If you’re around, the LA Japanese History Museum will be screening some of the very first anime films ever made, dating all the way back to the 1920’s. The museum will show a variety of films, all pre-Speed Racer, over 4 successive Thursdays going from July to August, starting on July 28.
Among the films being screened : “Mighty Taro’s Reckless Training” (1928) and “The National Anthem Kimigayo” from 1931, and “The Black Cat” from 1929. The first night is the 21st – next Thursday. For those of you who know your animation history, “Taro” was released the same year Walt Disney debuted Mickey Mouse in “Steamboat Willie.” The museum will screen about 12 short animations before each main feature, one right after the other, and in chronological order – going from the 20’s to the 50’s. This celebration of anime genius is a sort of correspondence piece to Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo exhibit, also going on at the museum now. The four separate nights are July 21, July 28, August 4, and August 25.
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