These gradually reflected the growing influence of Japanese militarism, such as Mituyo Seo's 1934 11-minute cartoon. In 1943, the Imperial military government decided Japan needed its first animated film. Mituyo Seo was authorized to assemble a team of animators for the job. In the 1970's TV anime was dominated by dozens of giant-robot adventure serials. By the mid-1980s, anlime had been dominated by TV production for two decades.
Japanese animators use practically the same material to make a cartoon as American animators.
It is a long and tiring process. After the producer has determined the idea, the writers outline the plot and prepare a shooting script. The script is then broken down into sequences and scenes and their continuity illustrated step by step through a series of sketches. The script is then given to an animation director. Working from the storyboard, the director assigns each of the scenes to a particular animator, who is responsible for the key positions of the characters in his particular scene.