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New Game Trailer Directed By Makoto Shinkai
2008-04-18 05:55:00 Here's the new trailer directed by Makoto Shinkai for the game "ef - the latter tale", Music was composed by Tenmon. I haven't gotten a chance to watch it yet. My internet connection is being very obtuse right now. Hopefully, it will clear up in the morning so I can actually watch the entire video. (Heads up via Daike. He also has links to where you can download higher-quality WMVs, which is probably the route I'll try to watch this.) UPDATE: Finally got to watch the higher-quality WMV video. It seemed to be missing a certain punch that the trailer of "ef -a fairy tale of the two-"1 had. The first thing that comes to mind is that the music in this one lacks the climactic punch that was in the earlier game trailer. As usual, the visuals are very, very pretty... 1. This trailer can be seen on an earlier blog post.
The Evolution of Chobi the Cat
2008-04-04 08:07:00 One thing that has struck me about Makoto Shinkai is how his style had evolved over the years, and watching through all of his short films emphasized that point. He?s always been an expert at the little details, and the background scenery was gorgeous from the start. Paying proper homage to Chobi the cat seemed to be seemed to be the hard part, though. Here's four shots that have little to do with that point. Here's one from She and Her Cat, circa 1999. Here we see Chobi chilling out on a bench waiting for his honeys. You should notice the lack of features on the poor cat outside of eyes, a mouth, and pads on his feet. I don't think there's a specific point in mind for avoiding giving him any real detail -- making him so generic looking didn't add anything to the story. I suspect that it might have distracted, though, which is why he was shown this way. Though She and Her Cat centers its story around the almighty Chobi, he was left out of Voices of a Distant Star all tog...
A Collection of Makoto Shinkai Shorts And an English Fan Site
2008-03-30 08:06:00 Well, I'm quite flattered that Fledge thinks my obsessions are working looking into. So, I will return with even more Makoto Shinkai visuals! But first, I need to announce the Makoto Shinkai English Fan Forum And Site. It's not super active yet, and there hasn't been any major discussion of Shinkai's work yet, but hopefully, I can get some time to resolve that issue. It's been open for several months now, and I only found it from Daike's Shinkai Fan Site a couple of months ago. Now let's go back in time for what I would call his pre-breakout days. These were the shorts Shinkai made before he quit his then day job to work on Voices of a Distant Star: Other Worlds This is the first of Shinkai's work that I know of. Featuring "Gymnopédie No. 1" by French composer and pianist Erik Satie, this is Shinkai before he had sound effects, voice acting, or color. Clocking in at less than 90 seconds, Other Worlds (Also Tooi Sekai or ????) contains several themes and motifs that wou...
Anime News Network with 5 Centimeter Per Second Theme
2008-03-26 18:39:00 Anime News Network is back at it with a website theme based on another favorite anime of mine. They have done this in the past with other anime that I like.
Neko no Shuukai - A Shinkai Short?
2008-03-26 13:46:00 I know Shinkai's visual tendencies lately has been to not focus too much on realism in his films1 but the preview of his supposed latest short named Neko no Shuukai is something different: If this is truly Makoto Shinkai's work, then I'd have to say that I'm quite pleased that he's actually branching out. I'm just having a hard time believing that it's his, even if the character designs and background match his style. UPDATE: Looks like a few other bloggers say that it's his work. Huh. If he does more work like this, then he is really becoming the next Miyazaki, despite what I've said before.... UPDATE 2: Look! Subtitles! Ok, not real subtitles. But they are amusing subtitles, nonetheless. 1. He mentions this on an interview on the Five Centimeters Per Second DVD. This actually might be why I found 5 CM Per Second so much more visually striking than The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Voices Of A Distant Star - The most emotional 24 minutes I?ve ever experien
2007-12-22 01:16:00 I'm not usually one to tear up at every chick flick that someone tricks me into watching, so I never really expected I'd ever catch myself crying to an anime, but this immensely beautiful piece of modern art proved me wrong. The power of the loneliness I felt in the characters was so strong that I actually felt sad enough to cry for them. This short movie that started Makoto Shinkai's prospering anime career is well deserving of my praise. I was seriously awestruck after watching this. I had a few episodes of other shows after this in my media player playlist, but after this ended I had to pause for a few minutes just to pull myself back to reality from the intense emotions it invoked.
By: Nerd Culture
Byousoku 5cm - Makoto Shinkai is an anime god.
2007-10-24 23:23:00 You probably still remember my recent post about the animated film Beyond The Clouds--well, this is a brand new movie from the same director and animation studio! Byousoku 5cm, literally meaning 5 Centimeters Per Second, just came out in Japan this September. The art is absolutely fantastic (as you can probably assume by the fact I posted 65 screenshots of it. *_*), there is some definite improvement in the quality of the art since their previous project, Beyond The Clouds. The art is extremely colorful and extraordinarily detailed at times. You'd almost swear you were looking at the real thing in some scenes!
By: Nerd Culture
Indecisions
2007-09-11 06:45:00 Even after the third time I watch it, I seem to waver between considering the last part of Makoto Shinkai's Byousoku 5 Centimeter either a misstep or a masterpiece. Indeed, I do declare that the first two parts near perfection, but it's the third part that give me some consternation. The first time, I watched the whole 62 minute movie without subtitles, and I was moved. The second time, I was somewhat disappointed by it. This time, on the third watch, I'm picking up cues on some very important details that raise my opinion up again. The clues you can catch by paying very close attention is very consistent, and you can infer things that are rather unimportant in the end. But it's possible that Shinkai was far too subtle at the end. I actually had a similar issue with Shinkai's previous film, Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (U.S. title: The Place Promised in Our Early Days), except that time I was wavering on the middle part of that movie. The last 15 mi...
Makoto Shinkai animated TV commericals
2007-09-08 23:35:00 Anime auteur Makoto Shinkai has turned his talents to a TV advertising campaign, having recently produced two animated TV commercials for the Shinano Mainichi Shinbun (Japanese newspaper).Shinkai is the popular creative force behind several nostalgic-sci-fi anime films, including both Voices of the Distant Star and The Places Promised.... His most recent movie was "5 Centimeters per Second", a romantic drama released in Japan during 2007 that has already been licensed for Western release (US and presumably, UK too) by ADV Films.source : http://forums.animeuknews.net/v-iewtopic.php?t=7681
By: AnimegamecomicAW
Makoto Shinkai's Byousoku 5 cm - Episode 1: Okasho (Extract of Cherry Bloss
2007-02-28 00:18:01 Warning: Extreme fanboy gushing ahead! The following is the initial review for the first episode of Makoto Shinkai's Byousoku 5 Centimeters that I wrote on AnimeNfo with images inserted and some minor changes and edits to fit a more permanent format, as I will update the review on AnimeNfo when I see the rest of the movie. I'll most likely do a complete review of the full movie on this site. On with the review! read more |
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