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Looney Tunes: Tokio Jokio (1943)
Looney Tunes: Tokio Jokio (1943) is a 7-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Laugh Track (CH 3) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).
About Looney Tunes: Tokio Jokio (1943)
Tokio Jokio is a 1943 Looney Tunes anti-Japanese propaganda short directed by Norman McCabe. It is an example of American propaganda during World War II. The cartoon was withdrawn from public broadcast after the war for its racist depictions.
The film pretends to be a newsreel from Japanese cinema that was captured by American troops during World War II. Each segment features a separate story supposedly praising Japanese life and the war effort. In reality, each segment contains often racist satirical content to depict the Japanese and their Axis allies as incompetent, pathetic, self-destructive failures. The cartoon opens with an unseen narrator announcing that footage of Japan has been released to the public. The footage starts with a rooster that is a parody of Pathé with the opening of the Defile March playing in the background.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Tokio Jokio (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Rights & source
- Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
- Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia "List of animated films in the public domain in the United States" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animated_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States), which cites Film Superlist / copyright renewal records (not renewed). Character names/designs may remain trademarks; no character art used in site branding.
- Credit: Content note: This cartoon contains ethnic and racial stereotypes and/or wartime propaganda that were wrong then and are wrong now. It is presented as a historical document.
- Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs not individually cleared.
- Source: Internet Archive
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