BEFORE YOU COMMENT, generally asked questions that I'm sick of answering. Where is *insert anime show*? I only included films, with series this video would have taken longer to make, plus anime films and shows have different animation quality due to budget so it would have been jarring at times. Where is Infinity Train, End of Evangelion, Naruto movies etc.? If they are connected to a series, I tried to avoid them for 3 reasons: spoilers (for show I've not seen), confusion (unless I have seen the film/series it was hard to recognise where the clip was from) and again, length. This unfortunately means I missed out some great and important films but sacrifices had to be made. Mobile Suit Gundam 1 snuck in there, not sure why might have been because other films that year weren't well known enough or something. If I were to make it again it likely wouldn't make the cut. What about sequels? Same as ones above. Didn't want to spoil myself. Exceptions for Cyborg 009 and others before then as I was very limited on what films were available. You missed *** film. Yeah, might be a reason for that. If its made after 2020 then of course its not going to be here. It might not be popular/historically important enough (according to the sites, magazines and articles I used to research), It might have been made in a year with already 3 entries (I limit it to 3 so to save on length) or it may have just slipped through, there are a few that in hindsight I should have included. I was working on this basically by myself, human error can happen. What about 3D animation/Stop-motion? Very few are made by Japan. They tend to stick with the typical anime style. I did originally include one of the finial fantasy films for 2005 but it stood out like a sore thumb so I removed it very early on. I like to think I've generally included the most important and popular films in anime! Thanks for reading! ^-^

Wow. The 1958 and 1959 examples were a huge leap forward from what had been before.

I think it’s interesting how early animation often involves animals. I find animal characters harder to draw. But maybe they’re easier to animate because they can be sillier or less fluid and still look ok

こう見ると手塚治虫と初期の東映メンバー(高畑勲、大塚康生、宮崎駿)の功績の大きさに感動する

初期はディズニーの影響を受けていますが、徐々に日本独自のテイストになっていってますね　 この投稿者さんの選んでるアニメのセンスが良いですね☺️

I can definitely see the Disney influences, especially with the early films.

00:01 Katsudō Shashin, 1907 00:04 Namakura Gatana, 1917 00:10 Urashima Taro, 1918 00:16 Usagi to Kame, 1924 00:21 Ubasuteyama, 1925 00:29 Saiyuuki: Son Gokuu Monogatari, 1926 00:32 A ship of Oranges, 1927 00:37 Animal Olympic Games, 1928 00:42 Kobu Tori, 1929 00:46 Mura Matsuri, 1930 00:48 Cho no Sainan, 1931 00:59 Ooatari Sora No Entaku, 1932 01:06 Hibari no Yadogae, 1933 01:17 Corporal Norakuro, 1934 01:27 Chagama Ondo, 1935 01:39 Suzume no Oyado, 1936 01:48 Katsura Hime, 1937 01:54 Maabu no Kinoshita Toukichirou, 1938 02:06 Benkei Tai Ushiwaka, 1939 02:20 Duck Brigade, 1940 02:33 Ari-chan, 1941 02:41 Sankichi the Monkey: The Air Combat, 1942 02:49 Momotarō's Sea Eagles, 1943 03:05 The Spider and the Tilup, 1943 03:26 Momotaro: Sacred Sailors, 1945 03:51 Sakura Haru no Gensou, 1946 03:59 Suteneko Tora-chan, 1947 04:04 Tora-chan to Hanayome, 1948 04:18 Kitsune no Home Run Out, 1949 04:39 Tora-chan no Kankan Mushi, 1950 04:49 Dangobei Torimonochou Hirake Goma no Maki, 1952 04:59 Hana to Chou, 1954 05:12 Yuurei-sen, 1956 05:35 Koneko no Rakugaki, 1957 06:00 Panda and the Magic Serpent, 1958 06:16 Magic Boy, 1959 06:30 Alakazam the Great, 1960 06:47 Anju to Zushiou Maru, 1961 07:00 Tales of a Street Corner, 1962 07:23 Doggie March, 1963 07:38 Ningyo, 1964 07:53 Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon, 1965 08:02 Cyborg 009, 1966 08:20 Cyborg 009 and the Monster Wars, 1967 08:27 Adventures of Horus: Prince of the Sun, 1968 08:33 Puss in Boots, 1969 08:40 A Thousand and One Nights, 1969 08:50 Flying Phantom Ship, 1969 09:07 Cleopatra, 1970 09:17 Animal Treasure Island, 1971 09:24 Panda! Go, Panda!, 1972 09:30 Belladonna of Sadness, 1973 09:40 Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid, 1975 09:49 Ringing Bell, 1978 09:58 Taro the Dragon Boy, 1978 10:14 Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro, 1979 10:25 Toward the Terra, 1980 10:34 Mobile Suit Gundam I, 1981 10:46 Gauche the Cellist, 1982 11:06 Barefoot Gen, 1983 11:25 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, 1984 11:33 Night of the Galactic Railroad, 1985 11:50 Vampire Hunter D, 1985 12:05 Angel's Egg, 1985 12:24 Arion, 1986 12:40 Laputa: Castle in the Sky, 1986 12:56 Royal Space Force; The Wings Of Honneamise, 1987 13:07 Wicked City, 1987 13:17 Robot Carnival, 1987 13:29 My Neighbor Totoro, 1988 13:39 Grave of the Fireflies, 1988 13:54 AKIRA, 1988 14:06 Uroteukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend, 1989 14:16 Kiki's delivery service, 1989 14:27 A Wind Named Amnesia, 1990 14:40 Only Yesterday, 1991 14:49 Porco Rosso, 1992 14:57 Ninja Scroll, 1993 15:03 Pom Poko, 1994 15:09 Whisper of the Heart, 1995 15:25 Ghost in the Shell, 1995 15:35 Spring and Chaos, 1996 15:56 Perfect Blue, 1997 16:06 Princess Mononoke, 1997 16:14 Kite, 1998 16:27 Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, 1999 16:40 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, 2000 16:52 Metropolis, 2001

8:02 I feel like the 1960s was when anime really began to develop. Before it was just American animation given Japanese touches, but by this time a distinct style began to emerge, which is most exemplified by the iconic oval-shaped eyes.

ようまとめましたね！！！特に昔の作品は 今の日本人でも知らない作品が多いですよ。

Fun fact: the explosion of nausicaa of the valley wind (11:25) was made by Anno Hiideaki, the creator of Evangelion.

I really want more western people to learn about how Osamu Tezuka was crazy as hell. He is not just Japanese Walt Disney. He is the god of Manga. He worked on Anime and 7 weekly/monthly mangas in same time. He invented so many techniques and genre of manga. He even got jealous when Domu was released by Katsuhiro Otomo. I know his art style feel little old and childish, but his works are more than that. The story is still astonishing and inspired many artists.

The animations from the 20s-and 30s feel really faithful to the art styles practiced during the Edo period. I like it :)

アニメって過去と現在を繋げる力がありますね

1945 Anime: War propaganda 1946 Anime: cutesy butterflies

One thing that people often overlook that greatly makes anime great is the use of camera angles

どんどん繊細？なアニメーションになって声優の演技にも力入ってて凄いわ

Not many people know this fact, but Toei Animation was actually the first Japanese Animation Studio to be founded back in 1948. While the studio today is often bashed by many anime fans for their inconsistency in animation quality, the legacy of the company is why I have it ranked in my Top 5 All-Time Favorite Studios

Shout out to Japan for keeping beautiful 2d animation alive, it is not just a precursor to 3d, it’s amazing in it’s own right

80s to 2010 is peak animation. Something about the hand drawn, dark undertones, just brings the anime to life. Call me nostalgic, it's just simply perfect. Like the effort of the artists from paper to screen can be visibly seen.

カリオストロから一気にクオリティ上がってて凄い！やはりパヤオ神

11:25 It’s very famous among Japanese Ghibli fans that this explosion scene in Nausicaa was drawn by Anno Hideaki.

i think what's great about japanese animation is that they actually treat it as a serious medium for telling serious stories. in the west animation is widely considered "childish" and an unsuitable medium for telling a serious story for adults - and even old animated classics are getting live action remakes! i see this as a great loss because animation is such a versatile medium that's capable of so many things live action just can't do. good on japan for sticking with animation! imagine seeing stuff like akira or perfect blue and thinking "well this is animated so it's clearly for children, i can't take this seriously"

Kinda crazy that the reason I like anime is because my grandpa already liked it and showed my dad mobile suit Gundam. It just ran through the family.

Its interesting how Toei really made the transition from mostly western-style designs and movements to the much more Japanese hallmarks of character design from comics and manga.

3:46ここリアルすぎて好き

Why do i like the 1958 art style so much it's so aesthetic

Greetings from Japan 😺🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵 In the 1935 anime "Chagama Ondo" that appeared in the video, the gramophone is playing the Bon Odori song that we Japanese have been accustomed to since childhood at the summer festival. Since Corona landed in Japan from the continent, the summer festival has been canceled for two years in the town where I live, as in other parts of Japan, so I was able to hear this song for the first time in a while. I'm happy. The scene of the summer festival two years ago, when I last participated with my daughter who was still a kindergarten child at that time, came back to my mind at once. I hope that I can go to the summer festival this year with my daughter who is now in elementary school, and hope that the summer festival and fireworks display will be held again this year.

日本人でも現在では滅多に見ることのできない映像が多々含まれていて勉強になった。 有難い。

50年代以前はディズニーからの影響が色濃く残ってる感じがしますね。60年代以降から独自の路線へと成長して現代のスタイルになっているように見えます。やはりディズニーのアニメーションは偉大ですね。

0:00 Meiji 0:04 Taishō 0:33 Shōwa 14:07 Heisei

80年頃からもう圧倒的になってるんだな

カリオストロの城、当時衝撃的だったろうな。凄すぎ

3:53 From a Japanese point of view, it is unbelievable that they could already make such a dreamy animation the year after losing war.

Hayao Miyazaki, possibly the greatest anime director in our life time. So many masterpieces.

I love videos of this format! Anime seems to have started as a moving adaptation of traditional folk art, becomes more Disney and Looney Tunes influenced, and eventually find its distinct style that is finalized as we get closer to the present. The 80s and 90s are my favorite decades, but I have a soft spot for the 70s (which seems to pioneer some of the most popular elements found in the 80s) and the 2000s and 2010s are still making some excellent gems! Also thanks for including Ringing Bell! That's one my personal favorites from Japan

アングルが凄いね、あと実際では絶対ならない動きを本当のように見せる技術も凄い

Japanese animation...10 years ahead of the US's animation... can't compare

戦時中のフィルムが見れるなんていい時代になったもんだ

The very japanese style of animation didn't appear before Osamu Tezuka began his Mushi Production programs. Because they were designed for tv, with very low budget, the amount of frames per second drop down compared to previous full lenght pictures and the directors had to find some original ways to set the scenes and give the illusion of mouvement with only a fraction of the work needed for Disney like movies. The strengh of the japanese animation really is the layout and how to get high quality cuts with little or no movements.

こうしてみると、宮崎アニメってやっぱちょっと格が違うというか…明らかに同年代に公開されたアニメとは画風も表現方法も違う…すごいな…。あとAKIRAやばいわ

スゴすぎる どうやってこんなに資料を集めたのだろう

こうやって見るとアニメの変化が凄いな…奥深いわ…

9:04 野沢雅子さんのドラゴンボールで悟空やる前の声、可愛い 60年代後半から日本アニメっぽさが顕著に出てきてるね

This is an incredible transformation in Japanese animation. Also an incredible amount of time was spent by you in order to create such an interesting video. I saw some of these anime (except for the earliest ones, of course). Many of them are my favorites and it has caused nostalgia. Thanks for your work.

71年の初代『ルパン三世』と74年の『宇宙戦艦ヤマト』は日本のアニメが子供向けではなくヤングアダルト向けに（それは世界的に見て特異な）発展をした道筋を作ったエポックメーキングな作品なので外してはいけない。

80〜90年代凄すぎる 現実に非現実の世界を持ってきたような世界観を巧みに描いてる。

80's - 90's Golden Era

8:26 "The Little Norse Prince Vailant" 10:13 "The Castle Of Cagliostro" 11:24 "Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind" 12:40 "Castle In The Sky" 13:30 "My Neighbor Totoro" 13:40 "Grave Of The Fireflies" 14:15 "Kiki's Delivery Service" 14:38 "Only Yesterday" 14:48 "Porco Rosso" 15:03 "Pom Poko" 15:07 "Whisper Of The Heart" 16:06 "Princess Mononoke" 17:05 "Spirited Away" 18:05 "Howl's Moving Castle" 19:23 "Ponyo" 19:45 "The Secret World Of Arrietty" 19:50 "From Up On Poppy Hill" 20:25 "The Wind Rises" 20:38 "The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya" 20:45 "When Marine Was There"

Fun fact: Momotaro sea eagles was one of Osamu Tezuka favorite movies. He liked so much that he cried the first time he saw it. Later one Tezuka became the guy who is basically created manga and anime in the future such as Astroboy, Metropolis, Kimba the White lion and more ❤️

It's hard to believe that in the early sixties they were doing Disney inspired animation with fluent motion to at the end of the decade transforming into the genre we know today as traditional anime.

90s anime will always and forever hold a special place in my heart and give me that nostalgic feeling

Akira (1988) One of the most iconic movies. This is where the Iconic bike slide comes from.

I love how so many of this clips look absolutely timeless, but as soon as you see some early 3D animation mixed in it looks older then stuff from the 70s

0:08 Only a real weeb will remember this anime.

長いことアニヲタやってるけど、名前だけ知ってたり、観たつもりで実は観てない作品がいくつかあることに気付けました。これをきっかけにいくつか観てみようと思います。ありがとうございました。I have been an anime geek for a long time, but I realized that there are several works that I only know the name of or think I have seen but actually have not. This will be a good opportunity for me to watch some of them. Thank you very much.

I can definitely see some inspo from Disney and Betty Boop in the early depictions. Fascinating to see how much anime has developed.

I'm noticing why cat girls were so popular in Japanese animation now, great video! 👍

I love how the first one in 1907 looks more anime than the other animations in the 1917-1960s

I love seeing the 12 principals of animation get used as time goes on

8:57 predicted future☠💀☠☠

It's crazy how from 1978 to 1980 everything completely changes it seems, anime before 1978 I've noticed has this weird distinct sketchy charm that's pretty much eradicated during the 80's, it's very interesting

I really respect Anime creators and producers. I'm so happy that I was born in this life with Anime as part of my childhood up until now. I respect Japan and Japanese people.

I am Japanese. I am very happy to see this valuable video. I respect old Japanese people.

10:17 The beginnings of one of the greatest Japanese Directors of all time.

こうして見ると、実に良いタイミングで生まれてアニメの歴史を追ってこられたなと思う

6:19 sasuke 🥶🥶

I absolutely love Cho no Sainan's art style. It's unique and charming to me.

ただ、ただ、見とれてました。懐かしくもあり、時代の流れを感じました。すごい。

面白かった。 童話神話から始まり戦争色が強くなり、戦後は童話神話を元にしつつオリジナル作品が増えていく過程が面白い。80-90年代にかけては大人向けの作品やジブリなどが台頭してきた。この頃は実写映画が撮りたくても金などがなくてアニメに流れてきた優秀な人材が豊富だった世代だと思う。2000年代以降はアニメを観て育った世代がアニメを作り始めたのと不況で暗い世間を反映してか楽しいのは学生時代だけだと言わんばかりに学園アニメが増えた。それも原作付きばかりでオリジナルが減った。今は異世界物が増えているが方向性は変わっていない。次の10年はどうなるか楽しみだ。

Insane how some of these were made over a century ago. Wonder what animation will look like in another hundred yrs

日本人でコアな手塚治虫ファンとして虫プロの作品が出でくれるのは嬉しい！お間違いなくアニメの漫画的な表現は手塚治虫が考案し実践して編み出したものだろうし、これからはそこから脱却した新しいものが生まれると思う。

意外と戦前でも、画質良いな。

19:25 I remember this one as a kid. I like how art styles with American animations in the early 20th century are very resemblant and I like those black screens with subtitles on mute movies.

how beautiful the art that comes from japan

The quality jump into the 80s was amazing

19:04 that transition tho

This is an interesting video! I love how Japanese anime evolved so much. My favorite are the 1950s and 60s. I wish I could have a chance to watch them.

Man this is so good

Its awesome to see when color gets invented in this timelapse ('54) Great Vid!! Cheers

I never expected Japanese anime to be that old!

I love Studio Ghibli but it really seems like there was a bias to to include them over others whenever possible. Like there were plenty of other great anime films those years too

How interesting anime evolution! Good job with the video creation! Don't listen to others whom posted comments in hate ways.

アニメの良さって時代に囚われないそれぞれの良さがあって、中にはその時代にしか描けない技術があるって所が何とも奥が深い

Fun fact, osama tezuka is the one that first created “anime”. He loved the Disney art style so he created his own spinoff off of it. Anime would not be the same without him since other content creators then hitchhiked off of his style since it was so popular. He was also a furry. So yes the man who created anime was a furry

This is great and so useful because it reminded me of many anime films I'd been meaning to watch but had forgotten about. Thank you for this and the huge effort involved.

anime started to go primarily digital around 2018 it seems. it sucks because i really miss the old style of cel anime. the lack of accurate shadows/lighting, the older line work styles back then, and most importantly: the *_color pallet_*

Very wonderful!

Thank you for bringing those wonderful works!^^

Honestly, early Japanese animation was, and still is, charming. The fact that it always changed, with each new film, guaranteed a new experience each time.

Love seeing the style evolution. Guess they got their own in the 60's ..

I feel like Cyborg 009 influenced a lot of anime after it (in terms of animation)

I love how the difference of anime in one year can be so jurassic. In 1945, it was still propaganda for the Japanese Empire/Imperial Japan. Then the next year, it felt influenced by Disney and more American style.

どの制作会社も凄いけど、やっぱMAD HOUSEは頭ひとつ抜けてる気がする。

@14:55 Ninja Scroll... changed my life.

The nausicaa scene where the ohm blow up is so influential

I don't know why but i felt REALY nostalgic watching the animations from 1908-1924.

Thank you so much, there were some animes that I watched when I was 7 but couldn't remember the names and thanks to you and this video, I now know their names and could re-watch them. Thank you so much

you could see how the aimations became more fluid after several works

we children of arab world grew up with Japanese and only Japanese anime, so much love ❤

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much!