• Kenzō Masaoka (政岡 憲三, Masaoka Kenzō, October 5, 1898 – November 23, 1988) was a Japanese early anime creator. Masaoka was the first to use cel animation...
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  • or katakana. Emperor Kenzō (顕宗, born 5 AD), 23rd Japanese imperial ruler Adachi Kenzō (謙蔵, 1864–1948), Japanese politician Kenzo Fujisue (健三, born 1964)...
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  • Masaoka is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Kenzō Masaoka (1898–1988), early anime creator Kunio Masaoka (1908–1978), renowned...
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    Women" or "The World of Power and Women") is a 1933 anime short film by Kenzō Masaoka and the first Japanese anime of any type to feature voiceovers. The...
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  • Ōfuji were students of Kitayama Seitaro and worked at his film studio. Kenzō Masaoka, another important animator, worked at a smaller animation studio. Many...
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  • trans. Benkei and Ushiwaka) is a 1939 Japanese short anime film made by Kenzō Masaoka. It is based on the legendary encounter between Saitō Musashibō Benkei...
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    cutout animation rather than cel animation. Other creators, including Kenzō Masaoka and Mitsuyo Seo, nevertheless made great strides in technique, benefiting...
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    from the available staff. For example, in Benkei tai Ushiwaka animator Kenzō Masaoka cast himself and his wife as the titular Benkei and Ushiwaka, respectively...
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  • Mrs. Claus in The Year Without a Santa Claus), (d. 1992). October 5: Kenzō Masaoka, Japanese animator, and director (the first animator to use cel animation...
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    Ross Lederman William Collier Jr. 1933 Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka Kenzō Masaoka First sound anime Ang Aswang George Mauser Celia Xerxes Burgos, Luis...
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    Bandai Namco Filmworks and Fuji Media Holdings): Founded in 1948 by Kenzō Masaoka and Zenjirō Yamamoto, it is best known for the Dragon Ball series, Sailor...
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  • "Spider and Tulip") is a short animated Japanese film made in 1943 by Kenzo Masaoka. It is a story about a ladybug being chased by a black-faced spider...
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    productions), and the Pretty Cure series. The studio was founded by animators Kenzō Masaoka and Sanae Yamamoto in 1948 as Japan Animated Films (日本動画映画, Nihon Dōga...
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    Miniatures and synthetic techniques were used to recreate the town of Kyoto. Kenzō Masaoka supervised the miniature effects for the film. He would later recall...
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  • arrested for his activities, tortured, and spent 21 days in jail. Seo met Kenzō Masaoka and joined his company, working on Japan's first sound animation film...
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    special effects for the first time. For the film, he worked with animator Kenzō Masaoka to create miniatures, puppets, a composite of Kaguya emerging from a...
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  • Maeda Marcos Magalhães Johji Manabe Jeff "Swampy" Marsh Masao Maruyama Kenzō Masaoka Ryuji Masuda Mitsuyuki Masuhara Leiji Matsumoto Norman McCabe Winsor...
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  • mittsuno takara (1959) Shaka no shogai (釈迦の生涯) (1961) History of anime Kenzō Masaoka "Burglars of "Baghdad" Castle". animation.filmarchives.jp. http://www...
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  • animated feature film with sound. 1933 Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka Kenzō Masaoka Japan The first Japanese anime of any type to feature voiceovers. 1933–36...
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    Mouse on the Mayflower, told by Tennessee Ernie Ford and animated by Kenzo Masaoka, Sanae Yamamoto, and Yasuji Murata's Toei Animation. Paul Coker Jr....
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  • writer. Richard Lonsdale, 74, British Army officer in World War II. Kenzō Masaoka, 90, Japanese anime creator. Albert Raby, 54–55, American civil rights...
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  • Walt Disney Company, UPA, Terrytoons), dies at age 77. November 23: Kenzō Masaoka, Japanese animator and director (the first animator to use cel animation...
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  • Film Year Title Director Role Notes 1933 Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka Kenzō Masaoka Voice First Japanese sound cartoon (lost); as Hideo Mitsui Dragnet Girl...
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    力と女の世の中 Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka The World of Power and Women Kenzō Masaoka 1934 母を恋はずや Haha o kowazuya A Mother Should Be Loved Yasujirō Ozu 浮草物語...
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  • November 4: Takeo Miki, former prime minister (b. 1907) November 23: Kenzō Masaoka, anime creator (b. 1898) December 25: Shōhei Ōoka, writer (b. 1909)...
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  • Teruyuki Kagawa as Masaoka Shiki Takato Sasano as young Shiki Miho Kanno as Masaoka Ritsu Riko Yoshida as young Ritsu Mieko Harada as Masaoka Yae Ichiro Shinjitsu...
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    Bridge Press. ISBN 1-933330-10-4. Hagihara, Yukari; 萩原由加里 (2015-03-27). Masaoka Kenzō to sono jidai : "Nihon animēshon no chichi" no senzen to sengo. Tōkyō...
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    1928) April 29 – Iwao Yamawaki, photographer (d. 1987) October 5 – Kenzō Masaoka, anime creator (d. 1988) October 17 – Shinichi Suzuki, violinist, (d...
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  • studio, AFIM (Antwerpse Filmmaatschappij). It will exist until 1944. Kenzō Masaoka's Benkei tai Ushiwaka premieres. July 1 - The Golden Key (Soviet Union)...
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  • Super-Rabbit premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. April 15: Kenzo Masaoka's Kumo to Tulip is first released. April 23: Jack King's war-time propaganda...
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