Background Designer
A child dreams about his mother's pregnancy, creating a crayon-like world of fears, hopes, and joy.
Background Designer
Cinco histórias, cinco maestros, cinco estilos e um denominador comum: máxima criatividade. Studio 4 ° C, a marca mais bacana do planeta, nos convida pela segunda vez a uma reunião exclusiva de talentos com um filme coletivo, cheio de liberdade e criatividade, que vai do anime clássico de Mahiro Maeda aos intrincados desenhos urbanos de Kazuto Nakazawa, O tumulto de cor de Shinya Ohira e o cyberpunk animado de Tatsuyuki Tanaka, e como se isso não bastasse, Koji Morimoto, o grande chefe do estúdio, é encarregado de colocar a cereja no topo do bolo com um pedaço fabuloso de poesia abstrata que faria um VJ morrer de êxtase. A festa do ano.
Background Designer
É sobre uma princesa confinada na torre do castelo aguardando pela escolha do futuro rei. Os candidatos devem buscar pelo mundo e retornar com itens mágicos dos extintos bruxos. Uma dia, um bruxo de verdade se apresenta como pretendente.
Art Direction
Três curtas dirigidos pelos mesmos nomes que trouxeram Metropolis, Ninja Scroll e Akira. Começa com "Labyrinth Labyrinthos" (Labirinto Labirintos), uma história de labirintos na mente de uma criança, dirigida por Rintaro. Em seguida, Yoshiaki Kawajiri dá nos "The Running Man" (O Corredor). Esta é uma fórmula um futurista que acontece em uma pista mortal. Por fim, Katsuhiro Ôtomo descreve uma luta para encerrar uma instalação totalmente automatizada em "Construction Cancellation Order" (Ordem de cancelamento de construção).
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
Uma maçã dourada é roubada do jardim do rei. O rei ordena que seus três filhos guardem as maçãs e descubram quem é o ladrão. Quando o filho mais novo, Hans, apresenta uma pluma que ele pegou do pássaro dourado que roubou a maçã, o rei manda seus três filhos trazerem este pássaro para ele e assim a jornada de Hans começa.
Background Designer
A vida do órfão Pazu é mudada quando um dia a bela Sheeta cai literalmente do céu. À volta do pescoço ela traz um cristal brilhante, uma relíquia das poderosas Pedras de Levitação que em tempos mantiveram cidades a flutuar no ar. Apanhados numa corrida entre piratas do céu e sinistros agentes do governo, Pazu e Sheeta vão em busca de Laputa, o último dos lendários castelos no céu.
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.
