TOKIO JOKIO was a black and white cartoon, supposedly a captured Japanese newsreel. BUGS BUNNY NIPS THE NIPS is a color cartoon. Bugs is seen inside a floating crate that is in the South Pacific area and that hits an island (Bugs tells us that sooner or later an island always pops up in these stories). He soon finds that the island is full of Japanese soldiers, one in particular he confronts for about half of the cartoon, being threatened by him with a samurai sword and an "anarchist" style round bomb. But he gets the better of the fellow, including wrecking a Japanese warplane the man takes off in by tying the fuselage to a tree. He also dresses up at one point as Emperor Hirohito. Later he will vamp a Sumo wrestler dressed as a geisha. In the end he also blows up several transports full of Japanese soldiers by pretending to be a Good Humor ice cream salesman - and selling ice cream pops containing hand grenades. At the tale end he finds another creature on the island who makes being on the island much more worthwhile.
Except for the stereotyping, it is not as bad a cartoon as TOKIO JOKIO (two of the Japanese show a bit more intelligence here - though not that much more). It is worthwhile to see - and that's about it. The artwork was good too (far more realistic, even with the exaggerated Japanese characteristics than TOKIO JOKIO).
I will add this - I would like to know what were the Japanese entertainments of the Second World War (such as cartoons, if they had them), and whether or not these had massive anti-American stereotypes in them. While I can understand that the Japanese protested against these cartoons by Warners (and their fellow cartoonists in the war at other studios), I can't quite believe that the Japanese film industry did not do a similar job aimed at the Americans. It would be interesting to see them, and then judge who was worse.
Except for the stereotyping, it is not as bad a cartoon as TOKIO JOKIO (two of the Japanese show a bit more intelligence here - though not that much more). It is worthwhile to see - and that's about it. The artwork was good too (far more realistic, even with the exaggerated Japanese characteristics than TOKIO JOKIO).
I will add this - I would like to know what were the Japanese entertainments of the Second World War (such as cartoons, if they had them), and whether or not these had massive anti-American stereotypes in them. While I can understand that the Japanese protested against these cartoons by Warners (and their fellow cartoonists in the war at other studios), I can't quite believe that the Japanese film industry did not do a similar job aimed at the Americans. It would be interesting to see them, and then judge who was worse.