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2.3/5 Big Cartoon DataBase Studio Otogi Production Episodes 312 Director Ryuichi Yokoyama | 6.1/10 AniDB Directed by Ryuichi Yokoyama Original network Fuji Television Directed by Ryuichi Yokoyama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original run May 1, 1961 – February 24, 1962 Similar Shichiji ni aimashō, Astro Boy, Hoka Hoka Kazoku, Four Feather Falls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Instant History, also known as Otogi Manga Calendar (おとぎマンガカレンダー) (Otogi Manga Karenda = Otogi Manga Calendar) was a black and white Japanese anime series aired from 1961 to 1964.
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Story
The show was about historical events through a character who was not aware of "what happened on this day in history". Sometimes photographs and film footages were mixed in with the animations to explain what historical event had taken place. The research archives came from the newspaper where the director's Fuku-chan manga was printing at the time.
Production
The series began in 1961 as a series of 3 minute shorts that comprised a mix of animation, film footage and stills taken from the research archives of Mainichi Shinbun. Director Ruichi Yokoyama's Fuku-chan manga was running in the newspaper at the time. This first series was broadcast as Instant History on Fuji TV and was sponsored by Meiji Seika. The series was then recycled into Otogi Manga Calendar which was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System in 1962 and was sponsored by Kirin Company. Parts of the series are also found in Knowledgable University which was broadcast on Mainichi Broadcasting System in 1966.
