Tokio Jokio | 1943 | World War 2 Era Propaganda Cartoon

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Tokio Jokio is a 1943 comic Looney Tunes cartoon, an animated short film produced by Warner Bros. It was intended as an American propaganda film against Japan while the two countries were at war. As with most of the Looney Tunes shorts produced during World War 2, the film consists of a series of rapid-fire, short gag vignettes.
The opening scene features a voice-over explaining that the short is merely a Japanese newsreel that was "captured from the enemy". The theme is on Japanese propaganda. Although the jokes are generally aimed at Japan, the cartoon also pokes fun at Rudolph Hess, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Since the United States was at war and fought for survival - the stereotypes in the film were intended to give audiences some sense of superiority and optimism.
All of the voices in the cartoon were performed by Mel Blanc. (Mel Blanc earned the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Voices". He is best remembered for his work as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, and many other Looney Tunes characters.)
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, that severely damaged the American Pacific fleet. The attack came as a profound shock to the American people and led directly to the American entry into World War II in both the Pacific and European theaters. Domestic support for non-interventionism disappeared. Clandestine support of the United Kingdom was replaced by active alliance.
The following day, December 8, the United States declared war on the Empire of Japan. The lack of any formal warning, particularly while negotiations were still apparently ongoing, led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to proclaim December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy". Because the attack happened without a declaration of war and without explicit warning, the attack on Pearl Harbor was judged by the Tokyo Trials to be a war crime after the end of World War 2.
On December 11, Germany and Italy, honoring their commitments under the Tripartite Pact, declared war on the United States. The pact was an earlier agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan which had the principal objective of limiting U.S. intervention in any conflicts involving the three nations. The United States Congress issued a declaration of war against Germany and Italy later that same day. The United Kingdom actually declared war on Japan nine hours before the U.S. did, partially due to Japanese attacks on Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong, and partially due to Winston Churchill's promise to declare war "within the hour" of a Japanese attack on the United States.
Throughout the war, Pearl Harbor was frequently used in American propaganda.
One further consequence of the attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath (notably the Niihau Incident) was that Japanese American residents and citizens were relocated to nearby Japanese-American internment camps. Within hours of the attack, hundreds of Japanese American leaders were rounded up and brought to high-security camps such as Sand Island at the mouth of Honolulu harbor and Kilauea Military Camp on the island of Hawaii. Later, over 110,000 Japanese Americans, including United States citizens, were removed from their homes and transferred to internment camps in California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Texas.
The war on the Pacific against the Empire of Japan culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States Army Air Forces, accompanied by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria on 8 August 1945, resulting in the Japanese announcement of intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal and official surrender of Japan took place aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.
Tokio Jokio | 1943 | World War 2 Era Propaganda Cartoon
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[@dislikebot]

D. A. Thank you

[@markdemell3717]

We live in a bizarro world man!This is just plain ignorant,ugh.

[@nicholastom0588]

The next time you want to make fun of certain things put this in the back of your head men actually being pulled out of Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attacked one of them happened to Ben my uncle he was 18 years old imagine not knowing only knowing him through memories people that are no longer here offencive was but once again keep it in the back of your head

[@jesseycorson7001]

Ha the listening post tho

[@simonelopes5030]

TOKYO JOKYO ERROR TOKIO JOKIO

[@SamuraiBonesie]

The people disliking this video don't get that the person posting the video didn't post it because they're racist, they're posting it because history matters. And if we forget it, we're sure to repeat it.

[@treekid7455]

well,it's a propaganda,it's supposed to make the enemy look bad to get people to support the army, all water under the bridge

[@CT--pe1dk]

Haruka Sena I thought it was hilarious

[@CT--pe1dk]

MaHonkey41 I reckon it's good fun

[@jaredhammerman3432]

knowing it or not we're going to repeat it. humans are stupid. #notmyspecies

[@albertbarese4170]

Jared Hammerman But you're a human so deal with it, troglodyte.

[@TheFluffyDuck]

For people going “that’s racist”, that was the point!

[@robbieaulia6462]

I mean racism does make for a good propaganda, it's disturbing truth but it's the way our brain works

[@throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992]

@@robbieaulia6462 when you are attacked, you get angry.🤷🏼‍♂️ Simple response.

[@PhillipAmthor]

Thats the pointcist

[@unscripted483]

@@robbieaulia6462 you do realize that the japanese are elitist about their own ethnicity which is one of the defining factors that caused ww2

[@ollie4022]

@@unscripted483 *were

[@Cookie82772]

Person: So you watch anime? What's your favorite? Me:

[@tugranasiboglu8669]

Hehe

[@146ix]

racism = funny so hilarious

[@Akaeru]

@@146ix womp womp.

[@Akaeru]

@@Extrnal 💔

[@Alexander-il8fm]

@@146ix womp womp

[@papa_squat]

The fact that this is voiced by the guy who does Bugs, Daffy, and a bunch of the Looney Tunes makes this infinitely more funny and surreal

[@DoonGhard]

It's even more surreal when you hear the things he says in the Private SNAFU training films, if you look away from the screen it's Bugs Bunny but he curses and roasts the Natsies n' Japs. If you think about it, it's just the cursing part that's surreal.

[@lostfound9264]

Mel ❤

[@davidgibson7615]

The great Mel Blanc

[@teerollings6919]

Warner brothers made a lot of WW2 propaganda cartoons with titles like _”Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips”_ lol.

[@babagalacticus]

i didn't go into these "eager to be insulted" or anything but as historical curios per se but i have to say, after all is said & done; they're not really funny.

[@demondwilson706]

HANG ON A SECOND! I have a feeling that isn't actual Japanese footage

[@JoeThompson12345]

nono it real preeez

[@underdog1252]

no shit

[@Wildstar40]

The Warner Brothers logo at the very beginning kind of gives it away.

[@blackkitti5948]

Demond Wilson this comment though

[@ColHogan-le5yk]

Demond Wilson it is, what do you mean?

[@walkerbobo7036]

Only reason there isn’t a copy right claim from WB is that no one wants to claim this 😂

[@fredrogers4717]

Hate to be that prick, but this is a public domain short. WB can’t do shit to it.

[@rosalitabender6910]

WB doesn't want to touch this.

[@craigbeaulieu9967]

Fred Rogers is right (Him and the REAL Fred Rogers anyways...) after 50 years, it's up for grabs... if WB were to spend any money, it'd be to erase this from existence... but then, look at companies like VW... Hitler had a thing or two to do with their creation as well... (but they don't bring that up...) we'll leave their polluting the world and lying about it to another conversation.... I wish I could buy the rights to these cartoons, just to black male WB YEARS from now... but something tells me then we'll have another war, and a new version of these cartoons through whatever medium that is available at the time... well... I just finished my 6th beer, let's open the fridge for the 7th...

[@PolCornelis]

LOL

[@maverickdarkrath4780]

Actually its because most ww 2 propaganda films are now public domain

[@jasonchiu272]

My favorite part was when the Japanese person said "I might be a Looney, but you'll never match my Tunes." Truly one of the moments of all time.

[@nikibronson133]

“One of the moments” 😂

[@bryanmayerselizalde5795]

It's looney time

[@TheSizzleDash]

fucking hate these jokes

[@Hershey419]

@@TheSizzleDashI’ll touch you lil man.

[@historiousedward4145]

He loony'd in her tunes🤤

[@AurumPr1me]

my fave part was the editors note showing that an electric chair was reserved for admiral yamamoto

[@77PacerStudios]

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and was responsible for planning major battles of World War 2 in the Pacific, including the Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. This animated film was originally released in May of 1943, the month after Yamamoto was killed when his Mitsubishi G4M1 "Betty" medium bomber airplane was shot down by US Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter planes over Bouganville Island on April 18, 1943.

[@AurumPr1me]

@@77PacerStudios my brain going brrrr

[@toonlink1723]

@@77PacerStudioswhat I find really interesting is that if I remember correctly, admiral Yamamoto was actually very against the idea of attacking pearl harbour and thought it wasn’t a good idea, but kind had to plan it cause he was coerced by the military factions

[@77PacerStudios]

@@toonlink1723 Yes! His initial opposition of fighting with the US was also why he was against signing the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy in late September 1940.

[@toonlink1723]

@@77PacerStudios I think what a lot of people forget is that not only were the army and navy constantly at odds with each other, but literally the whole war (since the invasion of Manchuria) started because the military wasn’t listening to the government and started acting without orders

[@danielawesome36]

The thumbnail: *exists* Me: "Ah yes, Emo Hitler."

[@academyoffineartsvienna6177]

Ikr

[@pizzadougheater1397]

Emo hitler 3am gone wrong japan nuked (gone sexual)

[@konoweeb-kunda4270]

He watched to much tokyo ghoul

[@AnguishedMan]

@@pizzadougheater1397 shut up you pothead

[@TheRK77]

@@pizzadougheater1397 how does nuking go lead to o e having g sex?

[@WINH4X]

As a Japanese man, I find this incredibly offensive and really fucked-up. I love it.

[@ralphralpherson9441]

AH-SOOOO, you rike-a MORE of most honerable american cartoon! Jesus dude, this is so bad,... lol. I can hardly watch it without my cringe goggles. Ironic that 99% of us are watching it on stuff made in China with a Japanese brand-name stamped on it. Vaio, Samsung, Toshiba, Sharp, Sony, etc...

[@lumbagogaming2129]

It was a different time

[@lumbagogaming2129]

@Jason Fuller the only reason why your allies is because you won a war and got to rewrite their government like it was age of empires

[@justiceofbook]

@@ralphralpherson9441 you know that the Japanese language is derived from Chinese, right? That’s why a lot of the words are the same in both languages

[@lightningpenguin8937]

The written language is for the most part. The actual languages definitely influenced each other, but they are very different.

[@taocop1763]

As a german i found that shit funny as hell. Just imagine how people probably laughed their asses off even more than today. Looney Tunes never seems to dissapoint

[@YakubTheScientist8841]

Wow, they really broke you guys didn't they? From the strongest world power to this. Your ancestors are disgusted

[@ChristmasEve777]

Now that Warner Brothers is as woke as Disney, this kind of quality cartoon would be impossible now. Just like Disney's "Der Führer's Face". It's a shame that it's now considered racist to even make fun of.

[@Benjaram2]

True

[@nick7928]

@@ChristmasEve777ima go with american tried and true defense “they did it first”

[@user-nx5ks3tl6w]

Тогда было не смешно 😮

[@rwdplz1]

3:53 Isoroku Yamamoto was killed in April 1943 after American code breakers identified his flight plans, enabling the United States Army Air Forces to shoot down his plane. His death was a major blow to Japanese military morale during World War II.

[@OjiOtaku]

That stood out. Release date of the short was May 15, 1943 (United States). Admiral Yamamoto was shot down on 18 April 1943. However, the Pentagon didn't reveal that he was dead until 9 days after Japan surrendered in September 1945.

[@93_Silverado]

Imagine almost taking over the world and being a dictator just for people in the future to say you look emo in the thumbnail of a youtube video

[@rickylafleur9855]

Hahahahha

[@zja3746]

Beautiful and karmic no?

[@portland4660]

Imagine invading countries because you lost a testicle and failed art class.

[@mahmoodali2437]

Imagine trying to turn a country back to the Stone Age just because they betrayed your truce

[@uwu.-.5873]

Imagine starting a war with a "third world country" and getting your ass handed over

[@vinchin8486]

So lemme get this straight, a group of Twitter users are attacking a US PROPAGANDA CARTOON *FROM THE 1940’S* because it is racist. It’s supposed to be, and this is legit history.

[@thatotherguy1234]

Well it is twitter soo....

[@fornax5798]

Wait Twitter is attacking this? A 70 year old cartoon in which the majority of people alive at the time are deceased. Wow, they have no bounds.

[@vinchin8486]

@@fornax5798 not twitter itself, people in the comments are apparently

[@VariantAEC]

@@vinchin8486 I assume he knows that but at this point Twitter's current owner and founder Jack Dorsey would probably back the mob and with him the majority of the companies associates would likely also do so without a thought. So you could say Twitter itself _might_ also be attacking content like this and ideas people have directly.

[@user-li4zo5gf1o]

That and the Japanese empire was probably the most racist and xenophobic empire and probably state to ever exist

[@user-pk9td6sx4e]

こうやって普通にプロパガンダを見れる環境に生まれることができて感謝

[@adamnxx]

❤️

[@nickolashogg259]

That’s a good way of looking at it

[@abnowacky]

@@nickolashogg259That’s a honorable way of rooking at it*

[@goldenratio5117]

​@@abnowackysoooo siirrry

[@JoelEverettComposer]

Serious question - did Germany, Italy, or Japan make similar cartoons, but making fun of the US or Allies? I'd love to see the other side if so as well. I've always found these fascinating and funny as well. (WB, Private Snafu and so forth)

[@barryhessel6078]

They did.

[@leevclarke]

@@barryhessel6078 Link(s) to evidence please, brother. xx

[@jeremybueckert3187]

All Germany's best comedy writers were in the camps unfortunately

[@ollyr4983]

​@@jeremybueckert3187This is terrible! Bring me my agent!!

[@ymirfrostgiant]

Check out Momotaro's Sea Eagles, Japan's first feature length anime about the "liberation" of the Phillipines with goofy voices done by British POWs.

[@capt.sparky854]

It looks like modern humor and shitposts but more racist. Genuinely fascinating.

[@observer5615]

like you implying it as modern humour is less racist of its kind and that's also good but not as good as the past brutal racism.... also do low/no amount of racism in humour really bother you that much?

[@morrowindboy4333]

Modern shit posting is just as racist

[@Official2Shitty]

*slightly more racist

[@ReeferSmoker]

@@observer5615 People are racist in private all the time, there was a point in history when you could go your whole life without meeting someone from a different race. It's no surprise that a lot of people hold negative attitudes towards other races even if they claim not to when put on the spot

[@chadangeles3856]

@@ReeferSmoker i bet youre one

[@browndestroyer3016]

To be honest, this is how world was.. Even if it is racist, one should not ban it. This is the perfect example of proper history.

[@lucaercolani853]

Well said

[@junkaccount2535]

And tbh it’s funny as hell

[@sockaponch]

Yea they shouldn't have banned Slavery, cuz history 😍 Edit: I have been noticing hate and criticism, I just want to say I used dark humor, and ppl wanna put me in the frame of racism cuz they don't wanna be wrong. I have been assumed an American, a libtard. I am just an Indian part of a shitty system of RSS idealogy where Muslims and religion other than Hindus are oppressed. Calling me racist is pretty dumb Ig this is the dark side of left, just fully dumbasses who have no idea and just say everything cuz they assume. I don't need your opinion, trash on me how much u want, but that just makes me realise the shitty count in the political background of America.

[@YodaOnABender]

@@sockaponch how is is keeping a *video* the same as allowing slavery? You’re the only one who even remotely said that

[@Trollionaire-mn9nm]

@@sockaponch what the fuck?

[@Lollemaster]

I remember they showed us this in school as an example of war-propaganda we all could understand and relate to. What I respected, that was not in this video, was the quote from Disney that expressed that this was produced in a certain time, but that they published it to show us all of their, and our own history

[@brotherbisquick]

"aircraft spotter" That's actually pretty funny.

[@crqf2010ruler]

You make joke of japan Now japan tranforms your kids into jokes 😎

[@anemu3819]

Fuck

[@Ironhold_Watch]

Gotta catch them alll

[@codenamehalo9847]

crqf2010ruler how do you know if he has kids?

[@anemu3819]

@@codenamehalo9847 ?

[@codenamehalo9847]

"you make joke of Japan Japan transforms your kids into jokes" "how do you know if he has kids"

[@JimmyMac0424]

Imagine people back in the 40s dying laughing at this lol

[@PsychoKern]

They probably did LOL

[@stonetemplepilot420]

@bird wow, a cartoon using basic comedic tropes is funnier than watching a man get murdered? Who let the 12 year olds In here?

[@LesRealLlama]

Truelmao

[@stonetemplepilot420]

@xBr0k3n II nope, I love edgy humor. But there's an art to it, damn kids these days don't understand the nuance of edgy humor. "DAE laugh whenever George Floyd video LMFAO" like, seriously, this is the shit I used to post when I was like 12-14

[@elmerfudd2402]

Imagine people in 2021 dying laughing at this.

[@FainTMako]

This anime is wild.

[@Navdol]

Anime??

[@abnowacky]

@@NavdolIt is a propoganda animation film created by the Japanese empire, so it’s anime.

[@JohnJohn-pe5kr]

@@abnowackyit says WB, it’s looney tunes

[@JohnJohn-pe5kr]

@@abnowacky Tokio Jokio is a 1943 Looney Tunes propaganda short directed by Norman McCabe. The cartoon is notorious and controversial for its "racist depictions of Japanese people." This is also noted for being the final Norman McCabe cartoon. The name of the cartoon is a pun on "Tokyo", the capital of Japan, and "joke".

[@abnowacky]

@@JohnJohn-pe5kr Really? I thought it was supposed to be actual Japanese empire footage.

[@bluedragon4055]

Ignoring all the racism for just a second, the joke about Hitler receiving a postcard from a friend who is now in a concentration camp, that one really got me!

[@Avram_Orozco]

This isn’t racism. It’s xenophobia. Japanese isn’t a race.

[@bluedragon4055]

@@Avram_Orozco …Please tell me your joking.

[@Avram_Orozco]

@@bluedragon4055 I’m not

[@CRCADAN]

@@Avram_Orozcoplease explain.

[@CRCADAN]

I said as the realization hit me

[@blueboigaming5189]

seriously people? can't take a jokio?

[@cheddarcheese8257]

Steven T nice

[@harriettoh7188]

Steven T BOI why

[@slightlybetteratmemesthany6526]

can’t take a grammar class?

[@blueboigaming5189]

SlightlyBetterAt MemesThanYou Nope. Are you here to be a grammar nazi for us?

[@slightlybetteratmemesthany6526]

Can’t take a jokio

[@bkbird04]

I actually laughed at the “this submarine was actually launched 3 weeks early”

[@Kylephibbsky]

It was a legitimately funny gag. Change the racist caricatures, and it could stand on its own today.

[@5.7moy]

Believe it or don’t.

[@johnjoseph2010]

I was dying at "dear Hitler wish you were here"

[@MangoMan1127]

@@johnjoseph2010 lol same

[@gucciwatermellon1128]

@@Kylephibbsky nahhh bro that’s what makes it better 😂😂😂😂

[@setup980]

the art is incredible

[@grizzlydino]

5:10 This is the only time this video has aged well

[@whatdoyouexactlymeanbyhandle]

☠️

[@MrDanielvass]

Anti Japanese propaganda is anti Japanese? Well shiver my timbers.

[@WeifaYT]

:O I cannot believe that propaganda is propaganda! What kind of world do we live in?

[@lotion7009]

@Emryn Philogene lmao

[@ncrranger3529]

I know the audacity!

[@destinixshakur]

Lmaooo

[@softdrink-0]

Unbelievable!

[@andrewwigham3026]

It’s literally the WW2 era version of how we responded to Kim Jong Un’s threats through ridiculous over the top stereotypical memes and such.

[@PakistaniGoatMilker94]

Lol

[@josephq0115]

Factsss

[@joaoqueiroz361]

Smart Man.

[@memeg8076]

Does that make this a 1940s shitpost?

[@andrewwigham3026]

@@unconscious1076 r/woosh

[@tonyfrantz9942]

Love this

[@insomania1840]

Holy shit! I didn’t know Japanese people could breath underwater.

[@probablyonline2020]

This American anti Japan propaganda made me want to be Japanese

[@insomania1840]

@@probablyonline2020 I mean shit, apparently they can walk around on the ocean floor, breathe underwater, and are extremely polite.

[@colobolo7532]

Even their planes work underwater!

[@supernova00500]

Every Anime ever could have taught you that 🤣🤣🤣

[@literallyasuka2996]

Breathe* 😳

[@boiboi1601]

*inserts this cartoon in a ww2 flashback war....war never changes

[@jmarauder3992]

Ed-died close enough

[@waynestar100]

Ed-died boi this is vietnam dumby

[@waynestar100]

Ed-died this is nam buddy

[@waynestar100]

Ed-died no it is clearly propaganda from ww1 against the vietkong

[@jmarauder3992]

Your right

[@markyman420]

Hitler receiving a post card from Rudolph hess is funny ASF

[@basrasultana2167]

Repeat this performance on daily basis or again and again and again!!

[@abnowacky]

If I could, i’d play this film on all TVs worldwide on loop for eternity.

[@osaidalshaer3340]

The animation is better than deadly sins season 3.

[@dememe132]

Fr tho

[@fishboi7425]

Fax lmao

[@Evanhotep_Glex]

Damn that’s cold 😂😂😂

[@hellovmon6390]

How about animation of 4 season?

[@smiley8574]

This is so true

[@iSiva_]

Yes it’s racist, but everyone is acting like this was made today. Imperial Japan attacked America. And these were made to make the enemy look stupid so that our soldiers would not be as afraid. It also was a different time of history where this was considered okay. It’s good to remember the past, but not always to celebrate.

[@EdwardianTea]

Perfect comment. You have delved into the context without making accusations left right and centre. Your comment needs more attention!

[@absolutium]

Would have been smarter to portray Japan as an extremely committed society so to know what to expect.. Lying to your own says a lot of what you think of your people.

[@ajstevens1652]

@@absolutium American Gov. loves mindless drones fighting their wars. Then sends a thank you card to the families when the soldier is KIA or dies in a POW camp.

[@absolutium]

@@ajstevens1652 I think they love mindless drones for everything.

[@Gunit935]

@@absolutium why wouldnt they

[@samueljackson6188]

I love these old cartoons!

[@Catslapper]

Me too!!!

[@jay2id]

The old minstrel shows were hilarious as well

[@LopsideMakes]

Japanese guy here! This is actually very accurate, we can breathe underwater, our military generals are wusses, and most importantly, we sound sirens by stabbing each other in the buttocks. Thank you for bringing this to light!

[@Official_Grape]

Oh sorry, that does not apply anymore. That was back when WW2 happened. Now, you can’t breathe underwater, your generals are brave men, and finally your sirens produces its own noise.

[@sayedelghairb8640]

@@Official_Grape 😂😂😂

[@millermonsterair]

I KNEW IT!!!! lol

[@markolysynchuk5264]

Maybe 80 years ago. Too bad you can't any more breathe underwater

[@martypayne5650]

Oh boy. It’s not meant to be taken in the literal sense. You can clearly see the level of over the top is ridiculous.

[@poker8100]

I’m actually doing my senior thesis on ww2 cartoons. Ended up using this as an example

[@kiaratheexplorer4]

same! i’m a junior tho

[@Jesus-do1wl]

Good choice! 👍

[@jackflavell445]

Can I guess? It’s racist A+ “Education”

[@juicyjfan]

@@jackflavell445 most likely how it went.

[@chrismith251]

Well it definitely isn't racist 😣

[@SuperXzm]

2:34 Ah! Studio Ghibli food looks so delicious! ✨✨

[@akbarindo8976]

i lost it at that aircraft spotter😭😭

[@portland4660]

To anybody who got offended by this. You're 75 years too late.

[@wjzav1971]

Funny thing is, I see a lot of comments saying that no one should be offended by this. What I have yet to see is a comment from someone being actually offended by this.

[@portland4660]

@@wjzav1971 They're just ridiculing them in advance so they won't type stupid shit.

[@fornax5798]

Wow I cannot believe that anti-Japanese propaganda is so racist towards Japanese. People need to be nice, it's not like we're in a war or something where they did something that caused so much hatred towards them. /S

[@portland4660]

@@fornax5798 Lmao

[@lotion7009]

@@wjzav1971 probably talking about the dislikes

[@Misa28628]

Its insane how we can basically go back in time and see a video that was made over 70 years ago

[@omarpikm2101]

can i uh have the video name

[@Misa28628]

@@omarpikm2101 im talking about the cartoon its a video that was made over 70 years ago tbh its more of a film than vid but

[@omarpikm2101]

i was replying to the reply to your comment §

[@rosalitabender6910]

@@Misa28628 He wasn't asking you.

[@Misa28628]

@@omarpikm2101 oh ok sry

[@threadychimp5565]

Love these cartoons, its amazing how it was cartoons then and now memes with current day war

[@killerbyte7252]

that editors note... 😨

[@secondlayer7898]

-"can we have anime?" -"we have anime at home" -anime at home:

[@cheesecakebeast5052]

Anime is for weebs, this is for men

[@tungabunga4107]

@@cheesecakebeast5052 weeb means to go as far as to pretend to be japanese, i think the word ur looking for is otaku

[@secondlayer7898]

@@tungabunga4107 now word "weeb" is just a general term for those who watch anime but are not Japanese, otaku is generally used for Japanese members of this community

[@Mitsuri.Kanroji..]

look at my name then pfp im anime at home

[@Mitsuri.Kanroji..]

@@cheesecakebeast5052 me whos not a guy: 🗿✌️ peace out

[@mrhaag]

This is the definition of the phrase "it was a different time."

[@bottleboy1978]

Well we were at war with us at the time and I can imagine the Japanese didn't hold back in their propaganda

[@Gianthe1i]

@@bottleboy1978 ya but imagine doing the same thing today with one of our enemies.

[@KoteDarasuum]

@@Gianthe1i Team America World Police is good example of exactly what you said, but even that is over a decade old.

[@AussieInDistortedworld]

You're right

[@phil352]

Not even close

[@anao6006]

人々がおよそ80年前、争っていたことが１人の日本人として悲しい。

[@anao6006]

私は15歳です。今を生きる若者として二度とこのように蔑み合うことが無いことを願います。

[@juaneduardocamacho]

​@@anao6006 love

[@John-qx1zi]

I'm 50, and I agree with you.

[@FamiliaSoares_Nunes_Official]

ごめんなさい🤷

[@TheMastermind729]

You were the bad guys, my friend.

[@user-iw6rf5ce7p]

As an Italian, it really made me laugh how the first ruin was Mussolini

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Makes sense at least it took a long time to fall it barely took mussolini 20 years to fall and did way more damage than

[@user-iw6rf5ce7p]

@@kyleshiflet9952 more than falling, italian made him fall. Killed him before ww2 finished

[@israelayoade]

ROFL!!😂

[@karido4974]

As some random weaboo.

[@tokonibia]

How

[@jensinamart5153]

Interesting fact about this cartoon. Tokio Jokio was released in May 13th of 1943 while General Yamamoto (The guy at 3:43) had already been killed a few weeks prior.

[@devinwalleck4118]

Shorts like these took several months to produce.

[@aetvrna]

Correct electrocute a dead body. 💀

[@haroldfarthington7492]

That’s kinda weird

[@haroldfarthington7492]

That’s kinda weird

[@idontknowwhattoput6011]

@@aetvrna Like Logan Paul!

[@shaykitoffe6411]

Well ya.... It's natural to hate and make fun of your enemies.

[@nadinabbott3991]

These cartoons were very surreal. But they worked. These are historic gems

[@stevenuniverse1422]

Love how they took Aircraft Spotting literally, the comedic timing is perfect.

[@TimmyTheTinman]

Not to mention right after they paid the fire prevention headquarters and everything is burned out either like too late, The comedic writing in this is gold

[@marceloaranibar8802]

Listening post*

[@metaknight115]

It is funny. Since the painted the rising sun in their planes

[@abnowacky]

@@TimmyTheTinmanI don’t get it.

[@drewlambert7798]

No one can take a Tokio Jokio these days.

[@Lav3nd3rForest]

Lol

[@KylekFire]

Underrated comment

[@earthchan871]

This is actually my favorite Tokio Jokio. and I'm Japanese.

[@shawncrawfordamerica1776]

@Emerio Manzano I don't.

[@naterosen9786]

Lol

[@julienielsen3746]

When my mother was a child in the 1930s she grew up with children from several different countries. Including Italian, German, and Japanese. They would call each other racial names. Including Bohunk because mom was Czechoslovakian. But, they all loved each other and would stand up for each other.

[@Soudan145]

I love how every history videos, there are always debates and arguments

[@Drblock21]

It's called propaganda

[@Soudan145]

@@Drblock21 Yea

[@yungjose3369]

People nowadays: Everything in media is propaganda! People back then: **Propaganda Cartoons**

[@dogol284]

Everything in wartime is considered propaganda. After 9/11 South Park made plenty of skits about Osama Bin Laden and Islam. I guarantee that in 50 years it’s gonna be seen as “racist war propaganda” I guarantee that in 50 years, all the words and terms we use to refer to specific groups of people are gonna be considered racist. Originally “black” was consider offensive, “colored” was considered the politically correct term. Now it’s gone full circle.

[@Victoryoverourdarkness]

Yeah everyone now acts like the Cartoons

[@lukek7823]

There still propaganda in modern media

[@albogypsy2842]

@@lukek7823 KZbin videos are full of propaganda, amazing most people don't even notice it.

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

@@dogol284 Public uses it Some ass heads misuse it They overuse it and become synonymous with it We have to change our words

[@wooferjr169]

80 years later, American boys now turn into anime girls.

[@rayanchtt]

your son: *dead due to overlords sending innocent people to die* my son: anime girl

[@Ninja-hn9vo]

@@rayanchtt sorry about your bad luck dude.

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

Japan seems to have won long term. So did Russia and even more China.

[@qaudius741]

Thats fuckin sad maybe much than this propaganda

[@ezequieloliveira6826]

F e m b o y

[@akjidgsvbno6010]

"Now we will show you fire prevention head quarters. Oh sagona too late. "

[@TinaSaysWhat]

Love the mine sweeper

[@babk08]

Same old tactics throughout history. Only difference is media reach.

[@riteshyeddu9186]

Yes😂

[@RAMBO14001]

EGG-ACTLY

[@mahmoodali2437]

@@RAMBO14001 eat a rotten egg...

[@eavyeavy2864]

We prevent trump from doing it

[@user-sk5nr6lb3j]

@@eavyeavy2864 how is trump spreading propaganda??

[@championkai182]

I know they were at war but bloody hell they came on strong with that “Admiral Yamamoto” part

[@glnnchrstphr9717]

Yamamoto never made ot to the electric chair. He was shot down by American P-38 fighters in the war.

[@theantagonist801]

@@glnnchrstphr9717 Even with that specially reserved seat? Man. Heartless.

[@dustypluskrat7423]

Well, he was the guy that planned and committed the attack on Pearl Harbor, which at the time was a villainous sneak attack made worse by Japanese incompetence at timing the delivery of their declaration of war. Not that the original was much better since they planned to be in a position to attack only 20-ish minutes after the letter reached Washington, making it a technicality that they didn’t attack without declaration. But the Japanese delegation negotiating at Washington took longer expected and delivered their letter a whole half an hour after the first bombs fell. Needless to say an entire country was rightfully pissed off. Especially towards the guys that planned and executed the whole thing.

[@HypnosisBear]

Yamamoto is mf who planned attack on pearl Harbour. He deserves to be made fun of tho.

[@asahmosskmf4639]

All of it was heartless. The planes used to use machine guns to pick off people that ejected and were parachuting down.

[@Perktube1]

Some of these I didn't get. But the listening post, plane spotter, tricycle landing gear, and the sub launched early gave me a chuckle. 😅

[@hossainayon9588]

This is great man I just come here to watch video qfter few months 😂

[@pontusvongeijer1240]

This is so funny, and very historically accurate. XD

[@dustinprewitt]

This is what trolling was back in those days.

[@randominternetguy3537]

@@YoroRive lmao I know that one

[@qulxis3077]

America do a little bit of trolling

[@FracturedOreo]

@@qulxis3077 they did a little too much trolling

[@pffpffovich2398]

More like war time shitpost

[@abnowacky]

Yes, especially to the American WWII soilders, who thought the Japanese were weak because of these films.

[@patrickedwards8160]

99% of comments: its supposed to be racist its history 1% of comments: haha emo Hitler go brrrr

[@pilky7]

Lol

[@eastgermanyofficial]

wheres the japanese people saying this shit is funny

[@bookworm721]

I love these old WWII cartoon. I believe Warner Bros. made the best ones. Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny ones are among the greatest.

[@bunnybird9342]

I second all of this

[@abnowacky]

I third all of this.

[@adjustmode]

This video is spot on and still relevant today.

[@Species5008]

@adjustmode yes. The only difference is the jokio is joe biden, a.k.a. beijing obiden, a.k.a. ice cream joe.

[@SRC267]

I've got all the "Censored 11" videos that didn't make it to DVD.

[@catlover4life420]

Upload them

[@mazdarx-8rotary.97]

Please upload them and send us links

[@amielmendoza9580]

Please upload them on bitchute so there's less of a chance of it getting taken down

[@wog6523]

Please upload em no matter how """"offensive"""" history is history

[@askip9304]

They're already on KZbin

[@klaus6091]

these is straight up roasting

[@thelonesurvivor3955]

Shun Jags and just what kind of creature are you?I’m betting you’re just a Russian.

[@q_q123]

No shit. Do you think they were playing friends back then?

[@stupidperson2293]

King of the gods Stop hating Russia I’m Russian and that’s offensive

[@thelonesurvivor3955]

Sandbox Suicide lol

[@thesecondmexicanempire5742]

Just like Hiroshima lmao

[@user-fg7gv1ty3m]

A classic

[@rodolfoquiroz7819]

I love these documentaries🎉

[@stella7848]

And to think, now so many American people want to travel to Japan, love and admire traditional Japanese culture, enthusiastically buy Japanese tech products and consume Japanese media. Amazing what changes can happen in 50 years

[@za.monolit]

And so many Japanese people want to travel to America, because Japan is overcrowded and has dying tech industries.

[@DrDDuck]

@@za.monolit bro she was not trying to be offensive.

[@za.monolit]

@@DrDDuck bro

[@johnvalentino2521]

@@za.monolit How is Japan overcrowded? Declining birth rates is currently the issue.

[@za.monolit]

@@johnvalentino2521 you realise Honshu is one of the most populated islands in the world right. Not to mention the majority of the country is mountains and lives in cities, overcrowded cities at that. The only part of japan that isn't overcrowded is shikoku and hokkaido.

[@bossboy1377]

If anyone calls this racist, you have missed the whole point

[@froggermeister6399]

But it’s racist, that’s the point

[@coolbunny]

@@froggermeister6399 Yes, but people didn't understand the context of the situation. They just thought it was wrong.

[@lobster6736]

Wait it is not racist? Dislike.

[@Patrick33194]

@Richard Solano based on what?

[@Patrick33194]

@Jo thx for the realoty check

[@seanm9021]

I lost it at the fire prevention headquarters 😂😂😂

[@waffler-yz3gw]

i mean tbf the japanese did like blow up a bunch of ships so this isnt that big of a deal in comparison

[@AFungusIsAmongUs]

Why does this have better animation than most things nowadays.

[@itiipau]

Because the us army funded this like they found Michael Bay

[@TheMWCmusic]

Because the animation was done by hand, frame by frame. Search youtube for this. It's quite amazing to see.😉

[@rosalitabender6910]

Because it was way more expensive, so you. You couldn't just make cheap cash grabs.

[@aritradas4552]

Also check out the ducktator . It is More humorous . I laughed my lungs out after seeing that. 😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@ImThatZombieDude115]

Because it's the truth

[@kibou_no_hana_freezia]

I’m Japanese and I do look like those typical Japanese, and I do speak English like them, so I’m ten billion percent sure I’m a descendant of them.

[@jrmckim]

I never knew my Japanese father... who knows.. I may be looking at my ancestors. 🤔

[@RealestToru]

@@jrmckim damn he left with da mil-

[@jaredbond7908]

hey.... we love you. don't be ashamed. this cartoon is bullshit. 😊💕

[@wantsomeburger8961]

@@jaredbond7908 lol

[@wanderlustoceans8205]

Is a joke... mostly this was use for war propaganda lol take the joke, is like me putting me as eating tacos and wearing a Mexican hat cuz I speak Spanish even I am not Mexican lol but is a joke xD

[@minnesotafats8140]

This is awesome

[@GoodGuy-wq4md]

So, was the "Darth Vadar" theme, borrowed from this cartoon, (electric chair for the admiral) or has updated audio been used?

[@DenisMcD]

At the same time, remember John Basilone's speech in The Pacific to get the young marines ready to face the Japanese army telling them that these cartoons were bullshit- "the Japanese soldier doesn't care if he gets hurt or killed, as long as he kills you"

[@pokemasterx4244]

Yep look at the kamikaze attacks. A perfect example of the ideology that plagued Japan.

[@dogol284]

@@pokemasterx4244 the “we are the master race who must do whatever we can to serve the emperor” way of thinking? Sounds very similar to a certain small mustachioed man with a combover...

[@Ben-rz9cf]

I don't think he had to debunk a cartoon, i think even back then they could tell this thing is pretty patently over the top

[@DakotaofRaptors]

@@dogol284 even then, Nazi Germany was very similar culturally to the US, at least compared to the Japanese. For example, I believe the Western Allies captured 3,000,000 Germans for 500,000 German dead - as compared to the Japanese who had an average 98% mortality rate.

[@notrius7754]

@@dogol284 no shit bro, Japan was like 3 times worse than the Nazis during WW2 and people dont even give a fuck about that.

[@frosted5603]

man my grandpa was in WW2 and the day he was discharged hitler died, he told me how happy he was when he got that news. R.I.P my grandpa 😔

[@martiny6620]

bruh that had to be the best day of his life. he left the worst war in history, and the man who caused it died.

[@joxerranuncamais6529]

Please, don't judge this video in the current context, but in the 1942 context.

[@anasevi9456]

Glad it is archived, but the ending is very appropriate; the entire cartoon is a regrettable incident.

[@jellyjub1690]

Top 10 oldest anime

[@counter-weightmedias2263]

Jelly jub lol

[@poopy7890]

XD

[@hecunt3633]

*Art Piece

[@1nsurgent_860]

Tobias Samuel that’s the joke...

[@thatrecord5313]

Well, the animation on this is far better than the animation of 1930s anime...

[@mythman700]

fun fact: cartoons were originally for adults because they were talking about politics and racist jokes back then

[@tee-shorts5891]

Actually no kids were just dou.... right um the comedy standards were a bit differrent than the dumpster fire we have now. Honestly id really rather have this than tik tok and vine

[@mythman700]

@@tee-shorts5891 true, probably even reddit as well

[@mranderson2725]

this is not racist at all

[@joyjoe5964]

@@mranderson2725 what would you like to call it then?

[@mohannadali9662]

Good that they didn't indoctrinate children. Pretty sure it's against one or more amendments (I wouldn't know the specific ones cuz I'm not a US citizen). Thank God for the constitution.

[@raijinenel3116]

I love this hahahahaa bring it back!

[@lylarose2696]

We insulted them, they insulted us. That’s war.

[@classeontop7403]

They insulted us by saying that the Americans surrendered LOL. Early 20th century Japanese are a joke. They died for nothing, and they only got called cowards that didn't do enough by the Japanese people that didn't even know how to hold a gun like pathetic losers.

[@juri3230]

I feel like the very short bit about Italy represent how little it mattered

[@user-pn7jz9vr2z]

I didn't even see italy

[@jshear2795]

@@user-pn7jz9vr2z exactly...

[@leepickek7923]

Mamamia as an offended i find-a this-a very-a italiano eh?

[@lennypayne4241]

Mussolini was the overlooked middle child of the Axis.

[@joutakujo9773]

@@lennypayne4241 you could almost say they left him... hanging.

[@kurochi4768]

You know what, I'm gonna say it. Even eighty years later, this shit is still pretty funny.

[@masterofallthelakesintown2472]

Ah, kritisch...

[@lindsey7951]

@@masterofallthelakesintown2472 the Japanese still say they did nothing wrong.

[@Clancy3]

@@lindsey7951 nice

[@tutuanimacoes6220]

I'm a sansei, and i agree with you Now we just need a nissei. an issei and or an actual japanese person to agree, and it makes you free from the unholy hand of the people who don't know the meaning of comedy

[@lindsey7951]

@@kjnjhfztghkbjhgfkhjzhzugjk9789 Should've nuked Tokyo

[@samyosocoo]

This was the greatest thing I have seen

[@CowboyFPS]

Kids watching this not having a clue about what’s going on

[@justcallmpeter]

what anime is this

[@PurpleCrocodile]

naruto

[@Willthelittleman]

Reckless Strawberry Cory in the house

[@Tetemovies4]

Star wars holiday special

[@russianempire5628]

It's called "Japan goes to Hell"

[@jslade60]

it call who stole my wise cooker?

[@herrflammen6487]

For those of you who don’t know 4:32 Rudolph Hess was a defector and was captured in England hence the ‘postcard from abroad’

[@unitedgamingalliance772]

Mate that says Adolph Hitler

[@herrflammen6487]

@@unitedgamingalliance772 I was referring to the side that said Rudolph Hess

[@unitedgamingalliance772]

@@herrflammen6487 both sides said Adolph

[@unitedgamingalliance772]

@@herrflammen6487 oh fuck, you right sorry

[@dmsmhic]

​@@unitedgamingalliance772 When the card is flipped over it says Rudolph Hess.

[@Californyuhh]

Damn. Looney Tunes went heavy on the insults.

[@fancyultrafresh3264]

It is genuinely important this still exists. We should never forget this.