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120 TIME HUNTER

Postby jeffbert » 11 years ago

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The synopsis from the Tezuka webpage says this is a remake of #11 [(18)], Time Machine, but in my opinion, it is more of an act of desperation. I think they were shorthanded of animators that week of May 22, 1965, when this was broadcast, & they cobbled together a story using not just cels from earlier episodes, but entire clips from them.

FROM MY NOTES:
Shares scenes with #11 (18), Time Machine & #69, Rebellion of the Dinosaur People (59, Dinosaur Dilemma)
Wrecks Higeoyaji’s house
Uses frames from #29, Memorable Day (Memory Day)


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From #11:
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Not merely influenced by Welles' Time Machine, but using imagery straight out of it, as in these next two frames:
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Back to #68. For those who know little of the B&W series, but are familiar with the 2003 series, the following part was used as the basis for the Franken episode:
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Compare “Kazuske-kun” or, perhaps “Karusuke-kun” (“Disko Teck” :lol :) to Fujimoto Taku (Jack Fuller) on the 2003 Franken episode. Both were separated from the group & captured by the marauders.

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:tezuka: appears in a frame from this clip of the crowd fleeing, but I do not have it in the frames from this episode. :cry:

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Compare Hanako-Sensei (“Miss Ann Thrope” :p ) with Midori-Sensei (sorry, I have no data on her dubbed name). Hanako-Sensei seems shaped more like a mother, while Midori is more like a big sister.

BTW, unlike more than a few, perhaps most characters given pun names by Ladd & co., Miss Ann Thrope does not live up to her name. :astro:

BTW, :tezuka: does appear as both a boy & a man in #69. :p
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Postby jeffbert » 11 years ago

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:lol: :p

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I think this was one of only a few clips actually originating in this episode. :hyo:

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Returning from the trip to the past, we find Higeoyaji's home is still a shambles (as was Uran's flower bed in the 1980s time travel episode).

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And, another idea that was reused in the 2003! :p

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:D
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Postby racoonangel » 11 years ago

this episode reminds me of an episode in the 2003 series it's sad I haven't seen the 60s series but I want too
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Postby jeffbert » 11 years ago

This is because it is essentially the same story, but with certain details changed, racoonangel.
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Postby Tetsuwan Penguin » 10 years ago

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This image, and the sequence before it remind me of "Cecil the seasick sea serpent"
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Postby Earthshine » 10 years ago

I can't help but face-palm at the image of the dinosaur with breasts, even if they're implied.

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Postby jeffbert » 10 years ago

:lol: I vaguely remember that series, Tetsuwan Penguin.

:mad: I thought I had a translation of the marquee, but -- hmm, I think it was among the deleted scenes on the TRSI boxed set extras.
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