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The roots of Japanese anime until the end of WWII [digital videodisc] : with 8 ground-breaking films / Zakka Films.

Hamden, Conn. : Zakka Films, [2008]

Animation (Cinematography) -- Japan -- History.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Propaganda.

Nationalism -- Japan.

Japan -- Social life and customs.

1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages)

Muramatsuri = Village festival (3 min.) -- Haru no uta = Song of spring (4 min.) -- Chinkoro Heibei tamatebako = Chinkoroheibei and the treasure box (9 min.) -- Saru Masamune = Monkey Masamune (8 min.) -- Chameko no ichinichi = Chameko's day (7 min.) -- Ban Dan'emon bakemono taiji no maki = Danemon Ban : the monster exterminator (10 min.) -- Benkei tai Ushiwaka = Benkei and Ushiwaka (14 min.) -- Momotarō no umiwashi = Momotaro's sea eagle (37 min.).

A rare glimpse of early Japanese anime and prewar Japanese culture, The roots of Japanese anime features the masterworks of such pioneers of Japanese animation as Noburo Ofuji, Yasuji Murata, and Kenzo Masaoka, in addition to Mitsuyo Seo's Momotaro's sea eagle, the notorious war cartoon billed as Japan's first feature anime.

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