Dec 7, 2024
"This looks like a job for SUPERMAN!"
From the Superman short Japoteurs, released September 18, 1942.
This was the first animated short produced by Famous Studios, the successor to Fleischer Studios, after Paramount Pictures took over the studio and removed the Fleischer brothers.
While the production teams and animation style remained essentially intact, there was a distinct change in story style. Five of the eight Famous Studios' shorts were focused on war propaganda stories and, like Japoteurs, depicted America's enemies with hideous racist caricatures.