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June 5, 2011 6:00 pm
I’m not sure I like the trend of anime going CG, but this 3D children’s film – which opened last April (via Warner Bros.) – looks like Japanese folklore on acid. Gisaburo Sugii’s Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy is filled with the stuff of children’s nightmares – and will probably never see the light of day in the US. 17 Comments » posted in Anime, Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy May 5, 2011 10:30 am
Here’s a wild looking kids film coming later this year from Japan, Friends (mononoke shima no Naki). Toho is planning to qualifying it for an Academy Award. Is this Japan’s first feature-length 3D CG-animated film? (Thanks, Sandra Khoo) 49 Comments » posted in Anime, Friends April 16, 2011 4:00 pm
Here’s something a little different for fans of violent anime: My Last Day, a nine minute animated short commissioned by The JESUS Film Project and animated by Japan’s Studio 4ºC – the production house behind The Animatrix, Genius Party, Tekkon Kinkreet and Mind Game – depicting the crucifixion of Christ through the perspective of one of the thieves killed with him. Anime News Network says this was written by Barry Cook – the director of Disney’s Mulan and Aardman/Sony’s forthcoming Arthur Christmas. It’s a far cry from Cook’s previous shorts, Trail Mix-Up and Off His Rocker. (Thanks, Aleks Vujovic via Twitch Film ) 40 Comments » posted in Anime, Barry Cook April 1, 2011 12:05 am
This is a graduation film of Hiroyasu Ishida (a.k.a. Tete) at Kyoto Seika University. The mood, backgrounds and color style are very, very good. We’ve previously posted Ishida’s Fumiko’s Confession back in 2009. He’s obviously a young man to watch. (Thanks, Rod Tejada) 29 Comments » posted in Anime, Hiroyasu Inshida, Japan March 17, 2011 11:27 am
“Nuclear Boy Has a Stomachache” explains the nuclear crisis in Japan through animation. The cute scatalogical analogies illustrate the power of animation to creatively summarize complex ideas, but the positive spin on the situation reeks of propaganda. It would be interesting to learn who commissioned the piece. (via BB) 25 Comments » posted in Anime, Fukushima, Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, Japan, Nuclear crisis March 4, 2011 12:30 am
Disney fans like to look for “hidden Mickeys” – but here’s one they may have missed. When Disney’s mouse became an overnight sensation in 1928, almost every competing studio included a Mickey-like mouse (or a Mickey-like fox or Mickey-like bear) in their films. Now it turns out that these ersatz Mickey’s weren’t confined to Hollywood cartoons. The frame above is from a 1930s Japanese short called (roughly translated) 2nd Class Lt. Norakuro and Mickey Mouse Play Disturbance. It was recently revealed on the Japanese site, Toy Film Project, which is documenting Japanese home movie films. Norakuro is a Japanese comic series created by cartoonist Suiho Tagawa (1899-1989), which ran from 1931 up until the early ’40s, about a black dog in a canine Army, very much inspired by the Imperial Japanese army at the time. The comic stopped when World War II broke out, but the cartoons remained popular. It was animated several times – a series of short-films in the ’30s, two TV series (1970-71 and 1987-88). This cartoon is believed to be in public domain (if you can find it) – Mickey Mouse is still protected by international trademark. (Thanks, Nicholas Pozega and Charles Brubaker) 10 Comments » posted in Anime, Classic, Mickey Mouse, norakuro January 25, 2011 12:05 am
Forget Carlo Vinci and George Nicholas. This 1986 Japanese Flintstones anime promo featuring teenage Pebbles and Bamm Bamm is an absolute gem. Especially the part where Bamm-Bamm kisses Dino on the lips. (via Charles Brubaker) 37 Comments » posted in Anime, The Flintstones January 16, 2011 9:30 am
Veteran anime director Yoshiyuki Tomino (Brave Raideen, Mobile Suit Gundam) gave a realistic, yet somewhat harsh response to a student’s question posted on Global Voices Online. Matt Alt’s Alt Japan blog has translated the original column, and its quite a sobering read:
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