Examples:
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. (Takahata, 2017)
The Wind Rises (2013)
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. (Miyazaki, 2017)
Evil Mickey attacks Japan (1936)
A Japanese anti-American propaganda. Japan argued that the invasion of Asia was freeing the continent from the Western colonialism.
Statements:
Audience of war films tend to be interested in the realistic war scene and the model of warships, but mostly lack of historical outlook.
Audience of war films tend to be interested in the realistic war scene and the model of warships, but mostly lack of historical outlook.
Films tend to vilify the invaders,beautify the victims during the war time through building of the character.
Behavior of a character from a certain country is different in contemporary animations produced by the country and by other countries.
Educational animation produced at the time was successful because of the character created in it for entertaining purpose.
Propaganda films gives another perspective of the way a country sees itself during the war time.
Relevant quotes:
"The theme of Japanese militarism was embedded in the country's educational, documentary and propaganda films from the start of the war with China in 1933 and persisted throughout the Second World War, Bendazzi noted."
Philip D. Eastman, and Munro Leaf, authors of children's books, were recruited to work in the animation branch of the U.S, to make educational films for American troops. (Nel, 2007). "Reasoning that the soldiers would only pay attention and learn if they could also be entertained." (Haridakis, Hugenberg and Wearden, 2009, p77)
The performative role of animation in the nation rebuilding efforts of Japan after the Second World War. Concept of "performativity"(Hu, 2015, p11)
Behavior of a character from a certain country is different in contemporary animations produced by the country and by other countries.
Educational animation produced at the time was successful because of the character created in it for entertaining purpose.
Propaganda films gives another perspective of the way a country sees itself during the war time.
Relevant quotes:
"The theme of Japanese militarism was embedded in the country's educational, documentary and propaganda films from the start of the war with China in 1933 and persisted throughout the Second World War, Bendazzi noted."
Philip D. Eastman, and Munro Leaf, authors of children's books, were recruited to work in the animation branch of the U.S, to make educational films for American troops. (Nel, 2007). "Reasoning that the soldiers would only pay attention and learn if they could also be entertained." (Haridakis, Hugenberg and Wearden, 2009, p77)
The performative role of animation in the nation rebuilding efforts of Japan after the Second World War. Concept of "performativity"(Hu, 2015, p11)
(Yokota and Hu, 2015)
Bibliography:
Takahata, I(2017). Grave of the Fireflies (1988). [online] IMDb. Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/ [Accessed 10 Oct. 2017].
Miyazaki, H. (2017). The Wind Rises (2013). [online] IMDb. Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2013293/?ref_=tt_rec_tti [Accessed 10 Oct. 2017].
Haridakis, P., Hugenberg, B. and Wearden, S. (2009). War and the media. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
Bibliography:
Takahata, I(2017). Grave of the Fireflies (1988). [online] IMDb. Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/ [Accessed 10 Oct. 2017].
Miyazaki, H. (2017). The Wind Rises (2013). [online] IMDb. Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2013293/?ref_=tt_rec_tti [Accessed 10 Oct. 2017].
Haridakis, P., Hugenberg, B. and Wearden, S. (2009). War and the media. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
Hu, T. (2015). Frames of anime. Aberdeen, Hong Kong: Hong Kong U.P.
Yokota, M. and Hu, T. (2015). Japanese animation: East Asian Perspectives. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
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