List of anime by release date (1939–1945)
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This is a list of anime by release date which covers Japanese animated productions that were made between 1939–1945. Some films included in this list may not be compliant with all definitions of anime.
English Name
Japanese Name
Romaji
Format
Original Release Date
Benkei and Ushiwaka
弁慶対牛若
Benkei tai Ushiwaka
Short Film
1939[ 1] [ 2]
Cat's Folktale
ニャンの浦島
Nyan no urashima
Short Film
1939[ 3]
Monkey and Crabs
新猿蟹合戰
Shin Sarukanigassen
Short Film
1939[ 4]
Swim, Monkey, Swim!
泳げや泳げ
Oyoge ya Oyoge
Short Film
1939[ 5]
The Sea Eagle
海の荒鷲
Umi no arawashi
Short Film
1939[ 6]
Kintaro's Training Day
キンタロー体育日記
Kintarou Taiiku Nikki
Short Film
1940[ 2]
Magician In The Dream
夢の魔術師
Yume no Majutsushi
Short Film
1940[ 7]
The Quack Infantry Troop
あひる陸戰隊
Ahiru rikusentai
Short Film
1940[ 8]
The Pretend Butterfly Lady
お蝶夫人の幻想
Ochofujinno genso
Short Film
1940[ 9]
Arichan the Ant
アリチャン
Arichan
Short Film
1941[ 10]
Attack on Fuku-chan
フクちゃんの奇襲
Fuku-chan no kishū
Short Film
1941[ 11]
Baby Kangaroo's Birthday Surprise
カンガルーの誕生日
Kangaroo no Tanjoubi
Short Film
1941[ 5] [ 12]
Children and Handicraft
子供と工作
Kodomo to kōsaku
Short Film
1941[ 13]
Jack and the Beanstalk
ジャックと豆の木
Jakku to mame no ki
Short Film
1941[ 14]
Our Marines
お猿三吉 ぼくらの海兵団
Bokura no Kaiheidan
Short Film
1941[ 2]
The Lazy Fox
なまけぎつね
Namakegitsune
Short Film
1941[ 15]
Defeat of the Spies
スパイ撃滅
Supai Gekimetsu
Short Film
1942[ 2] [ 16]
Mabo Fights Hard in the South Seas
マー坊の南海奮戦記
Mabo no nankai funsen-ki
Short Film
1942[ 17]
Momotaro's Sea Eagles
桃太郎の海鷲
Momotarou no Umiwashi
Film
1942[ 2]
Mountain Mobilization
お山の総動員
Oyama no Soudouin
Short Film
1942[ 18]
Princess Kaguya
かぐや姫
Kaguya Hime
Short Film
1942[ 19]
Sankichi the Monkey: The Air Combat
お猿の三吉~防空戦
Osaru no Sankichi: Boukuusen
Short Film
1942[ 5]
Long Live Japan
日本 万歳
Nippon Banzai
Short Film
1943[ 2]
Spider and Tulip
くもとちゅうりっぷ
Kumo to Tulip
Short Film
1943[ 2] [ 20]
The Battle of the Malay Sea
マレー沖海戦
Maree oki kaisen
Short Film
1943[ 21]
Fuku-chan's Submarine
フクちゃん部隊出撃の歌
Fuku-chan no Sensuikan
Short Film
1944[ 22]
Insect Heaven
昆虫天国
Konchu Tengoku
Short Film
1945[ 23]
Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors
桃太郎 海の神兵
Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei
Feature Film
1945[ 2] [ 24]
Notable births
June 26, 1940– Tetsu Dezaki , director, producer, screenwriter.
January 5, 1941– Hayao Miyazaki , director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, manga artist.[ 25]
November 18, 1943– Osamu Dezaki (1943 – 2011), film director, screenwriter.[ 26]
April 21, 1944– Toyoo Ashida (1944 – 2011), director, character designer, animator, animation director, screenwriter.
Notable deaths
See also
References
^ "Benkei and Ushiwaka". The Roots of Japanese Anime . Episode 7. 1939.
^ a b c d e f g h Sharp, Jasper (23 September 2004). "Pioneers of Japanese Animation (Part 2)" . Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema. Retrieved 2016-01-10 .
^ "Cat's Folktale" . Japanese Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
^ "Monkey and Crabs" . animation.filmarchives.jp . Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
^ a b c "Japanese Anime Classic Collection [Disc 4]" . www.digital-meme.com. Retrieved 2016-01-10 .
^ "The Sea Eagle" . Japanese Movie Database . Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
^ "Magician In The Dream" . Japanese Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
^ "The Quack Infantry Troop" . animation.filmarchives.jp . Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
^ "お蝶夫人の幻想" (in Japanese). The National Film Center Japan. Retrieved July 14, 2017 .
^ "Arichan the Ant" . animation.filmarchives.jp . Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
^ "Attack on Fuku-chan" . Japanese Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
^ "カンガルーの誕生日" . Japanese Movie Database . Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
^ "Children and Handicraft" . Japanese Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
^ "Jack and the Beanstalk" . Japanese Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Retrieved August 11, 2017 .
^ "The Lazy Fox" . animation.filmarchives.jp . Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
^ "スパイ撃滅" . Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
^ Frenchy Lunning (2010). Fanthropologies . University of Minnesota Press. p. 83. ISBN 9781452915654 . Retrieved August 11, 2017 .
^ "Mountain Mobilization" . Japanese Movie Database . Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
^ "Princess Kaguya" . Japanese Movie Database . Retrieved August 11, 2017 .
^ "Animage Top-100 Anime Listing" . Anime News Network . January 15, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
^ "The Battle of the Malay Sea" . Japanese Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
^ Peter B. High (2003). The Imperial Screen: Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years' War, 1931-1945 . University of Wisconsin Press. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-2991-8134-5 .
^ "Insect Heaven" . Japanese Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Retrieved August 11, 2017 .
^ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 . Revised and Expanded Edition .—Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2006.—P. 12.—ISBN 978-1933330105
^ Feldman, Steven (June 24, 1994). "Hayao Miyazaki Biography" (plain text) (Revision 2 ed.). Nausicaa.net. Retrieved May 26, 2017 .
^ "Anime Director Osamu Dezaki Passes Away" . Anime News Network. April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
^ "北山, 清太郎, 1888-1945" . National Diet Library . Retrieved April 14, 2016 .
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