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DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME @douglaswatchanime.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME 1949: THE FOX, THE LOST, THE HORROR Can MORINO's hero fox swing for the fences? How many Japanese cartoons from 1949 are watchable now? And why was 1949 the worst year in Japanese rail history? Click the link to find out. douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/09/23/1...

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DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME @douglaswatchanime.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026

1947: ARAI AND TOHO What did animator/dentist ARAI Wagoro create before leaving animation behind? What possessed Toho Pictures to throw an animated segment into a film about plovers? And which wartime force does that enormous ghost-wolf represent? douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/08/26/1...

A black and white cartoon image. A enormously ghostly figure, with huge claws and a wolfish face, gestures threateningly above a mountainous landscape.

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DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME @douglaswatchanime.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026

1937: THE BEGINNING OF THE END What are those things on sticks in the photo? How on earth did a part-time fuel store owner end up working with industry icon OFUJI Noburo? And can I get away without mentioning the war? Hit the button to find out. douglaswatchesanime.co.uk?p=991

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DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME @douglaswatchanime.eurosky.social · 30/04/2026

1935 ANIME RANT TIME In 1935, SEO Mitsuyo and his Nihon Manga Film studio made a cartoon called "一寸法師ちび助物語" or "Issunboshi - Chibi Jo Monogatari". And the American translators decided to call it "The Japanese Tom Thumb". And it made me very angry, when I came to write the review. 1/3

A black and white cartoon image of a miniscule person in samurai garb. He's in a bowl, which is in water, and he's pulling himself along with an equally tiny punt. He has a worried look on his face.

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DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME @douglaswatchanime.eurosky.social · 09/04/2026

DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME - 1934 PART TWO TANAKA TWICE AND OISHI That can't actually be Mickey Mouse in the link preview, can it? Is OISHI Ikuo a jazz fan? And was TANAKA Yoshisugu really working for two studios at once? Click the link to find out. douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/04/08/1...

A black and white cartoon image. A bad copy of Mickey Mouse is riding a pterodactyl, which also has Mickey's face.

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DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME @douglaswatchanime.eurosky.social · 25/02/2026

BUILDING TENSIONS I 1932: CONTEXT, YAMAMOTO & KIMURA What was Charlie Chaplin doing in Tokyo in 1932? What could YAMAMOTO Sanae do with three bears? And how did KIMURA Hakusan end his animation career with a single film? Follow the link to find out. douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/02/16/1...

Charlie Chaplin looks directly at the viewer, in a suit and tie and without his Tramp moustache.

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DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME @douglaswatchanime.eurosky.social · 16/01/2026

AMERICAN ANIMATION AND A REGENCY (1919-1926) Today on #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime, I look at American technical innovations and Japanese regal upheaval. Sometimes you have to get some backstory out of the way first. douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/16/a...

A black and white drawing of a boy fanning an older man, looking over his shoulder at a small dog standing on a nearby windowsill. The caption text at the bottom reads "Bobby Bumps Fly Swatter", Earl Herd, 1916.

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DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME @douglaswatchanime.eurosky.social · 08/01/2026

DWEA: THE ANIMATION BUBBLE (“1907”-1923) There were three dominant Japanese film studios at the start of 1917. There were exactly zero frames of animation. Who would be the first creators, and what would be the First Anime, to emerge? douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/08/j...

A single frame of animation, showing a boy in a badly-lined up red cap. Above him are four Japanese characters, reading "katsu dō sha shin" - or "moving picture".

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