Fw: H-Japan (E): The Roots of Japanese Anime

[Tim Iles]

I may have missed this on the KineJapan list itself--if so, I apologise for sending something people may have already received--but this looks like a _fantastic_ resource and a good, new company. Congratulations to Aaron and his wife's company for this and future releases.

Best,


Tim Iles
University of Victoria

--- On Fri, 1/16/09, H-Japan Editor <j-edit at MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU> wrote:
From: H-Japan Editor <j-edit at MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Subject: H-Japan (E): The Roots of Japanese Anime
To: H-JAPAN at H-NET.MSU.EDU
Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 9:29 PM

                                   H-JAPAN
                              January 16, 2009



Online Editor: David Wittner <dwittner at utica.edu>


Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:47:44 -0800 (PST)
From: AARON GEROW <gerowaaron at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: The Roots of Japanese Anime

This may be a commercial product (and in the interests of full disclosure, it
is sold by my wife's company), but I thought this may be of interest to
scholars studying Japanese film, animation, culture, or history.

Aaron Gerow
Yale University

This is the announcement:

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our company, Zakka Films, and the
release of our first DVD, The Roots of Japanese Anime, which presents 8 classic
films, many of which are appearing for the first time on DVD with English
subtitles.

Zakka Films is new venture dedicated to introducing rare and important Japanese
films, particularly anime and documentary, to North American audiences.$B (B
Many of the powerful and wonderful films we love aren't available outside
Japan, so our mission is to change that.

Starting with The Roots of Japanese Anime, we'll present some of the great
works of Japanese cinema on information-rich, high-quality DVDs ideal for
individual, scholarly, and classroom use. Every DVD will come stocked with extra
bonus features and commentaries by noted scholars sure to enlighten students,
researchers, and even the casual observer of Japan.

The Roots of Japanese Anime is our first release and contains 8 ground-breaking
films from the developmental years of Japanese anime. The centerpiece is
Momotaro's Sea Eagle (director: Mitsuyo Seo), Japan's first feature
animated film from 1942 notorious for showing "Peach Boy" and his cute
animal forces attacking Pearl Harbor. As an example of both Japanese wartime
propaganda and the great leaps made in the evolution of Japanese anime,
Momotaro's Sea Eagle has been the subject of great interest amongst scholars
and fans, but is coming out in North America here for the first time.

The other 7 films introduce the delightful variety of Japanese pre-WWII anime
and the popular everyday culture it represented. There are masterworks by anime
pioneers such as Noburo Ofuji, Kenzo Masaoka, and Yasuji Murata; cartoons
presenting folk tales and legendary samurai heroes; sing-a-long films; and even
a wonderful work introducing the day in the life of a young girl from the 1930s.

The DVD includes a 12-page booklet describing the history of early anime and
the background of each film written by prominent scholars.

For more information on the DVD and to view the trailer, please visit us at
http://www.zakkafilms.com/. The Roots of Japanese Anime will also be showing on
Saturday, March 28, 9:00 AM at the 2009 AAS Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Thank you very much!

Contact:
Seiko Ono
Zakka Films
http://www.zakkafilms.com/
onoseiko at zakkafilms.com

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