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Bill Plympton's favorite film is "Mind Game."




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v1cious



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:09 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, I know it's offbeat, but I found this pretty cool. Bill Plympton's considered to be one of the best animators out there, and he cited a Masaaki Yuasa flim as his favorite work:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/idiots_and_angels/news/1920883/five_favorite_films_with_animator_bill_plympton/

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I want to start off with a film you’ve probably seen called Mind Game, by Masaaki Yuasa. It’s a very interesting story. It’s a Japanese film; it’s not anime. It’s very western, actually. It came out in 2005, and critics panned it in Japan, and therefore the producers lost their nerve and shelved the film, which is very sad. I saw it at the Asian Film Festival, and I think you can see it online, but to me, it’s the Citizen Kane of animation. It is such an ambitious and visually unique film. It’s just full of action and full of crazy ideas and surrealism and humor and just beautiful, beautiful craftsmanship.

he does cite 4 other films as well, but they're not animated.

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Sea Lion



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:18 pm Reply with quote
I love Bill Plympton. I Married a Strange Person is one of my favorite Western-animated, non-Disney films. Maybe I'll have to check out Mind Game if he recommended it.
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:42 pm Reply with quote
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It’s a very interesting story. It’s a Japanese film; it’s not anime.

Does this gentleman wish to suggest the two categories are mutually exclusive, or that the class of "anime" is not appropriate to claim this film as a member? One presumes he uses the term "anime" in a manner that would be quite unorthodox amongst fan circles such as this.
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braves



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:01 pm Reply with quote
I think he just wanted to separate Mind Game from whatever preconceptions people have about how anime looks like. The movie certainly doesn't stick to any of the stereotypical tropes of anime.

By producers who "lost their nerve and shelved the film", I'm guessing he means Sony US, who was looking into distributing it over here? It did get a DVD release over in Japan. The film also won a few awards over in Japan (namely the Ofugi Award and the grand prize winner at the Japan Media Arts Festival).

And yeah, Mind Game, everybody should watch it.
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ailblentyn



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:14 pm Reply with quote
braves wrote:
I think he just wanted to separate Mind Game from whatever preconceptions people have about how anime looks like. The movie certainly doesn't stick to any of the stereotypical tropes of anime.
But it's interesting that the next sentence is "It's very western, actually", suggesting a distinction between anime as some stagnant, culturally inbred form and original, cosmopolitan art.
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Shenl742



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:50 pm Reply with quote
It's rather refreshing for someone in the business to reference something that isn't Ghibli/Akira/GITS
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EricJ



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:37 pm Reply with quote
Twenty-Five Ways to Quit Watching Anime:

25) Find other hobbies.
(strikes Sumo-wrestler pose)
(800-lb. sumo wrestler lands out of sky)

24) Try watching domestically produced animation.
(watches CN rerun of "Chowder"
(eyeballs fall out)

23) Develop active interest in manga
(reads manga)
(shreds it with samurai sword)

22) Enjoy the fresh outdoors.
(walks in meadow)
(800-lb. sumo wrestler lands out of sky)
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nobahn
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:14 pm Reply with quote
EricJ wrote:
Twenty-Five Ways to Quit Watching Anime:

25) Find other hobbies.
(strikes Sumo-wrestler pose)
(800-lb. sumo wrestler lands out of sky)

24) Try watching domestically produced animation.
(watches CN rerun of "Chowder"
(eyeballs fall out)

23) Develop active interest in manga
(reads manga)
(shreds it with samurai sword)

22) Enjoy the fresh outdoors.
(walks in meadow)
(800-lb. sumo wrestler lands out of sky)

Absolutely HILARIOUS!!! Razz Laughing
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