External Site: Japanese Animated Film Classics[info]
This site is operated by the National Film Center at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. It was established in 2017 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Japanese animation. The resource has been organised around four main sections: Categories, List of Works, List of Authors and the Noburo Ofuki Memorial Museum. Animation works can be searched by genre, type of motion, technique and character. The oldest film that can be watched on the site is The Dull Sword by Junichi Kouchi, which was released in June 1917. Other gems include, ?/Rhythmic Triangles/Fighting Cards (Shigehi Ogino, 1932), The Animal Olympics (Yasuji Murata, 1928) and Diseases Spread (Sanae Yamamoto, 1926), which was made to promote public awareness about hygiene.