tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post7394684868566595900..comments2023-12-23T00:42:26.651-08:00Comments on The Golden Ani-Versary of Anime (1963-2013): 1963 (Part 1): On the Outside, Looking InGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385629483209026981noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-86055733882875371342013-05-11T10:01:53.545-07:002013-05-11T10:01:53.545-07:00I have had limited exposure to Astro Boy, but I ha...I have had limited exposure to Astro Boy, but I have been able to appreciate the way in which Tezuka incorporated social commentary and ethical issues into his story. Heck, the notion of creating a robot to serve as a substutute for a dead son is a bone chilling prospect.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412892082508297824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-10313366854000090462013-05-11T09:59:10.664-07:002013-05-11T09:59:10.664-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412892082508297824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-75027820731426144282013-01-02T17:16:28.059-08:002013-01-02T17:16:28.059-08:00"The manga [coming alive]" as Steinberg ..."The manga [coming alive]" as Steinberg puts it and it's first for a Japanese TV cartoon program alone seems no different from what America's earliest TV cartoons were as well. NBC once had a show that was simply still drawings with narration/voices called "Tele-Comics" that showed up around 1949.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OACym1TX2ZM<br /><br />At the same time, two men, Alex Anderson, a relative of a cartoon studio producer and a former real estate salesman by the name of Jay Ward (who'll go on to better things certainly), managed to make a deal with NBC through Jerry Fairbanks of a series revolving around the adventures of a small rabbit and a tiger as they right the wrongs of the country.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo<br /><br />Of course years later you had two cartoon directors from a major studio take a crack at the new medium as well, and set the standard that most TV animation in this country would go down with from then on.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQKU9ChKUFU<br /><br />Sorry to take this all off topic, but I don't mind bringing it up for historic purposes.<br /><br /><i>Hence, Tezuka was forced to seek outside funding, an action that would not only change the face of his character, but initiate the relationship between merchandise and series that pervades to this day."</i><br /><br />No doubt learning what made getting a show on TV in the states such a hard job. Getting a show on American TV on the other hand involved getting a sponsor to approve picking up said program before getting the networks to OK the show for broadcast (unless it was a syndication deal).Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com