Cartoon Wars
A 12 part docu-series hosted by Dr. Thomas R. Reich, exploring the fascinating history of the early cartoon studios, the artform’s growing technology, and its impact on our world.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich Jonathan Braucher
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 265 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
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Ep 12: Early forms of 3D Animations


Ep 11: When Cartoons became Sitcoms


Ep 10: Gulliver's Travels The First Feature Length Animated Film


Ep 09: Cartoons for Hire Marketing and Advertising


Ep 08: Popeye conquers the world with spinach and love


Ep 07: Extreme Fairy Tales


Ep 06: When Cartoons went to War Part 3


Ep 05: When Cartoons went to War Part 2


Ep 04: When Cartoons went to War Part 1


Ep 03: Superman inspired Anime


Ep 02: Betty Boop vs Censorship


Ep 01: When the Theater was Entertainment
Ep 12: Early forms of 3D Animations

This episode will deal with the three pioneers of 3D style of animation, approached from three different angles. Before the advent of digital animation, this was as good as it got.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 11: When Cartoons became Sitcoms

Where did the beautiful art of unique standalone cartoons go? Ones that tell a full story from start to finish with a surprising ending. Where did they go and why did they disappear?
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 10: Gulliver's Travels The First Feature Length Animated Film

This true full-length animated motion picture classic has been loved by generations but lost to time.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 23 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 09: Cartoons for Hire Marketing and Advertising

In the 1930’s, 40’s and early 50’s most people got their news, knowledge and all visual filmed entertainment from the theater.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 23 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 08: Popeye conquers the world with spinach and love

In the late 1920s Popeye the Sailor Man literally burst on the scene out of the inkwell as a side character of Betty Boop.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 25 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 07: Extreme Fairy Tales

This episode is about fairy tales that were told outside the norm.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 06: When Cartoons went to War Part 3

As World War Two began to wind down, the U.S. Government was faced with the unprecedented situation of being the only industrialized country on earth not ravaged by war.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 05: When Cartoons went to War Part 2

On the Homefront the public needed to be reassured, the government commissioned animation to explain various parts of the war to the public.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 04: When Cartoons went to War Part 1

In Part One we will look at how animation quietly exposed theater audiences to the possibility of war.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 03: Superman inspired Anime

The Fleischer Studios were the first to create true three-color Technicolor animations, and the best of the era from any studio were Max Fleischer’s Superman.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 02: Betty Boop vs Censorship

Betty Boop was Americas favorite “flapper” in the 1930s and remains very popular to this day.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 26 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 01: When the Theater was Entertainment

The history of cartoons is one fraught with conflict and drama – as fledgling studios vie for power, influence, and money to be the master of this new and lucrative market.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
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Ep 12: Early forms of 3D Animations


Ep 11: When Cartoons became Sitcoms


Ep 10: Gulliver's Travels The First Feature Length Animated Film


Ep 09: Cartoons for Hire Marketing and Advertising


Ep 08: Popeye conquers the world with spinach and love


Ep 07: Extreme Fairy Tales


Ep 06: When Cartoons went to War Part 3


Ep 05: When Cartoons went to War Part 2


Ep 04: When Cartoons went to War Part 1


Ep 03: Superman inspired Anime


Ep 02: Betty Boop vs Censorship


Ep 01: When the Theater was Entertainment
Ep 12: Early forms of 3D Animations

This episode will deal with the three pioneers of 3D style of animation, approached from three different angles. Before the advent of digital animation, this was as good as it got.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 11: When Cartoons became Sitcoms

Where did the beautiful art of unique standalone cartoons go? Ones that tell a full story from start to finish with a surprising ending. Where did they go and why did they disappear?
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 10: Gulliver's Travels The First Feature Length Animated Film

This true full-length animated motion picture classic has been loved by generations but lost to time.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 23 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 09: Cartoons for Hire Marketing and Advertising

In the 1930’s, 40’s and early 50’s most people got their news, knowledge and all visual filmed entertainment from the theater.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 23 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 08: Popeye conquers the world with spinach and love

In the late 1920s Popeye the Sailor Man literally burst on the scene out of the inkwell as a side character of Betty Boop.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 25 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 07: Extreme Fairy Tales

This episode is about fairy tales that were told outside the norm.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 06: When Cartoons went to War Part 3

As World War Two began to wind down, the U.S. Government was faced with the unprecedented situation of being the only industrialized country on earth not ravaged by war.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 05: When Cartoons went to War Part 2

On the Homefront the public needed to be reassured, the government commissioned animation to explain various parts of the war to the public.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 04: When Cartoons went to War Part 1

In Part One we will look at how animation quietly exposed theater audiences to the possibility of war.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 03: Superman inspired Anime

The Fleischer Studios were the first to create true three-color Technicolor animations, and the best of the era from any studio were Max Fleischer’s Superman.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 02: Betty Boop vs Censorship

Betty Boop was Americas favorite “flapper” in the 1930s and remains very popular to this day.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 26 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 01: When the Theater was Entertainment

The history of cartoons is one fraught with conflict and drama – as fledgling studios vie for power, influence, and money to be the master of this new and lucrative market.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Date added (newest)


Ep 12: Early forms of 3D Animations


Ep 11: When Cartoons became Sitcoms


Ep 10: Gulliver's Travels The First Feature Length Animated Film


Ep 09: Cartoons for Hire Marketing and Advertising


Ep 08: Popeye conquers the world with spinach and love


Ep 07: Extreme Fairy Tales


Ep 06: When Cartoons went to War Part 3


Ep 05: When Cartoons went to War Part 2


Ep 04: When Cartoons went to War Part 1


Ep 03: Superman inspired Anime


Ep 02: Betty Boop vs Censorship


Ep 01: When the Theater was Entertainment
Ep 12: Early forms of 3D Animations

This episode will deal with the three pioneers of 3D style of animation, approached from three different angles. Before the advent of digital animation, this was as good as it got.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 11: When Cartoons became Sitcoms

Where did the beautiful art of unique standalone cartoons go? Ones that tell a full story from start to finish with a surprising ending. Where did they go and why did they disappear?
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 10: Gulliver's Travels The First Feature Length Animated Film

This true full-length animated motion picture classic has been loved by generations but lost to time.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 23 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 09: Cartoons for Hire Marketing and Advertising

In the 1930’s, 40’s and early 50’s most people got their news, knowledge and all visual filmed entertainment from the theater.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 23 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 08: Popeye conquers the world with spinach and love

In the late 1920s Popeye the Sailor Man literally burst on the scene out of the inkwell as a side character of Betty Boop.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 25 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 07: Extreme Fairy Tales

This episode is about fairy tales that were told outside the norm.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 06: When Cartoons went to War Part 3

As World War Two began to wind down, the U.S. Government was faced with the unprecedented situation of being the only industrialized country on earth not ravaged by war.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 05: When Cartoons went to War Part 2

On the Homefront the public needed to be reassured, the government commissioned animation to explain various parts of the war to the public.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 04: When Cartoons went to War Part 1

In Part One we will look at how animation quietly exposed theater audiences to the possibility of war.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 03: Superman inspired Anime

The Fleischer Studios were the first to create true three-color Technicolor animations, and the best of the era from any studio were Max Fleischer’s Superman.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 02: Betty Boop vs Censorship

Betty Boop was Americas favorite “flapper” in the 1930s and remains very popular to this day.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 26 min
Genres: Animation Documentary
Ep 01: When the Theater was Entertainment

The history of cartoons is one fraught with conflict and drama – as fledgling studios vie for power, influence, and money to be the master of this new and lucrative market.
Starring: Dr Thomas R Reich James Southard
Language: English
Release Date: 2021
Running Time: 24 min
Genres: Animation Documentary