Forum - View topicNEWS: Sanrio's Stop-Motion Nutcracker Fantasy to Be Screened in L.A.
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GhostShell
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Okay, that would be neat to see!
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AnimenexuS
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Thinking of Nutcracker Highly recommend Nutcracker 3D It's best Christmas movie that u well regret ever watching.
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penguintruth
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I hope Nathan Lane plays Einstein in this!
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Chrno2
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Wow, they did stop motion? And here I thought Japan was all about the anime. This is an interesting piece of history news. Now will someone get on getting this a US DVD release.
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FLCLGainax
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edit: The original US release date was a number of months after the Japanese one in 1979, if Wikipedia is to be trusted. |
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AnimenexuS
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I think that's inside joke, I believe |
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DTJB
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...very interesting to say the least.
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Oraculo
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The preview sez they hired an animator from Rankin & Bass to do it. And R&B was all about stop motion, so... I agree someone needs to get this on DVD, because I simply need to see it and I don't live anywhere near LA. Those lousy bums! 
Anyway, I know 1979 was eons ago  , but, really, no one here is familiar with Rankin & Bass??? How sad. 
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Myaow
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Oh I wish I could be there to see this!! I absolutely adore Sanrio's early movies, they have such a fascinating, slightly morbid sensibility. This one is from the same year as Ringing Bell and has a lot of strange stuff and dark, shadowy scenes. I hope a lot of people turn up to enjoy the screening!
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mdo7
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I would like to see this too bad I don't live in California, I heard about this from Wikipedia a few years ago. Sanrio's work on this get mistakenly confuse with Rankin-Bass Christmas special when the director, Takeo Nakamura who worked on Sanrio's Nutcracker Fantasy also worked on Rankin Bass's Santa Claus is comin to town.
I'm familiar with Rankin-Bass!!!  I watch all their Christmas special every year and I was surprised with their connection to anime.
They worked with numerous Japanese studio like Toei, Mushi Productions, and Topcraft which would later become part of Studio Ghibli. You know I question if Thundercats (well most Rankin-Bass animation that worked with Japanese studio) should be considered as "anime" because of it's animation being done by what is now Studio Ghibli. |
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GATSU
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mdo: Ask John just had a column on that very subject.
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kailegh
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OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS MOVIE I'M NEAR TEARS
OH GOD I HOPE THIS LEADS TO A DVD RELEASE BECAUSE LORD KNOWS EVEN THE VHS IS HARD TO FIND AT A SANE PRICE [/screaming]
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mdo7
Posts: 8226 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Thanks for the article, yeah well it's going to be hard to say if those 80's animation that had help from Japan should be considered as anime. I mean Batman: Gotham Knights, Halo legends, Marvel anime, The Animatrix, and the Mass Effect anime are all considered anime despite being co-produced with US help. |
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enurtsol
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And Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) is a co-production in every level of production. What would we call it? |
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mdo7
Posts: 8226 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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That one is definitely anime!!! That movie came out first in Japan, then US later. It was made with a US audience in mind but came out in Japan first. |
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