The Early Years Of Anime

Anime has a rich history that stretches further than most people discuss. In this video I take a look at some of the earliest directors and the groundbreaking work they created.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:53 KATSUDOU SHASHIN
1:28 URASHIMA TARO
2:25 KOKKA KIMIGAYO
2:58 CHAGAMA ONDO
3:33 NORAKURO
5:15 KUMO TO TULIP
5:57 MOMOTARO NO UMIWASHI MOMOTARO: UMI NO SHINPEI
8:00 HAKUJADEN
9:20 ASTRO BOY
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[@thecryingsoul]

Given the research and effort that went into this and the other videos you have released you would be well capable to release a full length documentary! This is some of the best work in the west chronicling the history of the media.

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

Thank you! That's actually something I'd really like to do one day.

[@heistories6872]

an extremely cool and enlightening essay, handling content like war-time anime v maturely, which many 'anitubers' do not venture to do. Beautifully done.

[@Capo98y]

2:56 WTF MEN!!! Look how fluid that animation is.

[@MrNerdista]

This was utterly terrific. As a fellow essayist, I can tell by your narration that nothing beats the feeling of dissecting the early years of an artistic medium. I'd love to one day see a video on Yoshihiro Tatsumi from you.

[@Shezmen88]

Great video as usual man.

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

Thanks Matthew!

[@mircophoenix9360]

Matthew Shezmen grande

[@sammacari1578]

Why is it that Toei anime looks better 70 years ago than it does now

[@timothymclean]

Masaoka and Sao drew heavy inspiration from Disney, and it shows. Their styles weren't identical to Western animation, but they were similar. I'd argue that they were about as different from each other as either was from any given Western animator of the time, or as those Western animators were from each other.
All of this builds to why I think this period in anime history is so often overlooked: It came before any of the traits which make anime its own distinct category of animation. Japan had its own unique styles, but they didn't survive to contribute to future generations of animation. They had their own stories, but while each was distinct on its own, as a whole they lacked anything to distinguish themselves from animation of the period, or even animation in general.
The birth of anime as in Japanese animation may be in this video, but the birth of anime as it is commonly discussed may not be. The first seeds of the "anime style," specifically in character design, come up about halfway through, but it still seems more like anime-tinted Disney than anime itself until sometime around Hakujaden, and the modern anime style doesn't fully come together as something widely recognized in the West as _anime_ rather than anime-_like_ until Astro Boy.
None of this is to suggest that these films weren't important; they were, to both the history of Japanese animation and to global culture in general. We are poorer for not having access to more of these. But they weren't quite the _birth_ of anime, any more than the Seven Years' War was the _birth_ of the USA. The Seven Year's War was important, and laid the groundwork for the American states to unite, but they didn't actually do so for a few more decades. I'd argue that the same is true here. Unless "anime" just means "animated stuff made in Japan," but that's the shallowest definition, and one that I don't consider very useful.

[@teiadam134]

@Romano Coombs it's called the birth of ANIME not animation you fucking dilbert

[@gettinbattered]

Great video mate

[@princessthyemis]

Fasinating! Thank you so much! I am SO GRATEFUL that anime exists!!!!

[@isabelaoliveira9270]

Thanks for the video! Very simple, but objective.

[@codebeard]

Great video, you put a lot of research into this

[@reviewsbyandre8660]

A lot better! Great job Lewis 💪

[@Car-bq5bw]

Very Interesting....Well done

[@Rosalina102798]

I loved this! Very elaborate telling of such an influential style of animation.

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

Glad you enjoyed :)

[@xlovur]

Thank you for this! So insightful

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

I'm glad you liked it Daniel :)

[@brandonontama2415]

Awesome video bro.

[@luna.r.leo.]

Another great video, thanks

[@scotthintze5901]

Great history lesson on the Birth of Anime. I didn't know that animators use paper cuts. It's like stop motion photography cartoon style and I can tell how much it's improved over the years to cel animation.

[@Mnikolak17]

Awesome video man, really enjoyed getting a look back at the origins of Japanese animation

[@Dancingmoonlightstar]

Just found your channel and this was an awesome video. Very informative and great content! It made me a subscriber 👍🏽

[@eluukkanen]

Insightful video from you. Great job

[@Tsuta]

exciting video. thanks dude

[@ninadzanje9958]

Very nice video loved it

[@hyato64]

dude I love your work soooo much! hugs from Brazil!

[@attilamityok7652]

Thank you so much for this man, so helpful 8D

[@lucaspineda8115]

Really good content! !

[@Alex-fv1um]

Truly great video.

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

Thanks Alex! :)

[@RubeusArchos]

great video

[@steave1425]

I love your videos. 👍

[@TheMightySilverback_]

Truly great

[@dudu_rma]

Dope

[@dudu_rma]

taste

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

Hey folks. Thanks for checking out the new video 👍
Leave a comment letting me know if any of these films caught your eye!

[@Samm815]

I thought birth of a nation was the first anime?

[@TanomoshiiKinoko]

The Tokyo National Film Center has uploaded 64 early anime with English subtitles. animation.filmarchives.jp/en/index.html
Really great video! Thanks! Some of my favorite early anime are Masaoka's "Kumo to Tulip", Ofuji's "Kuma ni Kuwarenu Otoko", and Yokoyama's "Fukusuke".

[@EuDouArteHipHopArtCulture21]

my brother . one love, thank you from Portugal '

[@Pacal_II]

You didn't mention them but Yuurei Sen and Kujira by Noburo Ofuji are my favorites.

[@marlanjn.baptiste8715]

It was very interesting to find out that anime had such a rough start...

[@guy_incognito]

Thank you very much -- very interesting. Unfortunately I find the left and right borders you use to crop 4:3 to be very distracting. Maybe you could blur them more or lose them altogether? Or maybe it's just me. Thanks anyway.

[@Magicallyrandom]

These videos are honestly amazing because they conveniently synthesize information I might not have time to find and act as a gateway to knowing who or what to search. It helps with appreciation.

[@AnimeEverydayYT]

I'm glad you enjoy them! :)

[@Mossbattlemew]

Great work!

[@sssenseiii]

Guess it's time to watch the style evolution video again... Great work dude!

[@warrenbradford2597]

Like wow. You even dig deeper than the other videos about the birth of anime. You gave additional depth of information.

[@rordrom3234]

You make good videos dude, interesting stuff! :)

[@blake_ridarion]

Great stuff

[@elogan5817]

So, Hakujaden was literally the one that saved Anime.

[@DoodleDabble]

I wonder where we can find all these original anime!

[@SuperMusicIsMyRadar]

Here! animation.filmarchives.jp/en/works

[@TanomoshiiKinoko]

You can look for a 12 DVD collection called "Nihon Art Animation Eiga Senshuu".

[@mrtangelo885]

great work here.

[@Juggy113]

i know this is much but could you do the origin of manga in the near future

[@clocks42292]

Remix of a Nujabes song in the background?

[@paath4323]

nope, it's this track: soundcloud.com/paath/orange

[@clocks42292]

Oh now I recognize it! It's a remix of a song used in one of the openings or endings of Bleach. Thanks for the link!

[@douglasfern7397]

Very fascinated video

[@paltrax]

It's interesting to see how Japanese animation and more European or American animation is really the same they just went different paths later

[@sevengone]

Is it kenzo or kenko

[@blueberrypitbull87]

Kimba the White Lion is the best vintage anime

[@OwnnOfficial]

Choose more interesting thumbnail
This is a great video

[@sonofsisyphus5742]

You seriously need to brush up on Japanese pronunciation dude. Otherwise great video.

[@justinmullins1112]

at "that spider imagery again":
from what I could see, I wonder if this was a telling of the "spider's thread" folktale.

[@camzyyyyyy]

Hi

[@nathanielshawtheoverclocke7045]

I have 4 part question about animation studios that you could use in a video. Why are there a ton of animation studios in Japan, why are there only giant companies and so little start up studios in the USA, what is the situation like in other countries besides Japan and USA, and lastly are any of these topics related?

[@usamasiddiqui8235]

Kokka Kimigayo is one thing I want to watch

[@germaninjapan5738]

An die Deutschen unter Euch:
Ich wohne zur Zeit in Tokyo und versuche mir einen kleinen J-VLOG Kanal aufzubauen. Würde mich freuen, wenn ihr mal vorbeischauen würdet ;)

[@volitiveclover]

I always thought WW2 birthed or atleast helped anime

[@TheMrExemplar]

This is how satan came down on the earth

[@dannyponce290]

Anime never

[@Samm815]

I thought birth of a nation was the first anime?

[@officersquarehead]

Soooooooo, Japan did South Park first but didn't have a means to distribute it?

[@montajedelespectador]

The firts all length movie in cut out stop motion was the argentinian adult satire 'el apostolo' but the studio burned and now are a disapeared movie, Walt Disney's the snow White was the firts movie in color, el apostolo was the firts south park movie

[@luks1299]

sub en español please

[@mattlucas169]

Anime a form of creation ,anime .But now people see it as if some people need to excite a good story and follow up

[@KnightsDisillusion]

The birth of cancer..........
Please don't kill me.....I love anime.

[@caustic4874]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@trenthoward6800]

What's wrong with a a film being nationalist, especially when the country that created it was (and still is) one of the most homeogenous places in the world?

[@trenthoward6800]

8000+ years of recorded human history says otherwise.

[@alfredconqueror4422]

Sadly most of the anime now is for perverts

[@AnimeOverdose1]

Mycroft Beaufighter you mean 'gladly' right

[@gabriel300010]

She does

[@rodrigobarba2895]

You haven't seen good today's anime bro

[@yanstein8464]

anime was a mistake