It has a website and everything. And two fucking awesome looking trailers!
Wally Xie found this one a year or so ago, but it's been an awful long time since we last heard anything...because the thing is animated entirely by one dude.
One awesome dude.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
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Looks absolutely amazing - exactly the kind of gem I watch anime to find.
ReplyDeleteThe first trailer has been available for over TWO YEARS now. Second trailer is from a few months ago. We'll finally be getting it this year.
ReplyDeleteBeen looking forward to this one for a while.
ReplyDeleteCan't think of anything like this in scope for anime. I know that episode four of [i]Kaiba[/i] was done by one guy (both key animation and in-betweens, I think), but that doesn't really compare to a full-length feature.
What about Makoto Shinkai's work? That was all his own blood, sweat and tears.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall anything longer than a half-hour coming from Shinkai.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall anything GOOD coming from Shinkai.
ReplyDeleteActually, I liked 5 Centimeters Per Second (which is also longer than a half hour, but it's also not a one-man job). Which surprised me, seeing as weepy teenagers are not my genre, and I actually disliked Voices of a Distant Star. Didn't see Place Promised.
ReplyDeleteHaven't gotten around to 5 Centimeters Per Second yet, but I quite enjoyed Voices of a Distant Star.
ReplyDeletePlace Promise in Our Early Days was gorgeous and incredibly atmospheric, but I think it did a wonderful job of illustrating that Shinkai does an amazing job with atmosphere and vistas (and shot composition) but is still a bit shaky with actual plot and resolution.
I really enjoyed it, but it's definitely not for everyone. It's one of those "you gotta enjoy the journey, not the destination" kind of anime.