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LAST CALL FOR DOWNLOADING OUR SPECIAL TENTH ANNIVERSARY REFERENCE PACK!
https://animationresources.org/membersonly/

During Members Appreciation month, Animation Resources shared more with its members at one time than any other time in its history. Two e-books totaling over 500 pages, two videos running 2 1/2 hours in length, a three hour podcast on the history of cartooning in the West and Japan… a huge collection of treasures that you can’t get anywhere else. All of this sums up what Animation Resources has been doing for the past decade.

It’s about to be removed from the server.

Our Reference Packs are only available for two months. After that, they are removed and replaced by a new Reference Pack. If you haven’t downloaded our tenth anniversary Reference Pack yet, NOW is the time to act. You can join online now and download it right away. If you wait until next week, it will be gone forever.

Animation Resources is doing important things. Its members are benefitting from the great reference material and they’re becoming stronger artists. WHY AREN’T YOU A MEMBER YET?

JOIN TODAY
https://animationresources.org/membership/levels/

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MARCH 5th AT 5:30 pm PST!

During Member Appreciation Month, Animation Resources is hosting weekly events on its Discord server. Join us on Sunday afternoons to participate in discussions and network with fellow artists from all over the world. The doors open at 4:30 pm (PDT) and the program begins at 5:30 pm.

THIS WEEK’S PROGRAM

THE HISTORY OF CARTOONING WEST TO EAST

In our recent podcast, Animation Resources’ Programming Director, Davey Jarrell hosts a broad reaching look at the history of cartooning in both the Western world and Asia. Nearly two decades in the making, this podcast is perhaps the most important resource we’ve ever shared. Along with Danny Young and Michael Woodside, Animation Resources president, Stephen Worth traces the breadcrumbs of cartoon history back from the present day to the 15th century… and then with the help of Davey Jarrell, Stephen traces the history of Japanese cartooning from the 12th century back up to the present day. Make sure to listen to the podcast, and then join us Sunday for a discussion about it.

JOIN US At The Animation Resources Discord Server
HOSTED BY DAVEY JARELL WITH SPECIAL GUEST STEPHEN WORTH

SUNDAY MARCH 5th 5:30 pm (PDT):
A Discussion About The History of Cartooning West To East

For a full schedule of events during Members Appreciation Month, see… https://animationresources.org/februaryschedule/

ABOUT THE PODCAST

History Of Cartooning From East To West

Animated Discussions 010 / Hosted by Davey Jarrell with Stephen Worth, Danny Young & Michael Woodside

Have you ever dreamed of traveling the world and going back in time in a time machine to find out when cartoons began? Well climb aboard this very special episode of Animated Discussions. We’re going to do just that!

By tracing the branches of history, we can see the outlines of what cartooning is and where it came from. Best of all, learning about the artists from the past will inspire cartoonists to take back their art form and build on the incredible foundation they built for us.

You won’t want to miss this podcast. Take notes and google names you hear us talk about. You’ll find lots of wonderful things to research that will change the way you think about cartooning.

Animation Resources is one of the best kept secrets in the world of cartooning. Every month, we sponsor a program of interest to artists, and every other month, we share a book and up to an hour of rare animation with our members. If you are a creative person interested in the fields of animation, cartooning or illustration, you should be a member of Animation Resources!

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Davey Jarell is a member of the Board of Directors of Animation Resources. He is a professional storyboard artist for television and acts as our Director of Programs.

ABOUT DISCORD

Discord is a free chat app that supports video, voice chat and text chat. Discord servers are divided into channels, which all have their own subject or theme of discussion. Members are assigned roles which helps everyone keep track of who’s who. The Animation Resources Discord channel is a virtual meeting place for our supporters. You can meet other Animation Resources members, talk with the people behind the scenes at our organization, and attend lectures and screenings— all without leaving your home. It’s free and open to everyone in the creative community. If you’d like more info on how Discord works, see this article: What is Discord?

Here’s how to install the Discord app and login to the Animation Resources Discord Server:

1. INSTALL DISCORD
• iPhone or Android: Download the app from the App Store or Google Play Store and install.
• Desktop: You can access Discord for your Mac or PC from discordapp.com. You can choose to download and install the free Discord app, or enter our channel directly using your web browser. https://discord.gg/cuvNvsMNQP

2. CREATE AN ACCOUNT
• Just follow the prompts to create your own login account.

3. JOIN THE ANIMATION RESOURCES CHANNEL
• Click the plus sign to the right of the app and select "JOIN A SERVER".
• Enter this invite code: vES5YsV

4. YOU’RE THERE!
• Take a moment to look around, read the rules and introduce yourself.

The Animation Resources Discord Server is open to the public right now. Pop in and look around, and make a point to visit on Sunday!

It’s Members Appreciation Time again at Animation Resources, and For the past decade, Animation Resources has been serving artists working in the fields of animation, cartooning and illustration. Our volunteers and members have pulled together to raise the bar for our art form, and it’s time to celebrate… It’s Members Appreciation time again!

During the month of February, Animation Resources expresses our appreciation for to members with a very special Reference Pack, and we invite you to become a member too. For the next 30 days, we will be sharing reasons why you should join us. Our benefits of membership far exceed the cost of our annual dues. You can find out what our members get at the Member Appreciation Page. It’s easy to join. Just click on this link and you can sign up right now online…

Animation Resources depends on your contributions to support its projects. Even if you can’t afford to join our group right now, please click the button below to donate whatever you can afford using PayPal.

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People who aren’t members of Animation Resources don’t understand how comprehensive our Reference Packs are. Over a couple of weeks, we are posting what each section of our current RefPack looks like. Today we are sharing the Early Anime section. If you are a member of Animation Resources, click on this post to go to the Members Only page. If you aren’t a member yet, today is the perfect time to join! Our current Reference Pack is one of our best yet, and General and Student Members get access to a special Bonus Archive with even more material from past Reference Packs.

What are you waiting for?

JOIN TODAY!
https://animationresources.org/membership/levels/

Lately, Animation Resources board member JoJo Baptista has been researching the early history of Japanese animation. He has searched out video copies of 1960s anime to add to our Animation Archive. Over the past year, he has accumulated hundreds of hours of rare television programs. We will be will be sharing some of them with you in our Reference Packs. Our members have asked us to share complete films and publications with them, not excerpts, so we will be sharing complete half hour episodes with you. We don’t claim that everything here is great. But there are great bits. You can sift through them and discover the gems for yourself.

SD VIDEO:

Golden Bat

Curated by JoJo Baptista

Ep.16 / Ep.39 (1967)
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The character of Golden Bat goes as far back as 1930, and is, by some, considered to be the first superhero. He was created by Suzuki Ichiro and Takeo Nagamatsu, who named the character after a popular cigarette brand of the time. His appearance has undergone several incarnations, but he is most easily recognizable by his golden skull. He made his first appearance in a kind of traveling show called a kamishibai, also known as paper theater. The performances were not unlike a Punch and Judy puppet show. However, instead of puppets, what was presented in the miniature stage were illustrations accompanied by the narration of the showman. This form of entertainment remained quite popular in Japan until television took over the eyes and imaginations of Japanese children in the early 1960s.

First came a live action film. Then in 1967 it was time for Golden Bat to make the jump to the medium of television. This version of the character replaced his original 17th century swashbuckler attire with more traditional superhero attire— golden tights and a black cape with red lining. His appearance was likely streamlined to make drawing him easier for the animators to manage. He also lost his original cross-eyed expression, derived from Japanese warrior prints, replaced by mostly empty eye sockets. Not to be outdone in the optics department, in the redesign the villain, evil Dr. Nazo was given an extra set of new eyes!

While unfortunately, I don’t have much to say about the animation in this series, I can appreciate the fun ideas that went into it. There isn’t a lot of filler in this series. It’s wall to wall action most of the time. Golden Bat’s maniacal laughter is infectious. He makes you want to laugh like that! He cackles away at every opportunity as he beats his foes into submission. I found myself feeling a little sorry for his enemies because of it. It’s got to be humiliating to be laughed at like that when a bomb has just blown up in your face!

In episode 16, Golden Bat whacks a robot off a cliff and watches him plunge hundreds of feet into the ocean. Golden Bat stands triumphantly at the cliff’s edge laughing his ass off. It turns a dramatic scene into something funny. I think the following scene with Dr. Nazo slamming his claw down in anger and scolding his subordinate is funny too. Nazo slams his claw a few more times, each time accompanied by the exact same pathetic sound effect.

By the way, the robot in this episode roars like a lion. I don’t why. Maybe they didn’t have a lot of sound effects to choose from. But it’s a nice touch. Perhaps the most disturbing sound effect is used in episode 39, where a monster is bloodily devoured by a pack of sharks. There’s a visceral wet chewing noise that made me feel very squeamish!

This series delivers exactly what kids in the 1960s wanted… giant monsters, superheroes, robots, evil villains and tons of stuff exploding into bits. Enjoy!

I’ll have more early Japanese TV series to share with you in our next Reference Pack.

REFPACK049: Golden Bat ep16

MP4 Video File / SD / 24:06 / 251 MB Download

REFPACK049: Golden Bat ep39

MP4 Video File / SD / 24:05 / 269 MB Download

Animation Resources is one of the best kept secrets in the world of cartooning. Every month, we sponsor a program of interest to artists, and every other month, we share a book and up to an hour of rare animation with our members. If you are a creative person interested in the fields of animation, cartooning or illustration, you should be a member of Animation Resources!

It’s easy to join Animation Resources. Just click on this link and you can sign up right now online…

Animation Resources depends on your contributions to support its projects. Even if you can’t afford to join our group right now, please click the button below to donate whatever you can afford using PayPal.

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