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
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?).
As I’m sure most
Warner Bros cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation
I’m back with a long overdue selection of some of my favourite Warner Bros cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation. This post will feature several Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies from 1937-1949, from some of the greatest animators of the Golden Age, like Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and Tex Avery. As always, lots of videos, pictures and inappropriate captions! All highly original content.
In the mid 30’s, Schlesinger hired director Tex Avery to revitalize the studio. Avery realized there was
Best manga of 1968
Another installment in my series of yearly manga picks, including some big titles like Ashita no Joe! 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 works that were 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
Disney Cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation
A fan’s subjective perspective on the early stages and evolution of traditional animation. It’s been a while since I’ve made my last post about animation, I’ve been sitting on this research for a while though. If there actually any returning visitors to this blog: I hope you can forgive my procrastinating ways. I promise I will be a better person soon. I just have to do this other thing first. Anyway: I ended up with 20+ pages of videos, so I’ll
Best manga of 1967
Another installment in my series of favorite manga. 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 works that were 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 and have decided I can no longer keep
Best Manga of 1966
From the end of the 60’s, I think it’s safe to speak of a small “manga boom”, with many popular titles beginning publication, such as Ashita no Joe, Lupin iii, Doraemon or Golgo 13. For this reason, I will focus every new post from now on on a single year. I warn you to proceed with caution, you might get hooked. 1967 is where it really kicks off, so I’ll keep it short for 1966, focusing on one of my all-time favorites!
Best Manga of 1966
Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae – Shoutarou Ishinomori, 1966-1973
The
Best manga of 1961-1965
Third installment in my nostalgic series of favorite manga. This list doesn’t feature a single Tezuka manga. O M G N O W A Y ! Yes way. Anyway, here are seven works I’ve enjoyed and recommend to you or at least deemed significant in the evolution of the medium, all in neat chronological order. You’re welcome!
Best manga of 1961-1965
Osomatsu-kun – Fujiko Fujio 1962-1988
Long-running manga from the husband and wife team that created Doraemon. Its an episodic gag manga
Best manga of 1951-1960
Second installment in my series of favorite manga. In the 1950’s we can see pioneers of several manga genres at work. As always, there’s loads of Tezuka. So here are the best manga of 1951-1960: six works I’ve enjoyed and recommend to you or at least deemed significant in the evolution of the medium, all in neat chronological order. You’re welcome!
Best manga of 1951-1960
Astro Boy – Osamu Tezuka, 1951-1968
Astro Boy is arguably Tezuka’s most iconic or at least most famous character. The manga became an instant success, and caused
Best manga of 1945-1950
Dear fellow nerds, today I will introduce a new series of blog posts about my favorite manga (and occasionally manhwa or manhua). I would have loved to give you an extensive overview of how manga came to be. But I’d just do my research on Wikipedia, so if you’re interested, I suggest you do just that. If you like a better picture/text ratio, maybe try errrr… Google?
My first idea was to write a blog about my chronological journey through the many decades that manga has existed.