Category: Motion

  • Maps of the Sounds of Tokyo Trailer!

    In original audio!!!! LOL

    Because I hate dubbing in general, but I have something against Spain’s Spanish dubbing… You can probably say it’s because of those “black market” Dragon Ball Spanish-dubbed videos my cousin used to buy. Ha!

    Anyway, trailer is not okay for work or public places… *TV announcer’s voice* Viewer discretion is advised.

    Map of the Sounds of Tokyo is directed by Isabel Coixet, who also worked on My Life without Me (with Sarah Polley), and you can read all about it LOL over at Nippon Cinema which has an article translated by me.

    Of course, I’m a fan of Rinko Kikuchi (or check out my comments (comment #2) on how she was snubbed), so this pretty much goes to my list of ‘want to watch’ ~~~ hopefully this year. Also, Rinko Kikuchi has a bunch of new projects… including that horribly-delayed Brothers Bloom picture with Rachel Weisz, and Mark Ruffalo… and a Japanese remake for Sideways *legasp!* I don’t want to have bad feelings about it… and the fairly-recent announced Norwegian Wood with Kenichi Matsuyama.

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  • Tokyo! on Blu-ray and DVD~

    Though trailer seems to refer to the UK release, Amazon.com has it listed as June 30th, and while the Canadian DVD is set for the same date, the Blu-ray release has a July 7th release. The film is already out through Amazon France
    , and Amazon Japan.

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  • Jounetsu: Yu Aoi

    Who rocks? Well, commenter aoinohoho~~

    He found the interview I was looking for… almost half a year ago. O.o
    Only it’s divided into two, and has Chinese subtitles instead. Video embeds after the break!

    Show is called Jounetsu (Passion) and they followed Yu around when shooting some Hula Girls, promoting Honey & Clover, getting her driving license, renting/buying films to watch, kid Yu, etc etc… the segment aired on September 2006.

    Yu Aoi - Jounetsu Profile

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  • Machu Picchu Post – French Animation with Peruvian Flare

    Years… well, maybe a year ago – I ranted Peruvian animation not being compelling enough. I have also ranted about how tired I feel of 3d animation (most of the times), but there are times when I have to talk about things because they are important to note.

    Machu Picchu Post is an animated short from Clement Crocq, Margaux Durand-Rival and Nicolas Novali. They are French, and did their whole Machu Picchu Post style reference from research. Research!!! Research is so important, and this is why I ultimately decided to blog them.

    I have always found Alpamayo (and most recently, the team in charge of the Dolphin story blah blah) to be lacking research, not storywise (though I beg to differ sometimes) but on execution. Of course, you don’t only research styles, textures, colors, etc… you also research movement, and light quality. It’s not enough to just HAVE the best computer equipment… you also go on field trips, you do experiments.

    Anyway, this is my brief rant. French animation students (and now animators) are creating more compelling animations regarding Peruvian culture. Here’s the video:

  • Interactive Music Video – Labuat – Soy tu Aire

    I would have… I totally would have listed Labuat’s Soy tu Aire video into my “breakthrough” videos of the year, but a quick Google search for “labuat soy tu aire” gave me a YouTube result with the “official” video that I can’t see because it’s NOT on my region. The fact that it’s not an official video… and that I can’t see the official video… *sighs*

    Labuat - Soy tu Aire

    Anyway, follow the link to the Soy tu Aire website.

  • Eurovision 2009… Mmmkay?

    Norway? Really?? Look, I think fiddling is cool [just look at Mairead from Celtic Woman doing The Butterfly], tiny as she is… she totally pawns this Alexander Rybak dude. So I took the time… REALLY, watched ALL the entries… some where good others were just AWFUL… case and point, Bulgaria. How can Bulgaria do that after having Elitsa Todorova with Stoyan Yankoulov and the song Water in 2007’s contest?

    And just to get this out of the way… Sweden, Malena Ernman could totally beat me up with those muscles. LOL

    Who I thought was the best? In not a mainstream way…

    Slovakia – Kamil Mikulcik with Nela Pociskova – Let Tmou

    Who are the rest? And who seem to be mainstream good?

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  • Ooh La La~~~ Nine Trailer!

    Hold your breath, otherwise you’ll pass out with this Academy-Award-studded film~

    Starring: Double Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis, Academy Award Winner Marion Cotillard, Academy Award Winner Judi Dench, Academy Award Winner Sophia Loren, Academy Award Winner Nicole Kidman, Academy Award Winner Penelope Cruz
    Directed by Academy Award Winner Rob Marshall.

    https://youtu.be/y_5_lzags3I

    If you want… it’s so much Ooh La~~~, watch it in HD. xD

  • Life is… Precious – Trailer

    Formerly known as “Push,” Precious was the winner of this year’s Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Drama. Based on the novel Push by Sapphire, it tells the story of a teenage girl named Precious living in Harlem…

    Movie looks good… PLUS! they say Mariah can act. LOL

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krQiRIUSZs0

  • First-ish Look at Disney’s The Princess and the Frog

    Is this a trailer? Doesn’t feel like one 3P

    Anyway! Disney’s 2d animation is back! It’s been years since the last 2d animated Disney film (2004 with Home on the Range which wasn’t so good), in fact… this is their first princess-ish animated film since~~~ since Aladdin’s Jasmine in 1992, but that was more like an Aladdin flick… or Beauty & the Beast in 1991, but Belle was not really a princess. LOL So! That leaves us with The Little Mermaid’s Ariel in 1989~~~

    Wow, 20 years of my life have just flown by~~~

    The Princess and the Frog reminds me of The Rescuers, and All Dogs Go to Heaven – hint fat crocs… and fat crocs who sing, with a hint of Sebastien from The Little Mermaid~~~ ‘LOL. Still wanna watch though~~~

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  • Yu Aoi – Natsuichi 2007 – Bunny Ears CM for Shueisha Publishing

    Hmm… debating on what movie I should write about next. Need some time to ponder~~

    In the meantime…

    I’ll leave you with this cute CM for Shueisha, with the little kiddo with the bunny ears!!! Wahhhhhh, bunnies!!! I want those bunny ears hahaha. Oh yeah, also… Yu dances. I love it when she dances~~~ xD

    https://youtu.be/K_rLpVUMfsE

    Hana & Alice – Arabesque
    Hula Girls
    Hana & Alice – Not exactly dancing… but Relaxation method!!! LOL

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    tada kotoba ga narande iru dake nanoni
    sore wa namida o kobosaseru
    sore wa ikite ikoukanatte kimochi ni saseru
    sore wa atataka katari suru tada kotoba ga
    narande iru dake nanda kedo
    kotoba, kotoba koto no ha
    natsu no owari ni sabishiku naru ryuu ga wakatta
    kanashi sugite warattari suru ryuu ga wakatta
    natsu ichiban, natsuichi
    natsu ichiban, natsuichi
    watashi wa sekai o tabisuru
    kotoba o tsurete
    watashi wa watashi o tabisuru
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    itsuka deau anata ni
    itsuka deau sono toki
    anata ni ageru kotoba o sagasou