Manga Film History: Mitsuteru Yokoyama created the series Iron Man 28

Posted on 25th December 2009 by ironman in Anime Films | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

While the animated film has had a great deal of advancement in the Western part of the world it has been highly influential to Japanese entertainment as well. Manga anime films have been around for as long as Western animated films. These films, which include animation inspired by manga and can be based on anime productions in many cases, have been popular not only in Japanese entertainment but also for other parts of the world

In 1945 Mitsuyo Seo was commissioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy to create the film Momotaro’s Divine Sea Warriors. This was Japan’s first full length manga anime film. This was used as a means of propaganda for the Japanese. It is highly believed that this film was heavily inspired by the 1940 Western animated film Fantasia.
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