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Hayao Miyazaki to make LITTLE NEMO movie? - Well, sadly no, but here's the test he did in 70mm...
Hey folks, Harry here... just back from a funeral, an antique mall, lake-side salad eating and the gym - to find an IM from Cartuna - the creator of our own fun animations - that pointed me towards an animation test that was to sell the idea of a Miyazaki version of Winsor McCay's brilliant seminal strip... Adventures in Slumberland starring Little Nemo! Now the animated film that came out isn't all that... but try watching the below YouTube video without going a bit apeshit. Man... what could have been. I've never seen this before - but god... can you imagine watching this... not on YouTube, but in 70mm widescreen? Jesus. To read more on the adaptation of this film - check out the amazing site, CartoonBrew.Com - This is for all you animation geeks that love what might have been...
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I'm an asshole! Gwarsh!
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Really...?
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Jesus Christ, talk about ahead of its time.
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LNINO!!! LNINO!!! LNINO!!!
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and hit the enter key.
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WTF??????
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... for this cool of a post, means that this site has jumped the shark. MARK MY WORDS.
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Lame.
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Apr 10, 2008 1:59:02 AM CDT
the original film was one of the seminal parts of my childhood
by s0nicdeathmonkey
that and Nightmare Before Christmas.
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An animated feature film entitled Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (known simply as "Nemo" in Japan) was finally released in Japan in July 1989 and in the US on August 21, 1992. It was directed by Masami Hata, Masanori Hata and William T. Hurtz from a screenplay by Chris Columbus and Richard Outten. Originally conceived in 1982, this Japanese-American co-production had a long and tumultuous history which included a 1984 pilot by Ghibli director Yoshifumi Kondō.[1] Though regarded as a commercial failure in the States, it nevertheless went on to be nominated for and won several industry awards for its brilliant animation quality. The film was released on DVD in October 2004.--------
Love the Nes game.... Damn I'm getting olddddddddddddddddddddddddd... -
I loved this film!! Or atleast the one that looked exactly like this... Hmmmm.thanks for clearing the air Pilgrim
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but that's OK, that was an awesome piece of animation there. According to IMDB, Ray Bradbury was involved in the 1989 version. Anyone know if it's available on disc? My dream would be to see this done as if by Winsor McCay though, that would surely blow many a mind
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I needed to say something stupid.
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The animation is breathtaking in this sequence. I never heard of this film but is the released version still good, I expect the animation is not as good as the sequence. I want to buy the film anyway.
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Considering when this was made that was really awesome.
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Great sequence. Old school.
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Beautiful stuff. Amazing what beauty hand-drawn animation can be from Japan when they put effort into it.
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http://tinyurl.com/3h28dl...and here is his response....http://tinyurl.com/524qfc....pretty soon, he will be boxing everyone on the internets
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seriously....too much of the 3d cgi...kids today dont know what a record player is...they have never seen a typewriter...they will soon totally forget about video tapes and audio tapes....dont take away 2d animation...that would be just too sad
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How interesting. Never heard of it. From the looks of it, it's certainly more interesting a notion than Tintin. But possibly as racist too. See the comicstriplibrary. org archive website for instance...
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I'll keep posting until someone REMEMBERS the NES game!
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I'm by no means a Miyazaki fan (except maybe Porco Rosso and Totoro - I find the rest boring, pretentious and outdated by next gen Japanime artists like Satoshi Kon or Katsuhiro Otomo; not to mention the infamous comments of the "master" toward the late Rin Taro) BUT I would've killed to see this feature length Nemo.
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Fuck.
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I will eat your souls.
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makes me die inside.
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Everyone needs to play it.
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I've never heard of this Adventures in Slumberland of which you speak but this looks a lot like the artistry in Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky (i believe some places it is known as Laputa). If this was done as a test in 84 perhaps Miyazaki not continuing on it influences his Castle in the Sky, was (in 1986) was indeed his next feature. Love Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso, Kiki and Spirited Away. For me Totoro is the best though.
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But I can't for the life of me remember where.
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than that other one that came out. In Miyazaki's version Nemo is hauling ass. Check out youtube for the one they made and you'll see how dull it is compared to this.
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3 pilots of Little Nemo were produced in Japan. One directed by Sadao Tsukioka, one by Yoshifumi Kondo, and one by Osamu Dezaki.
All these pilots are available on R2 japanese DVD.
More informations in french on my website :
http://www.catsuka.com/news_detail.php?id=1135260528
This Kondo's pilot is available on Buta-Connection.net since many years :
http://www.buta-connection.net/download/videos_divers.php
(the link is currently down)
They have a information page about it :
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He stabs shitheels in the mouth with #2 pencils if they talk in a movie theater.
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film...or maybe a great series...sigh. In interviews he has said that at his age he must chose his projects very carefully because he worries that he only has one or two left in him....when I think about what we'll miss out on.....sigh....
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104740/ wheres the love, fakers!?
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That was fucking fantastic. Get Miyazaki back on this stat.
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The animation is of course beautiful, but I really doubt I could sit through a full 90 minutes of that character. I've always found "Little Nemo" off-putting, for some reason, and that lame voice track did nothing to endear the character to me. I'm much happier that Miyazaki spent his time on the flight scenes from "Kiki's Delivery Service" and "Porco Rosso" instead.
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Harry eating a salad? Come on!
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he swallowed it whole. Just kidding knowles. THank you for posting this. It was epic and just has me psyched to see what the hell Miyazaki is going to do with watercolors in his new flick.
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Apr 10, 2008 8:07:20 AM CDT
I prefer Bednobs and Broomsticks.
by the gospel according to bastardface
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And I still dream of Chomet doing a Cricket in Times Square flick.
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I guess Americans just have a knack for sounding stupid.
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... are they flying over the city from AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS? Or is it IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS? Or NEAR? Hell... I can't remember.
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Why does the headline say "he" (Miyazaki) "did" this?
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I was wondering if anybody would mention the game that came out on NES. I never made it all the way through, but I do have fond memories of it.
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I hate kids, I hate kids in animated movies worse, I hate the obnoxious laughter in that test, but by God, if that was part of an animated movie, I'd see it in theaters immediately. "What might have been" indeed.
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I only vaguely remember the movie we did end up getting but I'm sure it didn't look as good as that. And for the record the NES game was indeed kickass. Classic Capcom.By the way SpencerTrillby, "Japanime?" Really? You want a Streamline Pictures catalog, seeing as how it's apparently 1993 again?
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gonna make a movie with John Lasseter? Seriously, is it that hard for them to do something? Or for John Lasseter to just make a Miyazaki film?
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Apr 10, 2008 11:20:46 AM CDT
Because you're never too old to have a happy childhood
by jumpinjehosaphat
I lol'd.
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it's visually stunning, to be sure, but it's not McCay's Nemo. It's Miyazaki's, 100%.
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He was one of the greatest illustrators to have lived and it's a shame that people still don't know who he is. Little Nemo is a work of art in every way from story telling to the use of colors and lines. He had a little problem with lettering but it's a small gripe. The movie is beautiful but not as gorgeous as it could have been had Ghibli taken hold of the reigns. C'est la vie.
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would he have found opportunity for a gooey monster or a teary farewell on a grassy knoll? Miyazaki is nothing without a teary farewell on a grassy knoll!
But wow. Every time I see even a moment from any Miyazaki project I have to put all work on hold and go watch Mononoke again. Beautiful stuff. -
CONGRATULATIONS man! must be the marital obligations woke you up!
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Where's the fish?
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Clearly is ignorant about the history of animation! Now how long until ZeroCorpse comes in here and trashes it for having the 'same' character designs as other Ghibli films and a not so fluid framerate and championing Duckman as the greatest piece of animation ever made?
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3342755205038857742
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i've always loved how miyazaki animates flight...a sight to behold...i once animated flight...and well...er...
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McKay made some animated Nemo cartoons back in the silent film era. He drew every single frame by hand, INCLUDING DRAWING THE BACKGROUNDS IN EACH FRAME! No static backgrounds for Windsor. The man was a freaking genius and faster with a pen than George Perez.
Go back to bed, Leonard, you are not yet a spaceman. -
Somewhere I have a playback file via emulator where I play a new perfect game. Definitely one of the forgotten gems of that era. That and Monster Party!
Capcom put out a lot of memorable NES licensed games back in the day -
D'oh
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but I never made it past a giant penguin you had to beat with a wand (because you would have to charge the fucker). The mario games ripped off a couple of ideas from that game now that I think about it. ou would ride a lizard that would climb walls, you would turn into a bee...shit! Capcom should sue somebody.
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made a new Little Nemo movie, it'd probably be the best animated film ever made. I'm not even shitting you, it would be fucking amazing.
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The actual final version of animated movie looked great and amazing...but in truth, it was SHIT because of a terribly written script. Give it a second look and you'll see the movie isn't as compelling as it appears to be.
And I am an animation buff and a critic. To give you the idea of who I am, I thought Disney's Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, Spirited Away and the longer fan-assembled cut of Richard Williams' The Thief and the Cobbler are masterpieces.
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Apr 10, 2008 6:40:35 PM CDT
Jesus... that - was,,, a whole lot - of... useless puncutation!
by bass bastardson
Good God.
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=InPRlxxOpOc
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....
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Man that was fucking amazing. And to the guy whining about a kid in a flying bed, you're taking your name from a man who fights crime in underwear. I love the Batman myself, but get a life doucheface.
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That was fucking awesome. It looks like they recycled some of that for Kiki's delivery service but oh my God that was great. In 70MM I probably would have shit 'em. That little segment was better than most animated movies that have come out since that time.
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Whisper of The Heart is probably the most underrated Ghibli film (but Porco Rosso is pretty underrated as well)
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this clip - but sadly few would have clicked on something labeled "Yoshifumi Kondo Test Sequence"
He's amazing but, IMO, Miyazaki is the greatest all-around filmmaker alive today. Not greatest animator, not greatest kid's movie maker - greatest filmmaker.
Im certainly not an anime expert, barely even a fan of the overall genre, but, Miyazaki is responsible putting together at least 6 of the most perfect marriages of storytelling + images + music. Ever.
I'm not saying they're my all-time favorite films - but for what they are - they are absolutely perfect.
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If you can't appreciate something as incredible as this then you all might as well... subscribe to C.H.U.D. or something. They practically WELCOME trolls and retards in their message boards.
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... but the real film was so good I can't imagine this possibly being better.
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