Thesis
Philippine Animation and Local Artists Local literature showed that Philippine Animation owed its beginnings to the cartoonists. Cartoons are generally popular in the form of komiks which is the local version of comic book magazines. Examples of popular cartoonists include: Tonton
Young who created Pupung, Pol Medina Jr. who created Pugad Baboy, Larry Alcala – the creator of the Philippines’ most loved komiks characters including Mang Ambo,
Asiong Aksaya, Kalabog en Bosyo and the popular Slice of Life --- as well as over 500 cartoons and cartoon characters all reflecting the foibles of Philippine society.
Filipino animators are now finding opportunities abroad on big animated projects. As an example, Ronnie Del Carmen, a Filipino animator, is billed as artistic supervisor for the latest project of Dreamworks Studios in Los Angeles, California. His latest works include “The Prince of Egypt,” and “The Road to El Dorado.”
In the Philippines, animation has finally found its way. Inspired by the high degrees of sophistication emitted by other countries, Filipino artists decided to try their luck in the art. Years of hardships and disappointments never dampened the spirits of our hardworking animators. In 1950, Jerry Navarro, Larry Alcala, Vicente Penetrante and Jose Zabala Santos, tried their luck in animation. But due to financial problems, these young and budding animators had to work with the crudest of equipment.
Through the years, one or more artists would try to nurture their knowledge of animation only to be blocked by the usual financial constraints.
Meanwhile, anime or Japanese animation has long been a very popular subgenre of Philippine pop culture since the late 1960s and the whole of the 1970s when Filipino audiences were first exposed to the charms of Japanese animation by way of such classics as Speed Racer, Gigantor, Astroboy, and a number of others. The fanbase began to gain sway during the giant robot
Young who created Pupung, Pol Medina Jr. who created Pugad Baboy, Larry Alcala – the creator of the Philippines’ most loved komiks characters including Mang Ambo,
Asiong Aksaya, Kalabog en Bosyo and the popular Slice of Life --- as well as over 500 cartoons and cartoon characters all reflecting the foibles of Philippine society.
Filipino animators are now finding opportunities abroad on big animated projects. As an example, Ronnie Del Carmen, a Filipino animator, is billed as artistic supervisor for the latest project of Dreamworks Studios in Los Angeles, California. His latest works include “The Prince of Egypt,” and “The Road to El Dorado.”
In the Philippines, animation has finally found its way. Inspired by the high degrees of sophistication emitted by other countries, Filipino artists decided to try their luck in the art. Years of hardships and disappointments never dampened the spirits of our hardworking animators. In 1950, Jerry Navarro, Larry Alcala, Vicente Penetrante and Jose Zabala Santos, tried their luck in animation. But due to financial problems, these young and budding animators had to work with the crudest of equipment.
Through the years, one or more artists would try to nurture their knowledge of animation only to be blocked by the usual financial constraints.
Meanwhile, anime or Japanese animation has long been a very popular subgenre of Philippine pop culture since the late 1960s and the whole of the 1970s when Filipino audiences were first exposed to the charms of Japanese animation by way of such classics as Speed Racer, Gigantor, Astroboy, and a number of others. The fanbase began to gain sway during the giant robot