Visual Art from ME!ME!ME!
I’ve posted earlier about several Anime Mirai projects. I always find it interesting to find these kind of small projects and to see what the creators decide to do with the freedom they have while being limited by time and the small size of the project. How far can the ambition of a creative soul grow beyond the restraints of the circumstances? These short films truly are a chance to see into the creative mind of some brilliant artists.
Ongoing at the moment is a project called Japan Animator Expo. Studio Khara (founded by Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno) together with Dwango (the company behind the Japanese youtube-equivalent Nico Nico Douga) release a short work every week.
So far 3 shorts are out and another one is coming up. They’re listed here with the link to the official page where you can watch them in full length. They actually have a English version of the homepage and have added English subtitles to the films, which is a rather rare but very welcome service on a Japanese official website.
02: Hill Climb Girl
03: ME!ME!ME!
04: Carnage (coming soon)
I was specially blown away by the prowess of ME!ME!ME! I suppose the presentation of the female body can be heavily discussed here, but as a explosive expression of the protagonist’s psyche it really left me with this certain tingle in my stomach and sparkle in my eyes that make me want to believe again in the magic of animation! Surely some scenes heavily reuse animation, but others you just stand there and your mind goes blank as you watch the tour de force of animation! Specially in the second half there certainly is some amazing filmic and animated imagery.
Here’s a link the the article on this project on AnimeNewsNetwork.
Jotha W. 