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Momotarō's Sea Eagles (Japanese: 桃太郎の海鷲, Momotarō no Umiwashi) is an animated Japanese propaganda film produced in 1942 by Geijutsu Eigasha and released 1943-03-25. Running at 37 minutes, it was the most technically advanced Eastern animated film to date, with only Disney's Snow White
and Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels
being longer. It was directed and produced by Mitsuyo Seo.

Although recorded as being produced with the cooperation of the Japanese Naval Ministry, there was in fact no cooperation in order to protect military secrets, although the Navy endorsed it.

Featuring the "Peach Boy" character of Japanese folklore, this film was aimed at children, telling the story of a naval unit consisting of the human Momotarō and several animal species representing the Far Eastern races fighting together for a common goal. In a dramatization of the attack on Pearl Harbor, this force attacks the demons at the island of Onigashima (representing the Americans and British demonized in Japanese propaganda), and the film also utilizes actual footage of the Pearl Harbor attack. Although aimed to promote fighting spirit, the film also hinted at a desire for peace.

A sequel, Momotaro's Divine Warriors of the Sea (1945) also exists. Running at 74 minutes, it is credited as being Japan's first feature-length animated film.

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