Worse still, the Japanese film industry had little interest in rebuilding a "cartoon factory." Live-action films were the moneymakers. Animation was seen as a children's sideshow.
It wasn't perfect. The animation was crude by today’s standards—characters moved in stiff, looping cycles. But it had personality . The story of a clumsy samurai buying a dull sword was comedic, energetic, and distinctly Japanese.
Worse still, the Japanese film industry had little interest in rebuilding a "cartoon factory." Live-action films were the moneymakers. Animation was seen as a children's sideshow.
It wasn't perfect. The animation was crude by today’s standards—characters moved in stiff, looping cycles. But it had personality . The story of a clumsy samurai buying a dull sword was comedic, energetic, and distinctly Japanese.