Phantasy is a series of animation produced by the studio for Columbia Pictures from 1939 to 1946. The series, featuring characters such as Willoughby Wren and Superkatt, is notable as being the last theatrical animated series produced in black-and-white by a major studio. To cut costs, Columbia did not move the Phantasies out of black-and-white until the end of 1946, when it went to all-Cinecolor production. While the Screen Gems studio closed in 1946, the completed Phantasy cartoons continued to be released until 1948.
Final Columbia cartoon featuring Krazy Kat. |
Listed as a Krazy Kat cartoon in TV packages despite the character not appearing in this short at all. |
Final cartoon featuring Scrappy |
John Hubley's directorial debut |
Lost. |
Last cartoon in black and white. |
Lost cartoon. Starting with this short, all Phantasies are in Cinecolor. |
Final Phantasy short. |
|
|