This Week: Arei’s Mirror ~ Way to the Virgin Space (Arei no Kagami )
The official anime of the 1985 World’s Fair (or what may as well be).
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Tag: History
Pictures at an Exhibition and Osamu Tezuka’s Gallery on Decay
Released in 1966, this Osamu Tezuka directed anime film makes use of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s ten movement suite from 1874 to guide us as viewers through a series of dialogue-free shorts.
With the framing device of the audience being led through a museum art gallery, we are shepherded through a choice selection of professional occupation portraits as we then come to explore their perceived nature and impact. A reflecting pool on the march of modern society and what it champions as the heroes of today.
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Pendant Light: Hakujaden, The Tale of the White Serpent, And Living A Love In Color
The first full color anime feature film, from Toei in 1958.
So, full stop and without question, that alone makes this a pretty nifty little slice of animation history to experience.
Sugar Cereals And Ice Cream Dreams: The DAICON III And IV Opening Animations
There comes a point the life of any given fan where they are so fascinated by all the Cool Things they like, that they just really want to show it all to other people. They’re practically bursting at the opportunity, the chance, the potential to explode in the raw ecstasy of talking up said Cool Things to anyone within earshot. There’s a certain childlike wonder and glee to that, so while it can certainly be handled poorly by many in less than socially acceptable ways, it’s a powerful sensation to both feel and behold.
Daicon Film, an amateur film club who came together to work on the opening ceremony video for the 1981 Nihon SF Taikai convention, clearly had such sentiments in their hearts when assembling a means of kicking off a science fiction event. To concoct an embodiment of the concept of Cool Things. In many respects, the eventual two opening animations they would go on to create are arguably among the most anime of anime to ever anime.
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