Tom and Jerry intro from Japan

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Jet_Jaguar
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Tom and Jerry intro from Japan

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It's kind of interesting to learn that at the time that Japanese cartoons such as Tetsuwan Atomu (Astro Boy) were being localized for U.S. television the opposite was happening with American cartoons in Japan:

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/tom- ... g-in-japan

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Amusing. :)
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