STEPS OF ANIDO 1967 to 1969

1966

In those days, through the golden age of Japanese feature-length animated films, it was just begging of Japanese TV animation’s days. Some of new animation companies had established. At Toei Animation Studio in Oizumi Tokyo, the Labor Union often held “Anime-Maturi(Animation Festival)”to celebrate the completion of the animated feature films. Some of them came to those parties disguised in costumes and people were enjoying it very much.

Mimeographed “Animation Festival News” was published along with the festival. This was a forerunner of today’s “Animation Letter”. (Mimeograhy for both “News” and “Letter” was done by Mr. Yoshio Aiso.)

“The Fourth Animation Festival was held on Nov. 6. People from Mushi Production, Tokyo Movie and other productions gathered to spend a day together singing, dancing and watching short performances. Although its intention was to get to know and to make friends with each other, Hatayama from Tokyo, who participated this festival was fired shortly after this festival.” (Fukuko Handa, nee Katano from inauguration-material)

1967

Anido was founded (Apr. 13)

The news about Hatayama shocked the labors that work in animation field and people started saying that they needed much more opportunity gor communication between the productions and those people who work in the field. This led the formal foundation of Animation Club and members from different productions such as Toei, A-production P-production and others started the club on Apr. 13. (The first chairman was Yoshiteru Mikami.)

• Screenings
• “The First Screening”Apr. 18
• “The Second Screening/Japanese Cracic Special”Sep. 6(Yoyogi Hall)
• “The members participated the fifth Animation Festival as ANIDO for the first time. They talked about last year’s firing of Hatakeyama over and over and decided to join the festival not by the name of each production but of ANIDO. They got on the stage with fake mustache and Mr. Ito from P-Production read a poem called “Mastache” on Nov. 23. “

1968

Mr. Mikamim, The Chairman of ANIDO and Mr.Minami (TAC) called at a house of Mr. Sugimoto who was a famous Japanese film collector and they requested to him for the cooperation. The bulletin of “Anime-Dayori” was published for the first time. Those copies were made with a mimeograph. But not only in Tokyo but also in Osaka(AFG), Nagoya(TAC) and Shizuoka(SHIANIMU) animation cinema-club.

• Screenings
• May. 11: As the 3rd Showing, ANIDO screened “La Bergerre et le Ramoneur (The Aurious Adventures of Mr. Wonder Bied)” and succeed mobilizing record-breaking 600 audience at Nihon Seinenkan Hall.
• Jun.: The Slide preview of new full length film” Little Norse Prince Valiant”(Director: Isao Takahata) was held and had a meeting with Mr. Isao Takahata who was the director. Other staff decided to do cooperation for the release of it.
• Aug.: After the appreciation of that work, a joint review was held.
• Sept.: The 4th Showing, we screened “The History of Japanese Animation”(Inch.” Tasuke Shiobara”, “The Spider and the tulip”and others) by Mr.Sugimoto’s offer.

Publication

• Anime Dayori (Animation Letter) Volume 1 was published Apr. 30
• Anime Dayori Vol. 2 Jun. 28
• Anime Dayori Vol. 3 Sep. 28
• Anime Dayori Vol. 4 Dec. 7
• Studio News Letter for “Little Norse Prince Valiant”

1969

May ANIDO decided “KOBOTAN” in Shinjuku as meeting place and met every week and showed the films such as “Gerald McBoine Boine” and others were screened. We framed a system of members and associate members and widely raised members.

• Screenings
• “8mm Independent films” May. 19
• “The Red Groves” May. 26
• “Salute to Noman.McLaren”(Canada) Jul. 12
• “The Hunch-backed Horse”(USSR)

• Publications
• Anime Dayori Vol. 5 Jul. 7
• Anime Dayori Vol. 6 Oct. 18
• Anime Dayori Vol. 7