Why Sea Water is Salty 海の水はなぜからい 1935

Silent Japanese animation from 1935. A folktale adapted by Chūzō AOCHI, drawn and directed by Yasushi MURATA. Subtitles © Matt THORN, 2008. 戦前の無声アニメ。脚色・青地忠三、漫画・村田安司。1935年。英語の字幕© Matt THORN, 2008。

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• prewar
• anime

[TheCreator4]

So wait i dont get it... if the dwarves had that magic mill why were they so hungry that doesn't make any sense

[mattthorn]

@TheCreator4 You were expecting it to make sense? ;-)

[Jofuku]

グリム童話の翻案？

[mattthorn]

@Jofuku グリムではない。「塩を出し続ける臼」系のおとぎ話にはいろんな­バリエーションがあるが、このバージョンはノルウェーのおとぎ話­が元になっているようです。いつ日本に入ってきたのかわかりませ­んが。

[mattthorn]

@Jofuku Jofuku asked in Japanese if this is an adaptation of a Brothers Grimm story. I did some Googling and learned that there are many variations on a folktale in which a magic mill churns out an endless amount of salt, but this particular version seems to be based on the Norwegian variation. I don't know when it was introduced to Japan.

[motou4]

これはクオリティ高い！

普通に色付けちゃえば今でも通用するのでは？

[mattthorn]

むしろ今のテレビアニメの９割よりクォリティが高いと思います。­

[kyotodamasii]

１９３５年にこんな面白いアニメーションがあったなんて驚いた！­それにしても良く出来てるなぁ。

[ricarleite]

He could have waited until he was on the island to ask for salt. He would eventually figure out how to stop it.

[sunset6171]

面白かった！

小人が旦那の父親に似ている。

[MDthornton83]

Wow. Awesome animation. Especially for an old 30s cartoon.

[jay55also]

@marcboxler The Fleischer brothers did a lot of innovation in animation. They used constructed drawn paper smodeled backrounds for their cartoons,like Popeye the sailor,and used Rotoscoping also.

[HAMMERxHCA]

...and they say its "whale sperm" that makes the ocean salty...

[monsukelife79]

こういう話を、今の子供達に見せたいものです。いや、大人にもで­すかね。

[marcboxler]

and how do you guys dare to compare this spiritual masterpiece with that shit made by Fletcher Brothers this is so dumb!

[marcboxler]

OMG this is so huge SPIRITUALLY! God and his partners up there are always looking for us always....