Donguri to Yamaneko
OVA FINISHED FALL 1988 1 eps 53%
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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.
(Source: pelleas.net)
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Studios:
MADHOUSE, Project Team Argos
Characters
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Staff
Kenji Miyazawa
Original Creator
Toshio Hirata
Director
Tatsuhiko Urahata
Assistant Director
Yasuhiro Nakura
Character Design
Yamako Ishikawa
Art Director
Kinichi Ishikawa
Director of Photography
Harutoshi Ogata
Editing
Susumu Aketagawa
Sound Director
Keiju Ishikawa
Music
Fumio Miyashita
Music
Yasuo Takahashi
Design Manager
Yasuhiro Nakura
Animation
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Stats
Average Score
53
Mean Score
56
Popularity
589
Favourites
11
Status Distribution
CURRENT: 7
PLANNING: 285
COMPLETED: 270
DROPPED: 16
PAUSED: 11
Score Distribution
10: 14
20: 12
30: 14
40: 8
50: 24
60: 47
70: 29
80: 38
90: 5
100: 2
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