here was released during WWII and is the literal definition of military propaganda.

As stated by the Oxford English Dictionary, “Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.” As you will see, everything below fits into said definition.

While perhaps some more modern examples of military animation could warrant inclusion here, so as not to stir any unnecessary controversy, I have decided upon only the most undeniable examples of propaganda. At least for the purposes of this stack, I am defining ‘WWII’ as 1937-1945 since that’s how long the war was from a Japanese/Chinese perspective.

Retellings of the folklore "Momotarō" or "Peach Boy". 🍑👦

Tags: Folklore, Folktale, Momotarou, Dog, Monkey, Pheasant, Hero, Giant Peach, Dumpling, Oni, Demon, Demon Slayer, Okayama Prefecture

Wikis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D
https://fairytale.fandom.com/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D_the_Peach_Boy

Also check NHK WORLD-JAPAN's Story Land (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/storyland/):
Peach Boy
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/4040007/

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508

This list contains anime that were mentioned in the chronological order of the book The Cambridge Companion to Manga and Anime.
buy: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-manga-and-anime/8CBA1811AA3246C7EC03C223DECBE81A