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Not the video game, but a Japanese comedian. This is a touching animation that’s hot online. Great work and interesting idea that sums up a life. For some reason, aside from the characters looking Asian, it does capture some of the Japanese man. The grouchiness, the fulfillment not realized and more. It’s touching and sad. The thing to capture is that, we find out about the important things way too late. [youtube]Bf9K6SXDkXU[/youtube]
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These Taiwan news animators are too amazing. [youtube]V_LBj1i2LRA[/youtube]
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All you need to know is January 26-Feb 12th. Here’s a link to the schedule and it’s in two locations, Santa Monica and Hollywood. You have little excuses if you’re a fan and in LA. There’s also some rarities so do take a look at the calendar. Miyazaki is more than Totoro! (American Cinematique – Miyazaki)
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Post-apoclyptic landscapes are the cliches Japanese scifi is made from. But never before have we seen it this gorgeously rendered. His username is “Tokyo Genso” and–according to his profile– he works on “animation and games”. You can view the artist’s blog here and more of his artwork in this series on his deviant art page.
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LA County Museum of Art will be presenting new, English-subtitled 35mm prints of two Hayao Miyazaki films: CASTLE IN THE SKY (the very first Ghibli feature is having its 25th anniversary) and SPIRITED AWAY (10th anniversary). CASTLE will screen at 4:30 pm and SPIRITED will screen at 7:30 pm. Want to go? We have some FREE TICKETS. Yes, you can go to both screenings and also receive a one sheet (it’s some type of promo material poster or smaller image) for the upcoming Ghibli feature, Secret World of Arrietty. We have a few sets to give away. If you want in: Just send us the reason why you’d like to go. Hopefully it’s more than a sentence. We might publish it in a future blog post and hopefully it’ll warm people’s hearts like Miyazaki’s movies do. Send it to: info (at) giantrobot.com
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