MTFC_MTP_060 SUPERMAN 1941 / VENDELPOMM 2026

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England, 1940. Paramount Pictures approached Fleischer Studios, already famous for Betty Boop and Popeye, to make an animated series of the new hit comic, Superman. Animation was still finding its feet, and bringing a realistically proportioned superhero to life, complete with fast-paced action, was seen as almost impossible. Hoping to scare them off, Fleischer quoted a staggering $100,000 for the pilot, four times what a normal cartoon cost.
Paramount did not flinch. They accepted. Suddenly, Fleischer Studios had to figure out how to make the impossible happen. They experimented with rotoscoping, tracing over live-action footage, giving Superman’s flying and fighting a fluid, lifelike motion that had never been seen before. The result was a visually stunning series that rewrote the rules for animation and action storytelling.
The Superman cartoons did not just entertain. They proved superheroes could dominate popular media and that animation could carry serious, dramatic stories. Fleischer eventually lost the series to Famous Studios due to money problems, but their groundbreaking work endured. The first episode, Superman (The Mad Scientist), premiered in 1941 and earned an Academy Award nomination, marking a pivotal moment for both superhero lore and the art of animation. Kuva vähem

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