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Okay! Here We Go!

[Update 12/20/18: All Weekly Spotlights have been categorized and tagged. They should be accessible by categories tab now.]

Hey all!

For those of you who’ve come from Tumblr, this blog obviously looks a lot different from the one you left. The reason it looks a lot more barren is the fact that I simply transported all the posts that I wanted to keep. Reblogs and other random crap that doesn’t exactly seem to contribute much (i.e. random jokes or quick little snippets of thoughts on new movies coming out) will stay on the Tumblr blog to get (possibly) purged simply because I don’t really care one way or the other if they stay or go.

As for those of you who have come from WordPress, I know a lot of these posts seem random, jumbled mess and mostly OTDIH. However, I’ll be cranking out some more posts very soon! I hope you guys are excited about this as I am.

For all: Old posts will be tagged and cleaned up within the next day or so.

The website will slowly get updated in waves, so be patient with broken links and inaccessible posts and other such things. I’m terrible at HTML and I’m a bit of a slow learner. But they will get fixed! 

As far as when they’ll get fixed is a bit of a mystery… 

Anyway!

Have a great rest of your day and I hope that you’ll stay to see what crazy posts I have in store!

Sincerely,

The Cartoon Archivist

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On This Day In History

On November 22, 1995, Toy Story was released to the general public in theaters across America. Toy Story is the first fully computer animated feature film as well as the first feature film of Pixar animations. Toy Story would be nominated for 3 Academy Awards and would win a Special Achievement Academy Award for its advances in technology. On December 20, 2005, the Librarians of Congress inducted Toy Story into the National Film Registry for its “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significan[ce.]“

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You’re gonna see, it’s our destiny!

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On This Day In History

On November 18, 1928, Steamboat Willie premiered in Universal’s Colony Theater. Important for a number of reasons, Steamboat Willie was the first Disney animated cartoon to have fully synchronized pictures and sound. It was also the first premiered cartoon to feature the iconic Mickey Mouse. The popularity of this short-film would become the foundation of the legacy of Disney movies and the Walt Disney franchise that has become famous throughout the world.

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And thus, a legend was born… 

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On This Day In History

On November 9, 1919, Feline Follies would premiere in theaters across the U.S. Feline Follies is the first skit that Felix the Cat would appear in. Felix the Cat would go on to be the first widely iconic cartoon character. Or simply put, Felix the Cat would become the first “animated movie star” in the U.S.

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Felix, you wonderful, wonderful cat! Congratulations!

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On October 5, 1969, Sazae-san premiered for the first time in Japan. On September 4, 2016, the Guinness Book of World records awarded Sazae-san with the title of the Longest Running Animated TV Series in the world. To date, Sazae-san has over 7,542 episodes, making it the longest running Anime in Japan’s history.

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Congradulations, Sazae-san!