finally got around to seeing the puffy amiyumi pilot. fun to watch americans trying to interpret anime style in terms that make sense to western principles!
transitional period, mike lah temporarily replaces irv spence and various other new animators come and go. character designs gradually become more polished and standardized, but animation is still good and fun.
Early T&J:
puss gets the boot - baby puss (1940 - 1943)
slower paced, lushly animated, relatively less violent, earnestly sentimental at times. george gordon, jack zander, bill littlejohn, and cecil surry are part of the main animation crew