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An animation medium of Japanese origin, traditionally made by hand and also using digital techniques. Its productions span many genres and are distributed through television, home video and cinema.
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 storyA critical timeline of two milestones in 1950s Japanese animation: Ryūichi Yokoyama’s home-based Otogi Productions and the 1956 founding of Tōei Dōga. It separates available facts from later interpretations.
Open storyA careful reading of Tōei Dōga, founded in 1956 and now known as Tōei Animation, based on the available evidence about its role in the professionalization of Japanese animation.
Open storyThe available evidence describes anime as a diverse medium, connected to different techniques, audiences and distribution channels. This analysis distinguishes documented points from questions the supplied sources cannot answer.
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