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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Hmmm, so what were the pilots trying to accomplish? I take defeating that creature in the arctic? |
| Yeah, the eagle is evil, so they asked Momotaro to save the day LOL |
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| What the hell was that crazy character around 2m50?? Another adventure of the Momotaro we saw before in Nihonichi Momotaro... This one probably isn't an old folk tale. Wikipedia says Momotaro was an immensely popular figure during World War II, appearing in many wartime films and cartoons. so this might be a contemporary theme from slightly earlier - Manchuria related? There was the late 1931* Mukden Incident with a false flag sabotage of the railway (the eagle here seems to be harrassing people and Momotaro similarly comes to "save the day" like Japan did). The eagle could easily be America too I suppose.Sorry, just thinking out loud. On another note, I'm finding the Benshi more and more charming *September. According to ANN this came out a few weeks later in October, so it's certainly possible. |
BlackoutingApr 11, 2014 8:21 PM
| It was ok, nothing special. Repeated a lot of scenes but stayed kinda interesting. |
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Blackouting said: Another adventure of the Momotaro we saw before in Nihonichi Momotaro... This one probably isn't an old folk tale. Wikipedia says Momotaro was an immensely popular figure during World War II, appearing in many wartime films and cartoons. so this might be a contemporary theme from slightly earlier - Manchuria related? There was the late 1931* Mukden Incident with a false flag sabotage of the railway (the eagle here seems to be harrassing people and Momotaro similarly comes to "save the day" like Japan did). The eagle could easily be America too I suppose. The air-and-sea aspect of this story and the ultimate Artic setting doesn't match up with the subjugation of Manchuria (a land/army thing hardly more northerly than Japan itself) and at 1931 I think it's a bit early for anti-Americanism in Japan. Moreover it's clearly not a bald eagle. I suspect this is just a straightforward fairy tale and the nationalistic use of the character had yet to begin, but I could be wrong of course. |
| Yeah, it doesn't have to be a literal allegory though. Propaganda only has to encourage general sentiments. It got me thinking because as fairy tale fantasy featuring folk heroes go, this is just plain bizarre. It's particularly militaristic and seemingly themed around current national concerns. at 1931 I think it's a bit early for anti-Americanism in Japan Not at all, things were getting quite tense by that point. America and its allies had been trying to limit Japanese strength for some time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_militarism#Growth_of_ultranationalism |
| I like this short with all the air acrobatic stunts. |
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| Momotarou is the worst protagonist ever. He literally only said "Capture him alive!" and other than that, the animals did all the work. |
| That pig was the true hero of the story, Momotarou didn't do much. Liked it and I suspect it contains propaganda. 6/10. |
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Was the eagle supposed to represent the U.S.A ? 5/10 |
| The eagle was animated so well for it's time! Great short! |
| I want to sleep... |
| So was this the start of imperialistic anime I assume. |