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| oh war, you so silly sometimes |
Retro8bit said: So Monkeys and Bears hate each other? I thought it was about the war between japan and russia but this interpretation make so much more sense. |
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flammeur said: Retro8bit said: So Monkeys and Bears hate each other? I thought it was about the war between japan and russia but this interpretation make so much more sense. I doubt it's even that deep and it would seem a little weird for the japanese to portray themselves as monkeys. |
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Zirofol said: I doubt it's even that deep and it would seem a little weird for the japanese to portray themselves as monkeys. The monkeys fly the flag of Japan, showing that they are indeed meant to portray Japan. This time period was known for Japanese propaganda cartoons, most of which monkeys are on the Japanese side, along with rabbits and birds (see: Momotarou no Umiwashi and Momotarou: Umi no Shinpei). They had to make the propaganda cartoons appealing for the kids, so they portrayed themselves as cute animals. I'm not sure how other ethnicities feel about being portrayed as monkeys. I know the U.S. isn't too fond of it because it's historically been a stereotype/derogatory type of symbolism for blacks-- along with racoons. Others might not care though since they don't really have those specific stereotypes about them. |
| Why do they hate each other soo much? |
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| Yup, war propagandas :( |
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| Both sides got rekt this time. |
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| I also see a lot of influence of Disney animation in this short movie. I wonder how war was explained to children in other countries. |
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| I'll never get that snare drum beat out of my head... |
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| I guess they fighting on the ground this time around. I must say this was more of a cartoonish propaganda! 5/10. |
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japanese are represented by the monkeys and they won. who are represented by the bears ? and I have to agree that 30's japanese film look a lot like old disney film. 5/10 |
| An a-okay toon serving a simple purpose of raising nation's spirits during/in case of war situation. |
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| Pretty cool overall, nice catchy beat, entertaining short. |
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WashmaButt said: japanese are represented by the monkeys and they won. who are represented by the bears ? and I have to agree that 30's japanese film look a lot like old disney film. 5/10 This seems to be a condensed translated version. The original RAW is around 9 minutes of length and features much more animation than that. |
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| so is the original, longer version a lost media? or is it just not viewable to the public? |
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| Seems to be lost media, still over a thousand users on MAL claim to have watched this. The 2-minute version is not the full one. |
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| Sad that the full version isn't available. |