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Both films, “Bust the Axis,” a stop motion animated feature directed by American puppeteer Lou Bunin, and “Momotar\u014d\u00a0no Umiwashi,” a traditional 2D Japanese animated feature produced by studio Geijutsu Eigasha, depict their adversaries in an incompetent, foolish manner, not only to primarily influence their audience but also to advance their\u00a0war agenda. For example, in “Bust the Axis,” the\u00a0Axis power leaders,\u00a0Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo are depicted as inept, dull-witted individuals who appear to lack competence in their high-ranking positions and are ultimately viewed as the war’s “laughing stocks,” with the film going as far as to show the\u00a0United Nations exploiting their incompetence and winning the war as a result. “Momotar\u014d\u00a0no Umiwashi” takes a similar approach to this form of\u00a0propaganda. This is demonstrated bluntly with\u00a0the Japanese soldiers being depicted as these attractive and astute soldiers, while the East Indies were depicted as these facetiously perverse long-haired monkeys, evoking their naive and simple nature as indigenous people, as well as British soldiers with exaggerated features such as large eyes, gargantuan noses, and lanky limbs. For “Bust the Axis,” I truly believe that stop motion adds a whole\u00a0new dimension to the puppeteered figures and helps define the characters’ actions. With stop motion puppets, their movements are much more deformed and janky, which contributes significantly to their portrayal as facetious and incompetent, owing in part to their motion. The 2D animation in “Momotar\u014d\u00a0no Umiwashi” is no exception in the\u00a0terms of defining the characters through their animation techniques. The fluidity and smoothness of the animated sections with the Japanese soldiers, particularly the dramatic close-up shots, help portray the soldiers in their tale as these “noble, stoic” types, while everyone else is deemed an impediment to their war efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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