Japanese animation and folklore in narratives about national identity

Japanese animation and folklore in narratives about national identityThis paper studies the activity of Japanese directors who decided to make film adaptations of the Momotaro story, a classic legend based on Japanese folklore and the most popular one in the modern period. This activity is studied within the framework of cultural politics. The works examined belong to the early period of Japanese animation and war propaganda films, as well as studio-based anime productions which were made in the postwar period.Japanese animation and folklore in narratives about national identityThis paper studies the activity of Japanese directors who decided to make film adaptations of the Momotaro story, a classic legend based on Japanese folklore and the most popular one in the modern period. This activity is studied within the framework of cultural politics. The works examined belong to the early period of Japanese animation and war propaganda films, as well as studio-based anime productions which were made in the postwar period