![]() ![]() ![]() Ken acts as their surrogate older brother, having to constantly watch over them. In addition to Jack, Ken also interacted with a pair of twin wolves Chicchi and Poppo, who frequently get into mischief. And thus he finally became allies with him. Jack, however, had a change of heart when Ken saved him from a trap. Ken is regarded as one of the wolves by the others, but he was distrusted by Jack, a one-eyed wolf, who despised humans (he lost one of his eyes because of them). Similar to Tarzan of the apes, Ken grew up with the wolf pack, learning of their ways and surviving the wild with them. Ken is an orphan that was discovered by a group of intelligent wolves in the Himalayan region. ![]() Here we have a cartoon starring a human boy that’s literally raised by wolves. Their first made-for-TV cartoon, Ookami Shonen Ken (Ken the Wolf Boy), premiered less than a year after Astro Boy first made airwaves. Realizing that TV is there to stay, they decided to embark on the challenge of producing weekly cartoon episodes for the now-expanding medium. Toei Animation, however, wasn’t a new studio, having been around since the 1950s producing high quality theatrical films. Soon more studios began to spring up wanting to get into the business. The animation industry in Japan was always small compared to America’s, but once television came into the picture, the industry practically grew overnight. When Astro Boy debuted on New Years Day, 1963, the Japanese animation industry was forever changed. ![]()
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