Show Notes

This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 1 “The Black Gundam” (黒いガンダム), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on animation history and technology in the early 80s, and Neil Sedaka and Zeta - transcending copyright.

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- Fantastic, global history of animation:

Bendazzi, Giannalberto. Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation. Indiana University Press, 2009.

- Wikipedia timeline of computer animation in film and TV, and history of computer animation in the 1970s and 80s.

- Wikipedia pages explaining the difference between computer-assisted animation and computer-generated animation, and the use of computers in traditional animation.

- Description and history of Antics 2d animation software.

- Explanation of vector graphics.

- Paper describing what it was like to program with punchcards.

- TV Tropes page on merchandise driven programs.

- 1950s TV ads for Hasbro's Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head and Mattel's Burp Gun (cap gun).

- How Stuff Works page on the first TV cartoon made for a pre-existing toy - Hot Wheels (this show contributed to later regulation on these kinds of programs).

- Article about the regulation (and de-regulation) of children's TV programming, and an article from the NYTimes, 1988, about Reagan's veto of a congressional measure to re-introduce regulations.

- NHK paper (in English) on history and trends in children's TV programming in Japan and a few international markets.

- Copyright Research and Information Center (a Japanese organization)'s very readable English-language explanation of Japanese copyright.

- COPYRIGHT SYSTEM IN JAPAN, by Japan Copyright Office (JCO), Agency    for    Cultural    Affairs, Government of Japan - published by Copyright Research and Information Center.

- JASRAC's own explanation of its services.

- Explanation of the differences between JASRAC and US Performing Rights Organizations