Pixar: One Man Band

This's the most hilarious among all the Pixar shorts I've seen so far... And the characters are so cute!

From Wikipedia

One Man Band is Pixar short film. The film made its world premiere at the 29th Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy, France, and won the Platinum Grand Prize at the Future Film Festival in Bologna, Italy. It was shown with the theatrical release of Cars.

The short was written and directed by Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews and produced by Osnat Shurer, head of Pixar's Shorts group. The score for the short was written by Michael Giacchino, who also composed the score for Pixar's animated feature film Ratatouille.

Like many Pixar shorts, the film is completely free of dialogue, instead using music (played by the characters) and pantomime to tell the story.

On January 31, 2006 it was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film, but lost to The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation by John Canemaker and Peggy Stern.

井上雄彦NY现场壁画

之前犹豫要不要买他那本water画集的，看到这个后决定还是买！！本尊长的很阳刚啊，和slam dunk里的热血男儿一个模样。

转载转载，原新闻来自Anime news network，翻译by南方动漫网。

井上雄彦献给纽约漫迷惊喜！黑板画后水墨画！














继2004年创下“连续24间高中教室黑板漫画”的空前创举之后，知名漫画家井上雄彦在16日飞抵美国纽约，受邀在全新开募的纪伊国书店花了3天时间亲笔绘制了三幅《浪人剑客 Vagabond》巨幅水墨壁画！

这是来自《Anime News Network》的新闻。日本知名连锁书店纪伊国书店为了庆祝座落于美国纽约Bryant Park的纽约市旗舰店将于19日开幕，特地邀请国际知名漫画家井上雄彦为店内2楼空间的3面墙上作画。其实，会邀请井上老师前去共同开幕还有另外两个原因：第一个，是正在北美发行的《周刊少年Jump》漫画杂志官方英文版确定将以全彩+二色印刷的方式于12月开始连载《灌篮高手》英文版，第二个原因，则是北美知名漫画代理商Viz宣布将在2008年7月正式发行《REAL》英文版漫画单行本。

这三幅水墨壁画，总计花了井上老师3天时间完成，并且顺利在19日的纪伊国书店－纽约市旗舰店开幕式典礼中正式公开。想观赏其他更多照片请参考《Anime News Network》新闻。除此之外，井上老师也愉快接受记者专访。

专访重点摘录如下：

1. 虽然《灌篮高手》表面上是个篮球漫画，但井上雄彦真正要传达的是一个人如何藉由参与某项运动而从中获得体验与成长。

2. 井上雄彦高中时期参加过篮球校队，但自嘲球技并没有很好。即使《灌篮高手》连载完结之后，他的球技还是没有多大进步(笑)

3. 提到日本首位进军NBA的职业球员田卧勇太，井上雄彦对他充满尊敬与敬佩之意。

4. 决定推出纯黑白色调的浪人剑客画集《墨》，井上雄彦认为跟今日主流的彩色画集相较之下，《浪人剑客》惯用的技法使他更能够完美诠释每张画稿。所以井上雄彦才会在推出彩色画集《WATER》之后，坚持一定要推出这本黑白画集。

5. 井上雄彦是应坂口博信之邀而对XBox360最新游戏《Lost Odyssey 失落的奥德赛》进行游戏人物设计。

在受访的最后，井上雄彦表示“当你画漫画的时候，你总是必须坐在桌前一个劲儿地作画，更何况我已经持续这样好多年了。而这里(书店的墙壁)则是给予我一个前所未有的作画环境，瞧、一个超大画布！这样的变化有助于刺激我诸多灵感，而且这些新灵感将能够在我打算进行下一部新作品时派上用场。大师的一举手一投足，满是风采。住在New York的朋友们可别忘了前往那家位于Bryant Park的旗舰店、亲眼目睹大师画作啊！

Ponyo theme song

Ahhhh, the gold fish princess is SO CUDDLY AND CUTE!!

Miyazaki's gonna recreate the magic of My neighbour the Totoros!

Shinkai

After watching the cast interview for 'the place promised in our early days', I have a better understanding of Shinkai's aesthetics. Not a whole new understanding revealed in torch light, but rather an reinforcement of the elements that are already evident in his movies.

He said he used to stare out of the railway train for hours and hours wanting to catch everything. There's always something new to see. So he was bound by a nostalgic childhood scenery that becomes an recurring motif. I guess there is indeed something wonderful and meditative about rusty railways nestled quietly in road grass, appearing blotchy and flickery under warm sunlight. The place isn't for trespassing, except when trains whoosh through with the old chunky chunky rhythm. The two parallel lines could lead you somewhere, might be better than where you stand. Most of all the air smells of a slightly baked summer.

Opposed to a preformed image I have of him, shy and taciturn, Shikai is actually rather outspoken and he talks in 1.5x average human speech pacing (make it 2.0x when he gets carried away). Still I look at him and couldn't help thinking, this's a sensitive guy who makes feminine, monologue movies where voice overs make up for the lack of actions or a solid story plot. Sometimes I wonder if this 'shortcoming', which forwards itself as a trademark rather than an outstanding defect, can be easily brushed aside. There's no limitation to the type of medium a director chooses to fulfill his artistic needs, but there seems to be too much abandon in the code of free expression. It's the same thing when I look at modern art. The spotlight is on 'the concept' while traditional craftsmanship, the solid skills easily slip unnoticed. Call it heavy make-up?

It would be better if Shinkai could do more than a bunch of nostalgic feelings and pretty screensavers.