Archive of technology, entertainment and everyday life
Founded in 1956 and now known as Tōei Animation, Tōei Dōga was a decisive laboratory of post-war Japanese animation. The available evidence allows us to examine its commitment to feature films, its training role, and the limits of a history that should not be reduced to a linear genealogy of anime.
Open storyLaunched by IBM in mid-August 1981, the IBM PC 5150 entered an already active personal-computing market. Its importance does not lie in being the first personal computer, but in the expansion of an architecture that other manufacturers could adopt and that helped establish the PC as an industry reference.
Open storyThe available evidence places the French studio Grapus between 1971 and 1991 and describes social and political posters that combined recognizable symbols contradictorily to produce discomfort and attention.
Open storyAn exploration of the documentary value of photographic collections and the institutions that preserve them, from Spanish historical holdings to the 2006 creation of Mexico City’s Museo Archivo de la Fotografía.
Open storyMega Drive, Super Nintendo Entertainment, PC Engine/TurboGrafx, CPS Changer, and Neo Geo belong to the story of “16-bit” competition. Yet the term explains a competitive era better than it establishes a conclusive technical hierarchy.
Open storyThe available evidence places Nintendo’s Game Boy launch in 1989 and interprets it as the culmination of an earlier path through electronic games, arcade conversions, and Game & Watch. It also requires a distinction between that verifiable point and a broader history that cannot be claimed here.
Open storyTwo press accounts place Panini and Colecciones Este among the companies that transformed Spanish football sticker collecting in the 1970s. The material provided, however, does not establish release dates or characteristics for specific albums.
Open storyIn 1980, the creation of the Museo del Prado Bulletin coincided with the systematic preparation of reports for every treated work and the organisation of a dedicated archive. More than an administrative detail, this process made conservation a consultable part of the museum’s memory.
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