Continuing with a run of 1935 titles featuring original song compositions.
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Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1934-35
More from the same season as last time, but an increasing tendency to compose new pieces exclusively for use within the cartoons.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” (Part 1)
Love him or hate him: Charles Mintz put out a great deal of product, most of which seems to have satisfied movie patrons of the time.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1930-32
Joe De Nat’s music is peppy, without being all that distinctive. But his use of popular tunes continues.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1932-34
The cartoon department didn’t have any stellar successes, but were producing a consistent line of cartoons that pleased exhibitors and audiences alike.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1933-34
The Mintz studio began closely paralleling the efforts of Walt Disney, and embellishing the motion of both Scrappy and Krazy Kat.
Mintz’ Toby The Pup and Columbia Musical “Gems”
This week we’ll take a brief musical detour into work that Mintz was doing on the side of his Columbia contract.
“Jack’s Shack” (1935)
A Terrytoon, based on the children’s nursery rhyme “The House that Jack Built”, is both charming and really, really strange.
Hidden Gems: Beelzebub
Given that Beelzebub is about 13 years old I’m guessing a lot of newer fans have never heard of it nor seen it. Even if you’ve been around…
Gems from Britain
Uncovering three cartoons by Halas & Batchelor.
Animator Breakdown: “Barnyard Babies” (1935)
Today, a production draft courtesy of Michael Barrier, who photocopied several papers from Rudy Ising's collection in 1979.
Baccano!: 1935-D Luckstreet Boys
By Ryohgo Narita and Katsumi Enami. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Taylor Engel. At last, we are forced…
Baccano!: 1935-A Deep Marble
By Ryohgo Narita and Katsumi Enami. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Taylor Engel. It’s been a long time…
Baccano!: 1935-B Dr. Feelgreed
By Ryohgo Narita and Katsumi Enami. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Taylor Engel. One of the main themes…
Musical Clue
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Hidden Gems: Akudama Drive
If you want to know whether or not you should watch this show without any spoilers then the answer is a resounding yes. It has excellent visuals, a…
Baccano!: 1935-C The Grateful Bet
By Ryohgo Narita and Katsumi Enami. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Taylor Engel. The author has said a…
Sailor Moon Musical: 2024 Nogizaka 46 Musical BluRay
Even though the musical has only played for a couple of days now, the official...
Japan Expo 2011: Gems digged up from dirt of mediocrity. Impressions, Loot and more
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Musical Pamphlet Takedown
The gallery and download files for the pamphlet of the 1997 summer special Sailor Moon musical, Eien Densetsu, have been removed.
Sailor Moon Musical: 2024 Nogizaka 46 Musical – 5th version
A new version of the popular Nogizaka 46 x Sailor Moon musical is returning to...
Some Cinecolor Escapism: “Parrtoville Post Office” (1935)
One of the best soundtracks of the series, well-timed to the animation and with enjoyable little themes throughout.
Credits for Columbia’s Fox and the Crow Cartoons
An attempt to compile credits for the 1940 cartoon series.
Pick of the Week: Finding Gems
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Hidden Gems: Japanese GBA Puzzle Games
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Imagine if you were a crystal gem defending Earth from strange creatures. Phospholylite also known as PHOS IS a fragile gem who dreams of being a warrior along with…
Hidden Gems: Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road
Are you tired of isekai yet? It’s a genre so chock full of formulaic garbage that even its noteworthy successes are somewhat stained by merely being in the…
Anime Feminist’s Seasonal Backlog: Overlooked Comedic Gems
Tackling your backlog can be intimidating, so we've sorted through ours to bring out some older favorites you might have missed!
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Radio Queen (ラヂオの女王, Shigeo Yagura, 1935)
The conflict between warring neighbours of differing dispositions deepens when their children want to get married in Shigeo Yagura’s modernising comedy.
DBS's Insane Musical Glow Up
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A Musical Up-Roar: 1952
Fewer cartoons, but lots of discography today, as trends continued at MGM favoring original scores over Tin Pan Alley.
Musical Performances in Sound! Euphonium
The live performance is one of the most important moments in all music anime. If it’s good, it makes the characters feel more real and alive. If the…
Tutorial: Make Gems for Custom Jewelry with Resin
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Ty’s Hidden Gems Series – Astra Lost in Space
Astra Lost in Space’s premise is simple enough: set in the distant future where space travel is a normal, everyday occurrence, a group of high schoolers, while on…
Story To Screen: Walter Lantz “Fox And The Rabbit” (1935)
We have a special treat today: a closer look the final Lantz color cartoon in the 1934-35 release season.
Sometime’s Regret turns into musical revelry.
Heart wrenching lost love is often the impetus for art, and I believe especially in music. SOMETIME’S new single Regret may be yet another in a long line…
Your Lie in April: The Musical
From paid-up Your Lie in April fans to complete outsiders to anime, judging by the noisy goodwill on press night, the crossover audience may come.
A Musical Up-Roar 1953/54
The MGM cartoon division’s response to television was mostly derisive. Scott Bradley was now more willing to mine the classics - via the public domain.
A Musical Up-Roar 1941-43
The musical highlights in the 1942-43 season of MGM cartoons.
A Musical Up-Roar 1947-49
MGM’s cartoon unit was humming during this period - including continuing to use tunes from various MGM musicals.
Inu-Oh: A Japanese History Musical
Man, I really hate seeing adaptations of stuff before reading the source material. The phrase “the book is better than the film” cannot be truer in the anime…
Phantom Blood Musical Blu-ray Announced
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood live action musical's Blu-ray announced. Pre-orders will be open until October 31, 2024.
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My favorite rare/impractical musical instruments
If you’ve ever been in band or seen an orchestra, you might be familiar with the normal set of instruments sorted into the percussion, woodwind, brass, and string…
A Musical Up-Roar 1943-44
At MGM - Tex Avery settled into place, Tom and Jerry’s were rounding out nicely, and Barney Bar provided gentler laughs.
A Musical Up-Roar 1949-51
The early 50s saw Scott Bradley increasingly writing his own scores, and not incorporating MGM's own published songs.
A Musical Up-Roar: 1945-47
During the period covered by these cartoons, the Second World War came to an end.
A Musical Up-Roar 1954-57
Fred Quimby departed from the reins, and Hanna and Barbera were forced to take over production on much tighter budgets.
A Musical Up-Roar 1944-46
If an exhibitor who had been running MGM cartoons in 1935 did a Rip Van Winkle and awakened in 1945, he would have seen quire a difference in…
An Inn in Tokyo (東京の宿, Yasujiro Ozu, 1935)
Yasujiro Ozu was perhaps most at home in the genial world of the shomingeki in which everyone is comfortable enough and the problems, such as they are, are…
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