Comments on: Soichiro Honda

By: Massimiliano

Massimiliano — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:30:44 +0000

Bellissimo fantastico lavoro!!! Finalmente ho capito il significato della scritta Honda The Power of Dreams… sono contento che un lavoro del genere sia nato in Italia bravi ragazzi!!

By: Oluseyi

Oluseyi — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:36:47 +0000

Too long, and waaaaay too disjoint. The storytelling is lacking in economy, and not even beautiful art direction can make up for that.

By: TStevens

TStevens — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:48:40 +0000

I have to digress: while the art direction was nice the storytelling seemed to just meander about without coming to any solid resolution. It was actually the VO that resolved the story – not so much the images. I think what I wanted to see was the inspiration in the dream ie “the spark of the idea” and then seeing Honda fulfill that vision. The dream sequence felt way too stream of consciousness without getting to the point. Also, what happened to the stick men that came out of the drawings? Again, sort of an unresolved element.

I would have liked to have seen this being more about invention and less about an extended dream sequence.

By: Marge

Marge — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:10:29 +0000

This is the best anime of the year. Awesome, thank you guys

By: Jay Sabicer

Jay Sabicer — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:59:04 +0000

“That’s it?”

Take ‘it’ into context; it’s just after WWII, Japan is essentially a defeated nation that had experienced the most horrible way one can experience war. To have a man in his 40’s start up a small company from nearly nothing; make it into a multi-national giant in the world of transportation in the course of 20 years, ‘it’ becomes a fascinating success story. True, the storytelling is a little heavy-handed (after all it is a Honda propaganda piece), but the idea of pursuing your dreams, even long-deferred ones, can have world-changing ramifications. Give it a try sometime.

By: John T

John T — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:51:38 +0000

Yes, most of the visuals are pretty nice. I do like the art direction and the color palette. The walk cycles are a little stiff though, and the character design could have been a little better. I wish the dream sequence was either shorter or more inspired. When Honda finally arrived at the idea of a motorized bike after all of that dreaming I was left saying, “That’s it?”

By: Benmation

Benmation — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:12:07 +0000

Very nice piece. The art direction and creativity really draws you in. The music is fantastic too..probably my favorite aspect of the short..its just beautiful music!!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:26:57 +0000

“So your girlfriend rolls a Honda, playing workout tapes by Fonda
But Fonda ain’t got a motor in the back of her Honda”