Historical First Anime Movie to be Screened in America

Tomorrow at 8:30 PM, Animerica Magazine editor Kit Fox and Pulp Magazine editor Carl Horn will present and discuss excerpts of the 1945 anime film Momotaro: Holy Soldier of the Sea. The WWII propaganda film is the earliest example of what is now considered anime. The movie, created by the Japanese Imperial Navy, was ordered destroyed by American occupation forces following WWII and was thought to be lost until 1984.

Tomorrow night’s screening at the ATA Gallery in San Francisco, California, will present five existing excerpts of the film that account for over half of the movie’s running time.

For more information on the screening, visit Other Cinema.com.

Source: Anime News Network