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The best manga of 1971

It’s been a long time. Perhaps the fact that 1971 was a poor manga year compared to 1970 and 1972, has something to do with that. But that’s just according to my taste. Fans of Mitsuteru Yokoyama might have a different experience. To make it a little more interesting, I’m gonna add a small list at the start of every post, to make it easier to place the “new” manga in their historical context. Anyway here’s the best manga of 1971 I could find.

The best manga of 1971

Popular manga publishing in 1971:

Cyborg 009
Sabu to Ichi Torimonohikae
Ashita no Joe
Tiger Mask
Doraemon
Ode to Kirihito
Lone Wolf and Cub
Sasori

Sangokushi – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 1971-1986

Veteran mangaka Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s read more

The best manga of 1970

Progressing further into an interesting era for manga, full of pioneering work, we’ve reached the 1970’s. 1970 brings us an Osamu Tezuka who comes into his own as a seinen writer. We’ll also spend some time on one of the most influential manga of all time on graphic novels and cinema around the world. As far as my humble opinion and terrible excuse for research goes: here’s the best manga of 1970.

The best manga of 1970

Abandon the old in Tokyo – Yoshihiro Tatsumi, 1970

Abandon the Old in Tokyo, or Tokyo Ubasuteyama, (counted on MAL under Daihakken read more

Chinese animation and anime before anime – 1940-1949

In my series of posts about the Golden Age of Animation, I listed all my favorite cartoons from the big American animation studios. It’s time I take a look at the rest of the world’s part in the history of animation. While the animators from the U.S. were definitely more advanced at this point in time, there’s plenty of interesting works to be found on other continents. In countries like Russia, China, Japan,… animators were doing groundbreaking work to develop read more

Terrytoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

After talking in detail about cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation from the great studios (Disney, Warner Bros’, MGM, Fleischer), Yesterday’s Joe is back with his favourite animated clips by… the rest. These will be kind of throwaway posts, but nonetheless there are a few interesting things to be found. Today’s turn is Terrytoons.

“Walt Disney is the Tiffany’s of the business, and I am the Woolworth’s.”
Paul Terry

Terrytoons

The studio with the lowest budget in animation. read more

Walter Lantz cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

Walter Lantz Productions

Walter Lantz had been an indepented producer since 1935. He produced Oswald read more

UPA limited animation 1943-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

After talking in detail about cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation from the great studios (Disney, Warner Bros’, MGM, Fleischer), Yesterday’s Joe is back with his favourite animated clips by… the rest. These will be kind of throwaway posts, but nonetheless there’s a few interesting things to be found. Today’s turn is John Hubley’s UPA, known for their stylistic innovations. UPA was a completely new discovery for me, during my… “research”. read more

Mintz/Screen Gems cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

After talking in detail about cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation from the great Studios (Disney, Warner Bros’, MGM, Fleischer), Yesterday’s Joe is back with his favourite animated clips by… the rest. These will be kind of throwaway posts, but nonetheless there’s a few interesting things to be found. First up is Charles Mintz’s animation studio, later named Screen Gems.

Mintz/Screen Gems

A few months before his death in 1939, Charles Mintz sold the studio to Columbia Pictures and the studio was read more

Fleischer / Famous Studios cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

Yesterday’s Joe is back from yesterday to today, sharing some of his favourite cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation. In this post I’m going to take a look at the works of the Fleischer brothers for Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios. I selected cartoons from the era post-Snow-White: from 1937-1949. As always, lots of videos and pictures.

Fleischer Studios

Fleischer brothers — Moustache = Max, glasses = Dave

What the hell is a Fleischer brother you ask? Well, Dave and Max Fleischer produced series of animated cartoons during the Golden Age of Animation. read more

Best manga of 1969

Another installment in my series of yearly manga picks. For a few years now, I’ve been doing a chronological readthrough of as many good (and bad) manga I could find. I did this to get a grasp on the evolution of the medium, who influenced whom, and to be able to appreciate older works in their own context. Manga that was highly original in their own time, but would seem dated in our day. I have now become a walking manga-encyclopedia with Excel files filled to the brim with endless lists read more

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

Yesterday’s Joe is back, sharing some of his favourite cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation. This post will discuss Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studio, and will mostly feature Tom and Jerry cartoon, post-Snow-White: from 1937-1949. As always, lots of videos, pictures and alot of attempts at being funny.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ’s Tom and Jerry

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer started distributing cartoons in 1930. They hired Ub Iwerks who produced a series with Flip the Frog (who?).

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Flip the Frog — Yep, a frog.

As I’m sure most read more