"Kakurenbo" on Adult Swim on Halloween night.
D B Malmquist
This was announced a little while back, but I don't think it
has been posted here yet. (The "2nd Gig" thread reminded me
of if.)
http://www.adultswim.com/williams/news/articles/news045.html
Halloween Special: Kakurenbo
10/07/2005
New York, NY (October 5, 2005) - Central Park Media is proud to
announce its award-winning CG sci-fi horror anime Kakurenbo:
Hide & Seek is to be broadcast just in time for Halloween on
Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. An Adult Swim
Halloween special and the Kakurenbo worldwide network television
premiere, CPM's Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek will air at midnight on
October 29th between episodes of Adult Swim favorites Fullmetal
Alchemist and Samurai Champloo.
Kakurenbo:
http://www.yamato-works.com/
-> http://www.yamato-works.com/trailer.html
http://www.centralparkmedia.com/kakurenbo/
-> http://www.centralparkmedia.com/kakurenbo/downloads.html (trailers)
Has anyone here seen it?
- dbm
Manbow Papa
"D B Malmquist" <d.b.ma...@com.swap-com-and-rcn.rcn> wrote in message
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In the begining of the movie, there is a quote of Yanagida
Kunio (1875-1962) who was a great folklorist and writer:
"Even in a busy town like Tokyo, I never play kakurenbo
in the night. If you play kakurenbo in the night, you would
be taken by an ogre."
It also summarizes the basic story of the movie. It's 23
minutes long. Amination is great. The architecture looks
rather Chinese or Ryuukyuu's (Okinawa) than typical
Japanese. The design of ogres/monsters also has
resemblance to that of Thai/Bali instead of Japan.
Cultural note:
In kakurenbo, a child who takes the role of seeker
is called "oni" [ogre].
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
Derek Janssen
>
> "D B Malmquist" <d.b.ma...@com.swap-com-and-rcn.rcn> wrote in
> message news:4355E903...@com.swap-com-and-rcn.rcn...
>
>>
>> http://www.yamato-works.com/
>> -> http://www.yamato-works.com/trailer.html
>> http://www.centralparkmedia.com/kakurenbo/
>> -> http://www.centralparkmedia.com/kakurenbo/downloads.html (trailers)
>>
>> Has anyone here seen it?
>
> In the begining of the movie, there is a quote of Yanagida
> Kunio (1875-1962) who was a great folklorist and writer:
>
> "Even in a busy town like Tokyo, I never play kakurenbo
> in the night. If you play kakurenbo in the night, you would
> be taken by an ogre."
...And be forced to work in a bathhouse?
Derek Janssen (it just looks *familiar*, somehow)
dja...@charter.net
Andrew Hollingbury
> Has anyone here seen it?
>
> - dbm
Yup, got the DVD a couple of days ago.
I didn't like the film all that much - it's quite predictable, in my
opinion. It is animated quite nicely though; it's like Appleseed, all done
in cel-shaded 3D.
As a half-hour short it's not painfully bad or anything, but I've seen
better OVAs personally.
Andrew H
Ethan Hammond
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> Manbow Papa wrote:
>
> ...And be forced to work in a bathhouse?
Which then leads to the best UY episode ever!
--
All Purpose Culture Randomness
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/apcr/index.html
Ethan Hammond
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>
> Has anyone here seen it?
I did for TRSI was thinking of licensing it, but they
had missed the chance now and forever!
Derek Janssen
> "Derek Janssen" <dja...@nospam.charter.net> wrote in message
> news:8xn5f.9787$lN2....@fe04.lga...
>
>>Manbow Papa wrote:
>>
>>...And be forced to work in a bathhouse?
>
> Which then leads to the best UY episode ever!
(Um...noooo, but thanks for contributing Only Anime Reference Ethan
Knows Anymore #3 of 7.)
Derek Janssen (he used to be sorta cute, now he's just in a rut)
dja...@charter.net
Ethan Hammond
Derek I didn't realize you were so ignorant as to not have seen
the Part Time Job From Hell episode, it is one of the episodes
that stayed in my head from when I saw it as a child. Your
punishment shall be to watch volume 14 and write me a 5 page
report due tonight, TONIGHT! It is a sad state of affairs when
these young MTV watching kids with the short attention span
can't remember anything that is less than two years old, it fills
me with chagrin and trepidation.
Derek Janssen
>>>>...And be forced to work in a bathhouse?
>>
>>>Which then leads to the best UY episode ever!
>>
>>(Um...noooo, but thanks for contributing Only Anime Reference Ethan Knows
>>Anymore #3 of 7.)
>>
>>(he used to be sorta cute, now he's just in a rut)
>
> Derek I didn't realize you were so ignorant as to not have seen
> the Part Time Job From Hell episode
(Or that you had somehow missed "Spirited Away" in the theaters, and
were able to somehow dodge an equally clueless, and rather obvious in
its unresearch, joke about demons spiriting kids away in ancient-looking
overly-atmosphered Japanese cities, not that I've managed to see the OVA
yet either.)
> it is one of the episodes
> that stayed in my head from when I saw it as a child.
And I have the entire AE boxsets to date, to replace the raw tapes that
I've had in a place of honor since 1992.
Which is how, if you've ever wondered, that I'm able to quote *more*
than one single UY episode the minute anyone ever mentions it.
...Simply put: WE'VE *HEARD* IT!!!!!! ^0^
Please move on to Joke #4, which (looks down list) would be either the
"Bastard" ref or the "Transformers" one.
Derek Janssen (remember, the Zen Buddhists frowned upon having their
perceptions trapped by convention)
dja...@charter.net
D B Malmquist
Sounds like watching on non-pay cable TV is the perfect to
see "Kakurenbo", then. Thanks!
- dbm
Ethan Hammond
> Ethan Hammond wrote:
>
> (Or that you had somehow missed "Spirited Away" in the theaters, and were
> able to somehow dodge an equally clueless, and rather obvious in its
> unresearch, joke about demons spiriting kids away in ancient-looking
> overly-atmosphered Japanese cities, not that I've managed to see the OVA
> yet either.)
Yes, but I didn't care about the Spirited Away reference and replaced it
with one
of my own now and forever.
>> it is one of the episodes
>> that stayed in my head from when I saw it as a child.
>
> And I have the entire AE boxsets to date, to replace the raw tapes that
> I've had in a place of honor since 1992.
> Which is how, if you've ever wondered, that I'm able to quote *more* than
> one single UY episode the minute anyone ever mentions it.
That is the only reason why I still allow you to post here, know my mercy
and revere it, REVERE IT!
> ...Simply put: WE'VE *HEARD* IT!!!!!! ^0^
> Please move on to Joke #4, which (looks down list) would be either the
> "Bastard" ref or the "Transformers" one.
So DS says to Grimlock he says!
> Derek Janssen (remember, the Zen Buddhists frowned upon having their
> perceptions trapped by convention)
Good thing I ain't one of those godless pagan hippies then, HIPPIES!