The Wonderful World of Puss ’n Boots stems from the tail end of that decade and it’s influence would continue into the next decade and beyond. The 1960s would be the decade when Japan’s animation industry became a big business, serious in approach and growing ever professionally. Well I don’t know what parts, or sections he worked on but yes, Miyazaki did work as a key animator on this movie. □ And some of these scenes are so well animated that I thought, hey this part reminds me of say The Castle of Cagliostro? And maybe Future Boy Conan as well? Again the action scenes at the castle and the design of Princess Rose (the essence is all in her face) looks oh so Hayao Miyazaki. Not a bad nod, or reference to previous anime! Especially when you worked on both. Even the climatic battle scenes at the evil castles are even similar. the dynamics and even the character designs for Pierre, Rose and Lucifer ( PnB) are very similar to those of Siegfried, Odette and Rothbart ( SW). Hey!, I know that movie and come to think of it. Speaking of borrowing, when reading the back of the DVD case I noticed that Puss ’n Boots’ director also directed the film Swan Lake. Touché great ideas from animation can be borrowed from anywhere! We artists are not creators, we be pirates, argh, lol. I have no idea if this was an influence, but the humor, action and even the artwork reminds me of Chuck Jones masterpieces like What’s Opera, Doc? and The Scarlet Pumpernickel. But I want to include Warner Brothers for this movie. After all many of us anime or animation fans are just ‘kids’ disguised as ‘adults’ □ … I know I am! Often when one thinks of these early anime titles from what we term as the modern era, mostly the 1960s to be precise, we often equate Disney’s influence as they were the biggest animation standard during the day. Though to be fair the film was geared towards children, as is most animation, you can’t say it does not have humor and sophistication to draw in adult fans as well. Puss ’n Boots is light hearted, witty and fun for the whole family. But I hypothesis the popularity also because why would a studio choose a character to be a mascot, if not a veritable logo, from a film that did not reach a certain level of recognition? The Wonderful World of Puss ’n Boots is a film that defines Toei’s classic cinematic style. A fairly popular film in it’s day, it eventually led to two sequels in fact. Pero? Yeah Pero from the 1969 classic The Wonderful World of Puss ’n Boots. Seuss riddle? … oh how I love me some green eggs and ham … That fine feline is none other than Pero (why not Pierrot?). But what of one of the oldest studios in Japan that has entertained generations going back to the 1950s, Toei? That smiling cat in the hat… just who is that? And no this is not some Dr. They number in plenty from Pikachu ( Pokémon) to Totoro (Studio Ghibli) to Mokona (CLAMP) and even Astro Boy (Osamu Tezuka or just anime in general). Sounds like a tale so classic filled with adventure and folly that it can only be The Wonderful World of Puss ’n Boots, I am feeling oh so jolly! Never fear, rescue her you shall with our friends the mice, while I dodge a helpless trio devoted to capturing me as I feed you great advice. A prince you shall be, to impress a princess from yonder away though there is a another suitor who is big, strong and the token bad guy… this just is not our lucky day. He met a young man stuck in a muck and brilliantly the cat thought of a way to change his luck. Once upon a time there was this very cool cat who had a killer pair of boots and a very fashionable hat.
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