Background Designer
A child dreams about his mother's pregnancy, creating a crayon-like world of fears, hopes, and joy.
Background Designer
일본 최고의 테크닉을 선보이는 Studio4℃의 <지니어스 파티>에 이은 후속 작품이다. 2D 셀 애니메이션으로 5편의 단편이 옴니버스로 구성되었다. 마에다 마사히로 감독의 <갈라>는 전통적인 ‘모노노케 공주’ 이야기를 기본으로 하여 이를 재해석했으며, 나카자와 카즈토 감독의 <문 드라이브>는 보물지도를 두고 벌어지는 만화 스타일의 애니메이션이다. 이외데도 오오히라 신야의 <강아지 완와>, 타나카 타츠유키의 <토진 키트>, 모리모토 코지의 <디멘션 밤>으로 구성되어 있다.
Background Designer
아리테는 미래의 남편을 기다리기 위해 높은 탑에 갇혀서 신부수업만 해야하는 공주이다. 매일매일 우아하고 고상한 공주로서의 교양을 쌓는 공부를 하지만, 정작 그 내용은 인간이기보다는 인형에 가까운 모습으로 행동하는 방법들이다. 자신의 이러한 생활에 갑갑해하던 아리테는 탑 아래로 내려다 보이는 일반 백성들의 삶을 동경하여 밤이 되면 몰래 성을 빠져나가곤 한다. 한편, 천년도 훨씬 전에 멸망한 마법사들의 유물이 아직도 존재하는 이 세계에는 모험가들을 유혹하는 많은 보물들이 있었다. 왕은 아리테 공주의 신랑 후보자들에게 이런 보물을 가져와야 결혼할 수 있다고 말하고 많은 젊은이들은 왕위에 오르겠다는 욕심에 보물을 들고 찾아온다. 왕은 그러한 젊은이들을 매우 흡족해 하지만 정작 아리테 자신은 이들에 대해 별로 관심이 없다. 어느 날 꼬마의 모습을 한 마녀가 공주의 방에 몰래 찾아와서는 마녀의 필수품인 수정구슬을 잃어버렸다며 이 성이라면 수정 구슬이 있을 것이라는 기대감에 이곳으로 왔다고 말한다. 아리테는 마녀와의 대화를 통해 더 이상 이대로 살 수는 없음을 깨닫고 성을 탈출하기에 이르는데...
Art Direction
미궁 이야기는 Project Team Argos와 Madhouse가 제작 한 1987 년 애니메이션 공상 과학 영화입니다.
Background Designer
A little-known adaptation of "Jack and the Beanstalk," directed by Koji Morimoto and produced at Studio 4°C in 1989 for the collection "Anime Video Art Collection," a series of animated shorts based on stories for children. Released only on VHS.
Animation Director
The Acorns and the Wildcat is a unique short film in picture-book format from the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the Cellist. Unusually for an anime, a narrator reads Kenji's story aloud while the action is played out on the screen by a succession of warm and evocative illustrations brought to life by subtle touches of animation. If the film feels somehow familiar yet you can't put your finger on the reason why, it's probably the sumptuously minimalist animation by Yasuhiro Nagura, who was the animation director of Mamoru Oshii's artsy 1986 feature Angel's Egg. That, and Kenji's wildcat is said to have been the inspiration for Miyazaki's Panda/Totoro creature. The idea of reading Kenji's story aloud instead of playing it out as a drama is quite refreshing, and Kenji's magical language and narrative style are entirely sufficient to sustain interest. Combined with the spacey music and breathtaking art, the result is a pleasantly unassuming little gem of a film.
Art Direction
The Acorns and the Wildcat is a unique short film in picture-book format from the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the Cellist. Unusually for an anime, a narrator reads Kenji's story aloud while the action is played out on the screen by a succession of warm and evocative illustrations brought to life by subtle touches of animation. If the film feels somehow familiar yet you can't put your finger on the reason why, it's probably the sumptuously minimalist animation by Yasuhiro Nagura, who was the animation director of Mamoru Oshii's artsy 1986 feature Angel's Egg. That, and Kenji's wildcat is said to have been the inspiration for Miyazaki's Panda/Totoro creature. The idea of reading Kenji's story aloud instead of playing it out as a drama is quite refreshing, and Kenji's magical language and narrative style are entirely sufficient to sustain interest. Combined with the spacey music and breathtaking art, the result is a pleasantly unassuming little gem of a film.
Background Designer
Yamazaki Ryouhei is a cool twenty-three year old, with an extremely high sex drive. A smooth talker with the lady killing eyes and a winning smile, we follow him in his never-ending search for the perfect woman. When Yamazaki catches the eye of the beautiful senior editor, Oda Yuki, you know he's not just going far, he's going all the way. He lucks into a job at Potato Boy magazine that seems just made for him, but just how far can you get if your only hobby is looking at naked women? Now he's aiming for the top, turning Potato Boy magazine into one hell of a publication. No one expected things to get so hot, so quickly, but Yamazaki knows what he wants and he knows how to get it. Don't think he will take no for an answer!
Art Direction
Son of a viscount and a Roma prostitute (both deceased), Serge is intelligent, sweet, talented, and alienated by his family due to his heritage. Upon being sent to his new school, he rooms with Gilbert Cocteau, a gorgeous loner of a boy who sells his body for reasons unknown. Serge's attempts to reach out to Gilbert fail spectacularly, and yet there is something in both of them that attracts them to each other.
Sound Supervisor
Son of a viscount and a Roma prostitute (both deceased), Serge is intelligent, sweet, talented, and alienated by his family due to his heritage. Upon being sent to his new school, he rooms with Gilbert Cocteau, a gorgeous loner of a boy who sells his body for reasons unknown. Serge's attempts to reach out to Gilbert fail spectacularly, and yet there is something in both of them that attracts them to each other.
Background Designer
Foxes Ken and Chin become the proud parents of cubs, Koro and Kan, who enjoy a carefree life on the northern Japanese island of Chironup. They befriend a fisherman and his wife but are forced to run for their lives when soldiers on a military exercise decide to take home some fox pelts as souvenirs. A sweet little film that obliquely symbolizes the plight of Japan's aboriginal Ainu people and the northern islands that have been contested with Russia since they were occupied by Stalin's soldiers in 1945.
Art Direction
"Kin No Tori" is an adaptation of the homonymous fairy tale "The Golden Bird" by Brothers Grimm. A golden apple is stolen from the King's garden. The King orders his three sons to guard the apples in turn and to find out who is the thief. When the youngest son, Hansu, presents a feather that he got from the golden bird that stole the apple the king sends his three sons to bring this bird to him and so Hansu journey begins.
Background Designer
광산촌 슬랙 계곡의 기계 견습공인 고아 소년 파즈는 어느날 빛이 나는 목걸이를 한 채 하늘에서 떨어지던 소녀시타를 구해준다. 소녀는 대대로 전해져 오던 목걸이(비행석)로 인해 정부군과 해적 도라 일당들에게 쫓기고 있던 신세. 시타가 이들로부터 무사히 도망갈 수 있게 도와주던 중 파즈는 비행석과 하늘에 떠 있는 성 라퓨타가 실제로 존재한다는 사실을 알게 된다. 라퓨타의 존재를 믿고 있던 파즈는 시타와 함께 라퓨타를 찾기로 결심한다. 하지만 파즈와 시타는 그들을 쫓던 군대에게 잡히고, 시타는 정부 비밀 조사관인 무스카에게 파즈를 풀어주는 조건으로 협력을 약속하는데...
Art Direction
Retired samurai Kumosuke lives quietly, not to say idly, in Edo (old Tokyo) with his wife and two children, a young boy named Shinnosuke and an infant girl, Ohana. While he nominally runs a courier business to earn a living, he seems to spend most of his time smoking his pipe, drinking sake, and chasing women. The arrival of a Shinsengumi squad led by a young swordswman, Ichimonji Hyougo, disrupts this peaceful routine, forcing Kumosuke to defend himself.
