• Matthew Meyer

  2011.01.25 ::: 21:06 #

  I don't know if I would say "cute," but some of those are really cool.

  I loved the marriage and x-rays one, and the dancing skeletons.

  Betty Boop and Kewpie kind of freak me out, especially in these older images.

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• Jaime

  2011.01.25 ::: 21:47 #

  Very cool, thanks for this. I love the military greeting card. I didn't know that kawaii existed during the war. Amazing.

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• Koko

  2011.01.26 ::: 01:51 #

  This reminds me that Betty Boop was big in Japan in the 1930s. In 1935, Fleischer Studios even produced a short film in which Betty takes her show to Japan and sings in Japanese.

  Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882j9diJisw

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• Joe

  2011.01.27 ::: 06:42 #

  Jaw-droppingly gorgeous, each & every one. Thanks much for posting!

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• Gould

  2011.01.27 ::: 06:51 #

  Thanks!

  Are these cards the full content of the book or just an excerpt?

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• Melody

  2011.01.28 ::: 02:47 #

  These are wonderful!

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• Con Artist Trickster

  2011.01.28 ::: 13:15 #

  Awesome vintage! I never guessed that Betty Boop was that big in Japan.

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• fishy

  2011.01.30 ::: 15:22 #

  I agree with @Con Artist Trickster: I never knew that Japan even had Betty Boop, much less that she was a successful import there. :/

  I guess maybe she could have been a design influence on Rock Lee after all, then. :? There used to be more of those back when Naruto was popular, but I guess they're no longer online; but back when Naruto was the big thing, a few of the fans were saying that Betty Boop was his long-lost-mom/design inspiration, and I always thought it was impossible, since I didn't think that Betty Boop was ever marketed to Japan...

  Sorry for rambling on, but I thought it was interesting.

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• Yoshi Jones

  2011.08.25 ::: 19:31 #

  thanks for these amazing images; we have used them in a blog post. credited.
  Cheers,
  Yoshi

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