アニメANIMATION

STORY

Inspired by Tschaikovsky's fourth symphony Op. 36, "A Legend of the Forest", Tezuka Osamu worked through the concept for more than ten years in order to complete four episodes. Only the first and fourth installments were actually completed. The original idea was to review the entire history of animation ranging the pre-Disney, Disney, and post-Disney TV animation era in four episodes. The first installment was an animated version of the Manga "Mosa, the Flying Squirrel" which was published as one of the Lion Books series. For this work, a very primitive method of animation was used --- it employed a certain editing trick to make still drawings look as if they were moving. For the fourth installment, the story developed around forest destroyers presented in the limited made-for-TV animation style scattering forest nymphs presented in Disney-style full-animation. Tezuka Osamu thus expresses the rich "forest" of animated art being driven out by TV.

CREDIT

(c) Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.

Shown at a lecture commemorating the Asahi Award on February 13, 1988 / 29 minutes 20 seconds / Partly in color
Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / Completed on December 18, 1987

The 42nd Mainichi Film Competition 1988 / The 25th Ofuji Noburo Award 1983
CIFEJ Award (Film for the Youth Award) at the 10th Zagreb International Animation Film Festival
Short Story Award, conferred by "young judges" at the Animation Film Festival for the Youth of Bour en Bres in France

STAFF

Original story, story line, and character design: Tezuka Osamu
Directors: Tezuka Osamu, Ui Kouji
Art Director: Saito Masami
Sound Director: Ui Kouji
Music: Tschaikovsky's fourth symphony Op. 36
Performed by: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Kobayashi Kenichiro
Background: Ishizu Setsuko, Takato Kazushige, Chijinami Mieko
Original pictures: Yoshimura Masaki, Kobayashi Junji, Seya Shinji, Noma Toshi, Handa Teruo, Kawajiri Yoshiaki, Kanamori Yoshinori, Suzuki Shinichi
Motion: Kitamura Naoko, Okamura Takashi, and Ishiguro Atsushi
Illustrations: Katori Masaki
Picture Checker: Kano Kaoru
Color Design: Fujita Rika
Special Effects: Maekawa Takashi
Shooting Director: Fujita Masaaki
Sound Effects: Kurahashi Shizuo
Shooting: Mushi Production
Editing: Ogata Harutoshi
Producer: Matsutani Takayuki
Assistant Producer: Kubota Minoru

CATEGORY
Experimental animation

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