Douglas Howell
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social
A 51-year old anime fan who dabbles in history. Or an amateur historian who enjoys anime. Something like that, anyway.
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1924-1926: Kimura Hakusan
Following the wrecking of the entire Japanese animation industry in the Great Kanto Earthquake, how did Japanese animation come back, and who was responsible? Now with audio!
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/20/1...
Following the wrecking of the entire Japanese animation industry in the Great Kanto Earthquake, how did Japanese animation come back, and who was responsible? Now with audio!
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/20/1...
1924-26: KIMURA HAKUSAN - Douglas Watches Every Anime
Despite Kimura Hakusan's future infamy, there's so little known about him today that he has no English Wikipedia page.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:47 AM
1924-1926: Kimura Hakusan
Following the wrecking of the entire Japanese animation industry in the Great Kanto Earthquake, how did Japanese animation come back, and who was responsible? Now with audio!
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/20/1...
Following the wrecking of the entire Japanese animation industry in the Great Kanto Earthquake, how did Japanese animation come back, and who was responsible? Now with audio!
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/20/1...
AMERICAN ANIMATION AND A REGENCY (1919-1926)
Today on #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime, I look at American technical innovations and Japanese regal upheaval. Sometimes you have to get some backstory out of the way first.
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/16/a...
Today on #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime, I look at American technical innovations and Japanese regal upheaval. Sometimes you have to get some backstory out of the way first.
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/16/a...
January 16, 2026 at 9:31 AM
AMERICAN ANIMATION AND A REGENCY (1919-1926)
Today on #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime, I look at American technical innovations and Japanese regal upheaval. Sometimes you have to get some backstory out of the way first.
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/16/a...
Today on #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime, I look at American technical innovations and Japanese regal upheaval. Sometimes you have to get some backstory out of the way first.
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/16/a...
By the time the story of Japanese animation began, Japan itself was larger than it had ever been before. Under the celebrated Emperor Meiji, her Imperial status had truly been earned. Today, #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime sets some background.
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/15/j...
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JAPAN'S IMPERIAL WARS (1894-1907) - Douglas Watches Every Anime
To understand Japanese animation before World War II, we must look at Japan's Imperial Wars in south-east Asia.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:40 AM
By the time the story of Japanese animation began, Japan itself was larger than it had ever been before. Under the celebrated Emperor Meiji, her Imperial status had truly been earned. Today, #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime sets some background.
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/15/j...
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/15/j...
DWEA: THE ANIMATION BUBBLE (“1907”-1923)
There were three dominant Japanese film studios at the start of 1917. There were exactly zero frames of animation. Who would be the first creators, and what would be the First Anime, to emerge?
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/08/j...
There were three dominant Japanese film studios at the start of 1917. There were exactly zero frames of animation. Who would be the first creators, and what would be the First Anime, to emerge?
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/08/j...
January 8, 2026 at 12:45 PM
DWEA: THE ANIMATION BUBBLE (“1907”-1923)
There were three dominant Japanese film studios at the start of 1917. There were exactly zero frames of animation. Who would be the first creators, and what would be the First Anime, to emerge?
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/08/j...
There were three dominant Japanese film studios at the start of 1917. There were exactly zero frames of animation. Who would be the first creators, and what would be the First Anime, to emerge?
douglaswatchesanime.co.uk/2026/01/08/j...
Reposted by Douglas Howell
Drop some anime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dry3...
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social January 5 2026
#DouglasWatchesEveryAnime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dry3...
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social January 5 2026
#DouglasWatchesEveryAnime
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Drop some anime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dry3...
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social January 5 2026
#DouglasWatchesEveryAnime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dry3...
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social January 5 2026
#DouglasWatchesEveryAnime
About 12 years ago, I was living with some good friends and watching anime with them. That was the first time I saw "Cowboy Bebop" and "Trigun". A small bee crawled into my bonnet that day, and suggested an article in the old "compare and contrast" essay style of my A-level youth. 1/2
December 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
About 12 years ago, I was living with some good friends and watching anime with them. That was the first time I saw "Cowboy Bebop" and "Trigun". A small bee crawled into my bonnet that day, and suggested an article in the old "compare and contrast" essay style of my A-level youth. 1/2
This blog launches on January 5th, and it's starting to feel real now. I need a better logo.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This blog launches on January 5th, and it's starting to feel real now. I need a better logo.
An Operation Sealion joke, GATCHAMAN? Really?
May 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
An Operation Sealion joke, GATCHAMAN? Really?
Two successive episodes of "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" that couldn't be more different.
Ep 35 is an inexplicable dip into an Arab-coded civil war that would have meant the ISO was meddling in global politics, where no-one knew Galactor was actually involved until the third act. But then!
Ep 35 is an inexplicable dip into an Arab-coded civil war that would have meant the ISO was meddling in global politics, where no-one knew Galactor was actually involved until the third act. But then!
May 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Two successive episodes of "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" that couldn't be more different.
Ep 35 is an inexplicable dip into an Arab-coded civil war that would have meant the ISO was meddling in global politics, where no-one knew Galactor was actually involved until the third act. But then!
Ep 35 is an inexplicable dip into an Arab-coded civil war that would have meant the ISO was meddling in global politics, where no-one knew Galactor was actually involved until the third act. But then!
it's always amusing to watch football animated by someone who has clearly never seen it.
May 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
it's always amusing to watch football animated by someone who has clearly never seen it.
Reposted by Douglas Howell
I thought I was going to play some Elite Dangerous tonight. But as I was walking down the stairs, my brain sang "Kagaku ninjatai, Gatchaman! Gatchaman" at me. So it's Battle of the Planets instead. Oh well. How sad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Bl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Bl...
Bob Sakuma - Destroy Galactor! (Gatchaman Theme)
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May 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I thought I was going to play some Elite Dangerous tonight. But as I was walking down the stairs, my brain sang "Kagaku ninjatai, Gatchaman! Gatchaman" at me. So it's Battle of the Planets instead. Oh well. How sad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Bl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Bl...
Reposted by Douglas Howell
Anyone speak Japanese?
April 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Anyone speak Japanese?
Back on the DWEA and watching "Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman" [“Science Ninja Team Gatchaman”], better known as Battle of the Planets. 1/3
April 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Back on the DWEA and watching "Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman" [“Science Ninja Team Gatchaman”], better known as Battle of the Planets. 1/3
This is the first attempt by SUZUKI Toshimichi to get an idea out of his head. The next two would be "Bubblegum Crisis" and "A.D. Police", which would be a lot bloodier and lingerie-clad.
At some point I'll be reviewing both those titles on probably YouTube? Keep this frequency clear.
At some point I'll be reviewing both those titles on probably YouTube? Keep this frequency clear.
April 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is the first attempt by SUZUKI Toshimichi to get an idea out of his head. The next two would be "Bubblegum Crisis" and "A.D. Police", which would be a lot bloodier and lingerie-clad.
At some point I'll be reviewing both those titles on probably YouTube? Keep this frequency clear.
At some point I'll be reviewing both those titles on probably YouTube? Keep this frequency clear.
I just sent an email off to a certain YouTube railway historian after finding a 1932 "animation" that was really a collection of live-action railway clips. It's rather more his part of the Venn diagram than mine, but he's famous enough to have been in a Jay Foreman video. So I'm surprised I did it.
January 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I just sent an email off to a certain YouTube railway historian after finding a 1932 "animation" that was really a collection of live-action railway clips. It's rather more his part of the Venn diagram than mine, but he's famous enough to have been in a Jay Foreman video. So I'm surprised I did it.