Superman: The Mechanical Monsters

This is a 1941 Superman cartoon directed by Dave Fleischer and produced by Paramount Pictures. (NOTE: this cartoon is in the public domain and may be legally distributed for free)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• superman
• mechanical
• monsters
• cartoon

[JoeHardy15]

Love the way these artists rendered these cartoons back in the day. This stomps CG. Note the detail in all of this. THAT!...is talent. lol.

[Gggmanlives]

Crazy to think how long it must have taken them. This is real animation.

[grrr9]

@JoeHardy15 Not that you're going to see this because your comment is three years old, but they cheated a bit- these cartoons were traced over live footage in a process called rotoscoping. That's how they were able to achieve the level of smoothness and detail.

[faceman68]

You have to ask yourself, if Superman were not around, would Lois Lane have survived her ordeal of getting tied up and being lowered down to the lava pit. In fact, would Lois Lane put herself in that position when she sneaked inside the robot.

[MrTrekkie204]

@Gggmanlives Dude, this came out a month before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. November 1941.

[xsf908]

They made this cartoon 1941 ?

[crizzy71]

I like in these Fleischer cartoons how Superman's powers have more limitations...makes the character more fallable and believable...brilliant artwork too

[Rlotpir1972]

Yes, they ARE available on DVD.

[vszasz]

Anyone else notice how the movie "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" borrowed imagery and ideas from this cartoon?

[manofria84]

this cartoon is awesome

[FatalShadowTsu]

Oh man, this brings back memories! lol

[Homestar98]

Those Mechanical Monsters would've made the best Maverick Mechanaloids in ANY Mega Man X game! Think about it.