Otogi Manga Calendar
| Anime television series | |
|---|---|
| title | Otogi Manga Calendar |
| Original title | お と ぎ マ ン ガ カ レ ン ダ ー |
| transcription | Otogi Manga Karendā |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 1961-1964 |
| Studio | Otogi Productions |
| Director | Yokoyama Ryuichi |
| First broadcast | 1961 on Fuji TV , TBS |
Otogi Manga Calendar ( Japanese お と ぎ マ ン ガ カ レ ン ダ ー , Otogi Manga Karendā ) is an anime series by Otogi Productions. It was the first anime series to be shown on Japanese television, but the episodes were only minutes long. The first series with 25-minute episodes was Astro Boy from 1963.
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The anime shows in the short episodes historical events that occurred on the respective date. The event is explained by means of a figure who did not know it before and is currently learning about it. The episodes not only consist of animated scenes, but also historical photographs or film recordings are shown.
Production and publication
The series was directed and scripted by Otogi Productions and produced by Yokoyama Ryūichi , Shin'ichi Suzuki and Michihiro Matsuya . Hiroshi Saitō was the artistic director . The historical recordings often come from the archive of the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper . The broadcaster TBS was involved in the production and also broadcast the series.
There are contradicting information about the broadcast. The first season ran on May 1, 1961 under the title Instant History ( イ ン ス タ ン ト ヒ ス ト リ ー , Insutanto Hisutorī ) and ran until February 24, 1962 on Fuji TV (CX). The second season, when the name was changed to Otogi Manga Calendar , started on June 25, 1962 and ran until July 4, 1964 or June 25, 1964 on TBS . A rerun of the episodes was broadcast on MBS from July 1, 1964 to June 30, 1966 .
Depending on the source, 312 or 54 episodes of three, five or 25 minutes each were produced. Older program plans suggest that the first episodes of Instant History were three minutes long, and later five minutes, like that of Otogi Manga Calendar . However, it is also assumed that the seasons could have been exactly the same.
The series served as a model for others as "instant history-like anime" ( イ ン ス タ ン ト ヒ ス ト リ ー 系 ア ニ メ , Insutanto Hisutorī-kei Anime ) and ran until December 30, 1984 on MBS. These include:
- Instant History ( イ ン ス タ ン ト ヒ ス ト リ ー )
- Otogi Manga Calendar ( お と ぎ マ ン ガ カ レ ン ダ ー )
- Kirin Monoshiri Daigaku: Ashita no Calendar (キ リ ン も の し り 大学 ・ 明日 の カ レ ン ダ ー , July 1, 1966 to August 2, 1970)
- Kirin Monoshiri Daigaku: Manga Jinbutsushi (キ リ ン も の し り 大学 ・ マ ン ガ 人物 史 , August 3, 1970 to September 30, 1971)
- Sekai Monoshiri Ryokō (世界 も の し り 旅行 , October 1, 1971 to December 31, 1974)
- Kirin no Monoshiri Yakata (キ リ ン の も の し り 館 , January 1, 1975 to December 31, 1979)
- Kirin Ashita no Calendar (キ リ ン あ し た の カ レ ン ダ ー , January 1, 1980 to December 30, 1984)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Berkeley 2006, Stone Bridge Press, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , p. 302. (English)
- ↑ a b c d Fred Patten: Watching Anime, Reading Manga - 25 Years of Essays and Reviews p. 219. Stone Bridge Press, 2004.
- ↑ a b c d Trish Ledoux and Doug Ranney: The Complete Anime Guide, Tiger Mountain Press, Issaquah (Washington), 1995, p. 2. (English)
- ↑ a b c Anime News Network via Instant History (English)
- ↑ a b c イ ン ス タ ン ト ヒ ス ト リ ー (1961 ～ 1962) . In: allcinema. Retrieved February 16, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b c Anime News Network via Manga Calendar (English)
- ↑ a b c d お と ぎ マ ン ガ カ レ ン ダ ー (1962) . In: allcinema. Retrieved February 16, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b 財 団 法人 徳 間 記念 ア ニ メ ー シ ョ ン 文化 財 団 年報 2007-2008 . (PDF; 353 kB) Museo d'Arte Ghibli, accessed on February 17, 2013 (Japanese, see also the note).
- ↑ ＴＶ ア ニ メ ・ タ イ ト ル リ ス ト １ ～ 1990 年 編 . Retrieved February 16, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ Takayuki Kusano: ア ニ メ ー シ ョ ン 番 組 表 . Retrieved February 16, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ イ ン ス タ ン ト ヒ ス ト リ ー . Retrieved February 16, 2013 (Japanese).