Iwao Takamoto : my life with a thousand characters

Iwao Takamoto : my life with a thousand characters /

Iwao Takamoto (1925?2007) spent a lifetime in the animation industry and was influential in the creation of some of the most beloved characters in the medium?s history, including Scooby-Doo, Atom Ant, The Jetsons? Astro, The Flintstones? Great Gazoo, and The Wacky Races? Penelope Pittstop and Muttle...

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Main Author: Takamoto, Iwao
Other Authors: Mallory, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2009
Subjects:
Takamoto, Iwao.
Animators > United States > Biography.
Animation (Cinematography)
animations (visual works)
animation (process)
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : I am legend?
  • A kid of the city
  • A Japanese American in time of war
  • Manzanar
  • Nine old men and a guy named Walt
  • Milt
  • Tales from D-wing and all that jazz
  • Changes
  • Bill and Joe
  • Hardworking artists and "Lazy Lucy"
  • Taking on responsibility by design ... or otherwise
  • Reinventing the TV toon with "Jonny Quest" and "Scooby-Doo"
  • International expansion
  • Falling into "Charlotte's web"
  • Hanna-Barbera branches out
  • The busiest place on earth
  • A studio in flux and a new role as "ambassador"
  • An era ends; a legacy lives on.

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