Post World War II Anime

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Now what we picture when we think of anime, this still shows a heavy American artistic influence. But I can see the future trend in the way the eyes are drawn -- round and wide open, even if not large.

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Here is another bit of interesting Japanese animation from the post-WWII era, dubbed (badly) in English. It still shows American influences, but note the character design on Nelly Bee. It certainly has a Japanese anime look to her.

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Another bit of post-WWII anime, this one dubbed for American TV:



It still does not look like what we consider anime today, but it does seem to have an artistic style different than American cartoons -- at least to my eye. What do you think?