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Finally got around to a film I wanted to get to long ago.
Isao Takahata's take on Gauche the Cellist was a magical experience.
Mind Game (Yuasa): a truly mind-blowing, life-affirming experience. Through eclectic animation, the film spans the broad range of life.
@oyasumijojo @ian_mertz Oh, as if Sugii's Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi eps alone can't satisfy your needs for *aesthetic* on VHS (and some good DVD too)....
Magōri also did lovely BGs for others' episodes, often Sugii's. (#8, 26, 249, 338; of these, only #26 is not Sugii, but Shirō Fujimoto)
Susano's trials are mirrored in the insane effort put into amazing set pieces by
Daikichirō Kusube, Makoto Nagasawa, Otsuka+Tsukioka, etc.
If you haven't seen Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji, drop EVERY other anime and watch this engaging, thoughtful animated masterpiece! @Adanusch
Even in her 1st paint-on-glass film (which took two years), Leaf creates a rich, metamorphic montage of the unsavory side of family life.
Instead of a storyboard, Leaf recorded the voices (from Montreal's Jewish neighborhood, the setting) and used them to guide her animation.
Caroline Leaf's '76 paint-on-glass classic THE STREET, from Mordecai Richler's short story about the death of a Jewish family's grandmother.
Proof that Ren & Stimpy ripped off anime? From TAC's folktales #335, dir. Gisaburō Sugii, KA Tsuneo Maeda. (Ren KA: Ron Zorman)