The Cartoon Archivist

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On This Day In History

On January 5, 1941, Hayao Miyazaki was born. He is the creative force behind many notable masterpieces such as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke and many, many others. Many regard him as one of the greatest animation directors in history.

Today, he turns 78 years old.

Happy Birthday to such a creative genius!

[thecartoonarchivist]

On This Day In History

On January 1, 1963, Astro Boy premiered in Japan for the first time. Astro Boy was created by Osamu Tezuka who is known as the “father of manga and anime” and known for his pioneering techniques, his abundant creative drive and output, and for redefining a number of genres in Japan. Astro Boy is his most famous work.

Keep up the good work, Tobio!

[thecartoonarchivist]

Hey guys! 

Another Weekly Spotlight! This time, we discuss a Christmas Special! 

Aggretsuko: We Wish You a Metal Christmas.

Come read it and check it out!

[thecartoonarchivist]

The Weekly Spotlight #7

Hello you lovely people! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is The Cartoon Archivist! I have whole range of Cartoons/Anime/Animated movies within my catalog of animation knowledge, from so…

New Weekly Spotlight ya’ll!

Click the link to read more on my blog.

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On This Day In History

On December 18, 1984, The Adventures of André and Wally B was released to the public. This would be the first CGI-animated film in history. Although it wouldn’t bring any form of popular success, this film would lay the foundation from which Toy Story and Pixar animations would be built.

Congratulations, André and Wally B! You won’t be forgotten!

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On This Day In History

On December 17, 1989, The Simpsons aired on Fox. The Simpsons would go down in history as the longest running sitcom, the longest running animation, and the longest running scripted Primetime TV series in U.S. history. All as a cartoon aimed towards adults.

Keep breaking those boundaries, Simpsons!

[thecartoonarchivist]

Update

*busts through the doors in a puff of glitter and smoke*

I survived my finals!!

Hey y’all! I guess it’s time for an update!

So as everyone is very well aware, within the next couple days or so, Tumblr is going to be purging NSFW stuff from the site and flagging posts as well as blogs to be deleted during the purge. Problem is, from what I hear at least, no one is being notified if their blog/posts are going to get deleted until it actually happens. So, although I try to keep this blog as family friendly as possible (we all know I swear like a sailor at times but... well... I’m getting better), I very well may be flagged and deleted any never be notified of it until I can’t log in on the 18th.

And you know what? That sucks. Royally. And it’s unfair. And uncool. And I don’t like it. At all. But seeing as staff appears to not be doing anything about it, due to their own personal agenda, I’ve just decided to migrate somewhere else. 

I mean, it really sucks since 31 of you guys decided to stick around to read all of my lovely little cartoon stuff but that’s just the way the cookie crumbs.

If I happen not to get flagged, well, I consider myself lucky! But I doubt that I’ll be active on here any longer. I may update with my current status but... well... I doubt any serious work will happen on this platform.

Many people have thought about moving to Pillowfort or other such platform but... well... no one can replace Tumblr. That’s just how it is.

However, this blog has never really fit the normal Tumblr format. My posts were too long. I had way too much detail in my reviews. I just... I spent too much time for a “micro-blogging” site.

So, I’ve decided that I’m going to take my posts and my blog over to Wordpress. I can change the format to whatever I want it. I can use HTML to change it in so much more ways without getting too lost than I ever could on Tumblr and honestly? I think it’ll be a lot more professional and reach a wider audience.

My site is still in the building stages. I’m editing it in waves so I’ll make a whole bunch of progress over the course of a day and then it’ll sit for a while as I tweak some behind the scenes stuff. My HTML sucks at the moment, but... well... I’m determined to make this work. I’m determined to make this blog the best blog I can. And I hope you guys will be patient with me as I get this baby back up and running.

Here the link if you wanna check what I’ve got out: https://thecartoonarchivist.home.blog/

I’ll also be putting it in the blog description for future individuals who stumble across my blog (if it survives the purge).

As for how things will go moving forward, I got lots of plans for the future. I have a whole list of shows that I’ve been wanting to watch and with a whole month of free time, I’ll finally be able to crank all these puppies out. I’ll try to get done as much as I can and get them scheduled so I can get some content out to you guys as soon as possible. This way, I have a bit of a backlog built up so when I go back to school things won’t come grinding to a halt because of it. But I’m also backing previous posts up so it might be a couple days yet.

Either way, whether you leave or stay, whether you migrate to my wordpress or you stay on Tumblr, whether you support my decision or you don’t, I hope that for what shortlived glory this blog had, it was worth your while. I hope you enjoyed your stay and that you might have learned a thing or two while you were here.

You guys were so lovely and wonderful and I loved you all!

I wish you all the best in your blogging endeavors.

And remember~! You’re never too old for cartoons! <3

With love,

The Cartoon Archivist.

[thecartoonarchivist]

I just wanted to let y'all know that there will be an update soon, especially with the Death of Tumblr soon.

Finals are this week so once I get done with those I'll be off for a month. An official update will be posted and we'll have a long chat about how we're moving forward.

And then a flood of content will be coming through so buckle up motherfuckers! This is gonna be a ride!

[thecartoonarchivist]

Would it be a sacrilege if I changed my avatar to Pajama Sam?

Like, ok.

I KNOW he's not technically a cartoon. And I KNOW it goes against the theme. But I mean, COME ON look at that CHARACTER DESIGN!!!

It's fucking iconic! Besides, he is my childhood and if that ain't what 90% of this blog is, I'm not doing my job.

[thecartoonarchivist]

On This Day In History

On December 5, 1901, Walt Disney was born. He is most famous for being the pioneer of modern animation and created the famous Walt Disney Studios. Through his work, animation has become a legitimate artform and seen has a viable form of entertainment throughout the world. On December 15, 1966, Walt Disney died due to complications from lung cancer.

What an inspiration...

[thecartoonarchivist]

So just this morning, I heard about Stephen Hillenburg's death after his battle with ALS.

For those of you who don't recognize, Stephen Hillenburg's is the creator of Spongebob Squarepants. He was also an animator, a cartoonist, and a marine biology teacher.

His passing is being mourned by fans all across the world.

However, in spite of this tradegy, fans are rallying together to sign this petition: https://www.change.org/p/nfl-have-sweet-victory-performed-at-the-super-bowl

If you couldn't guess by the link, it's a petition to have Sweet Victory at the Super Bowl halftime show. Yes. THAT Sweet Victory. Currently, we're a little over 20,000 signatures away from 200,000. As anyone on the internet can tell you, Change.org changes very little. But I think that in the best situation, we can at least get a statement from the NFL, and honestly that would be EPIC.

At first, this petition was just started as a joke but the fact that it has over 177,000 signatures makes this an interesting story to follow through to its conclusion.

I'm not going to ask you to sign the petition if you don't want to. That's just stupid. But I actually found an article about this on FOX NEWS of all places and I wanted to share.

Anyway!

Have a great rest of your day and Happy blogging!

[thecartoonarchivist]

On This Day In History

On November 22, 1995, Toy Story was released to the general public in theaters across America. Toy Story is the first fully computer animated feature film as well as the first feature film of Pixar animations. Toy Story would be nominated for 3 Academy Awards and would win a Special Achievement Academy Award for its advances in technology. On December 20, 2005, the Librarians of Congress inducted Toy Story into the National Film Registry for its "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significan[ce.]"

You’re gonna see, it’s our destiny!

[thecartoonarchivist]

AMA Questions~!

So, I know that for me, personally, when an AMA comes up with my favorite content creators, I always get a little nervous or “camera shy” because I never know what questions to ask. I want it to be a cool and interesting question, but I can’t think of anything that hasn’t been asked before.

In order to help those people like who are like me (or people who are just too lazy to think of a question [no judgements~! I feel that on the realest of levels]) here’s a list of questions to ask! You can ask these questions, or use these to help jog some better ones!

After all, this is an AMA.

1.) If you had to reboot a single old cartoon, which would it be?

2.) What’s your favorite 90’s Disney movie?

3.) What your favorite recent Disney movie?

4.) What’s your favorite Ghibli movie?

5.) What’s your favorite Dreamworks movie?

6.) What’s your favorite anime?

7.) What’s your favorite cartoon?

8.) Which anime do you wish that they had dubbed more/ had a dubbed version of?

9.) Unpopular Cartoon Opinion!

10.) Unpopular Anime Opinion!

11.) Unpopular Animated Movie Opinion!

12.) Cartoon Guilty Pleasure

13.) Anime Guilty Pleasure

14.) Do you think Avatar: The Last Airbender is a cartoon or an anime?

15.) Do you think Samurai Jack is a cartoon or an anime?

16.) What would be your dream animated series?

17.) If you had 1 wish to change the animation industry for the better, how would you use it?

18.) If you could convert one book into an animated movie, what would it be?

19.) If you could convert one comic series into an animated TV show, what would it be?

20.) If you could convert one manga into an anime, what would it be?

21.) Which cartoon in your opinion had the best soundtrack?

22.) Which anime do you think has the best soundtrack?

23.) Which animated movie do you think has the best soundtrack?

24.) How would you personally change/fix [Insert animation here]?

25.) Biggest complaint about the animation industry?

26.) What was your first anime?

27.) How do you feel about adult cartoons?

28.) How do you feel about reboots in general?

29.) Give me the top entry on your “To Watch” list.

30.) What’s your personal “underrated classic”?

31.) How do you feel about the new CGI cartoons, or “2.5D,” as people are calling it?

The AMA will be open from Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 until Friday, November 30th, 2018.

Send those questions in! I look forward to reading them!

Sincerely,

The Cartoon Archivist ❤

Do you remember a cartoon your friends have never heard of? Got a scene from an animated film that you’re dying to know the name to? Send your questions to The Cartoon Archivist and I’ll see what I’ve got in the vault!

[thecartoonarchivist]

Oh hey look I have 27 followers....

*spits out coffee*

Holy shit I have 27 followers.

Well.

I wasn't anticipating this for another... 3 months or so.

This is a bit of a shock.

I don't know if I can scrounge up anything BIG as a celebration. But I think I can manage a small little follower thing, if you guys wanna participate! I was thinking, since I'll be off of school for Thanksgiving, maybe we could do a subscriber AMA for a hot minute or two? Of course, it’s the holidays and I want to spend time with the fam while I’m still here, but answering some questions when I’m able will be a nice, chill thing to do in the evening. I think I'll leave it open for about a week since the holidays are crazy and this community is still growing.

Luckily, I've already got a sheet of questions I've slowly been building up in case there ever came a time that we wanted to do this. I’ll post it just after I post this and then we can get this ball rolling!!

The AMA will be open from Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 until Friday, November 30th, 2018.

Don’t feel obligated to respond right away, or even to participate if you don’t want to! This is supposed to be a fun little thing to celebrate, and if you aren’t having fun, then what’s the point?

Anyway! I look forward to answering your questions!

Do you remember a cartoon your friends have never heard of? Got a scene from an animated film that you’re dying to know the name to? Send your questions to The Cartoon Archivist and I’ll see what I’ve got in the vault!

[thecartoonarchivist]

On This Day In History

On November 19, 2013, Frozen would premiere in El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. Frozen would be written in the history books as the highest grossing animated film of all time.

Congratulations, Frozen!

[thecartoonarchivist]

On This Day In History

On November 18, 1928, Steamboat Willie premiered in Universal’s Colony Theater. Important for a number of reasons, Steamboat Willie was the first Disney animated cartoon to have fully synchronized pictures and sound. It was also the first premiered cartoon to feature the iconic Mickey Mouse. The popularity of this short-film would become the foundation of the legacy of Disney movies and the Walt Disney franchise that has become famous throughout the world.

And thus, a legend was born… 

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I thought the first short with Mickey was Plane Crazy? It was shown to a small audience May 15th, 1928. Wouldn’t that mean that Mickey actually turned 90 in May? (Not trying to argue with anyone just confused)

[thecartoonarchivist]

@cinders-side-bitch

No worries! If I get something wrong, I want people to tell me about it! After all, my blog is all about education and the beauty of animation, so if I don’t take time to educate myself, wouldn’t that make me a hypocrite? I love questions! Don’t be afraid to ask them in the future.

Technically, you are correct. Plane Crazy is the first cartoon short to feature Mickey Mouse as it’s star and it “premiered” on May 15th, 1928. However, things get a little bit tricky when you look into it. 

Plane Crazy premiered to a test audience in an unnamed theater in California. This small test audience failed produce any distributors and thus, Plane Crazy was placed on the back shelf for a while until Disney could get some company backing to disperse his cartoon in theaters across America. It wasn’t until Disney and his fellow colleagues managed to be able to sync up sounds and music to his cartoons--- as in the case of Steamboat Willie--- that he was able to get companies interested in showing his cartoons in Theaters. Once Steamboat Willie premiered in November 18, 1928 and gained a huge market success, Plane Crazy was revisited, sounded was added, and it was finally released to the general public on March 17, 1929--- 5 months after the release of Steamboat Willie.

So, “technically”, yes. You are correct. Plane Crazy was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon. It also “premiered” on May 15, 1928. But really, that’s splitting hairs when you look at it---- Does one small audience screening mean that it was actually released to the general public? I would argue that no, it doesn’t. Test screenings rarely produce the exact same product before and after the showing, and since sound was added to the cartoon afterwards, you could argue it’s a whole new product. So, while you could say that this screening means that a small number individuals outside of the company got to see a relatively finished product and thus it was technically released to the public, I maintain that Steamboat Willie is the origins of Mickey Mouse. And thus, I rest my case!

If you have any further questions or would like to debate this further, feel free to leave a message in my inbox and I’ll back to you as soon as I am available! This research/chat was rather enjoyable! And I love being able to flex my animation knowledge!

@thingsidowheniambored 

Yes! Of course! I just thought since Mickey is the “Disney Icon,” it would be important to highlight that fact instead of including every single character that premiered in this cartoon! 😊

[thecartoonarchivist]

On This Day In History

On November 18, 1928, Steamboat Willie premiered in Universal’s Colony Theater. Important for a number of reasons, Steamboat Willie was the first Disney animated cartoon to have fully synchronized pictures and sound. It was also the first premiered cartoon to feature the iconic Mickey Mouse. The popularity of this short-film would become the foundation of the legacy of Disney movies and the Walt Disney franchise that has become famous throughout the world.

And thus, a legend was born...