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Answers to a Christmas Quiz, part 12
8 years ago
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For the record...
1.) The first anime ever aired on Japanese TV was "Three Tales", which was an anthology of short fairy tales. It was a mid-morning cartoon show aired in 1960.
2.) Astro Boy had high tensity eye- lights, rocket feet, arm cannon, finger-lasers, machine guns in his hips, super intelligence to discern good from evil and extra sensitive hearing. (This is a difficult question to answer because Astro Boy was handled by a lot of different artists and his "equipment" varies slightly depending who is handling him. This is also true of his background story.)
3.) Totoro is indeed a mispronuciation of tororu, meaning troll. ("Totoro" was apparently a flop at the box office until the release of the Totoru doll. Noting the popularity of the doll, the movie was re-released and met with a much better reception.)
4.) "Star Wars" was overshadowed during its first release by "Super Space Fortress Yamoto". It was also variously known as Cosmoship Yamoto, Space Cruiser Yamoto, Space Battleship Yamoto and Star Blazers. Any of these answers are correct.
5.) Miyazaki had the habit of starting his movies without a completed script. He didn't like being "nailed into a box". He might have had a general storyline, but wanted the option to change his mind if he wanted to. Starting a movie without a script is not unheard of, but only Miyazaki made a habit of it.
6.) The first Lupin III video game was indeed called "Cliff Hanger" in the United States. Art from "Castle Cagliostro" and "Mamo"was used in the game.
This concludes my 12 Quizzes of Christmas. I hope you enjoyed them.
1.) The first anime ever aired on Japanese TV was "Three Tales", which was an anthology of short fairy tales. It was a mid-morning cartoon show aired in 1960.
2.) Astro Boy had high tensity eye- lights, rocket feet, arm cannon, finger-lasers, machine guns in his hips, super intelligence to discern good from evil and extra sensitive hearing. (This is a difficult question to answer because Astro Boy was handled by a lot of different artists and his "equipment" varies slightly depending who is handling him. This is also true of his background story.)
3.) Totoro is indeed a mispronuciation of tororu, meaning troll. ("Totoro" was apparently a flop at the box office until the release of the Totoru doll. Noting the popularity of the doll, the movie was re-released and met with a much better reception.)
4.) "Star Wars" was overshadowed during its first release by "Super Space Fortress Yamoto". It was also variously known as Cosmoship Yamoto, Space Cruiser Yamoto, Space Battleship Yamoto and Star Blazers. Any of these answers are correct.
5.) Miyazaki had the habit of starting his movies without a completed script. He didn't like being "nailed into a box". He might have had a general storyline, but wanted the option to change his mind if he wanted to. Starting a movie without a script is not unheard of, but only Miyazaki made a habit of it.
6.) The first Lupin III video game was indeed called "Cliff Hanger" in the United States. Art from "Castle Cagliostro" and "Mamo"was used in the game.
This concludes my 12 Quizzes of Christmas. I hope you enjoyed them.
Oh, I remember Star Blazers!
re 5. Miyazaki started Nausicaa (his fist directing projecst and still my fave movie possibly ever) with the manga only partially done. The basic story idea was the Earth was rushing to self destruction caused by human pollution and wars - so that Maitreya Buddha (the next Buddha ) takes birth in the human realm early to save it - rushed, Maitreya takes birth as a female rather than traditional male, and does not remember who/what he/she is....then manages to save people from war and hating the mutant forms that nature is taking to recover...but then Nausicaa dies at the end (in what is now the Ohmu resurection/healing sequence at the end). Miyazaki decided that he could not inflict this tragic ending on everyone - that there was more than enough tragedy and sorrow in the world, and that his film would have an optimistic ending. - So yay for not getting stuck with a pre-concieved ending!
Here's a video of what the game looked like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN4YJNLQ9go
Also, I played that game in 1980 when my family lived in the Philippines (before dictator Marcos made video games illegal in that country).