Iblard Jikan

If anime was ever introduced into an arts class this would be the best anime to show to the students! This is actually the best way to descibe this anime.
The anime is divided into different acts, accompanied by a music piece selected to set the mood of each act. While you are exploring the world of Iblard Jikan strange things might happen. Big floating rocks might hover above you or flowers spring into bloom in front of you. The feeling is like you are inside this gigantic painting that comes to life.
This is not an anime for the action lovers. In this world everything has ... its own time, its own rules. Watch this anime in the evening after taking a shower, with a cup of tea and with the biggest ever screen size and the best ever sound setup and you are in for a totally visual experience beyond thoughts! One of Studio Ghilibi most ambitious, and perhaps too ambitious projects to take on, but wow they do it so good!

Background: 10/10
The artistry is amazing. The movie is directed by Naohisa Inoue who did the "Whisper of the Heart" backgrounds on the fantasy scenes (which has a similar feel). His paintings commonly take place in the land of Iblard (hence the name). Since he uses his actual paintings the backgrounds look great. An additional bit of info, it looks like his technique is similar to Sachiko's in "From Up On Poppy Hill" http://www.iblard.com/english/draw.html

Animation 2/10
To give the paintings life water effects are added over and other little things, the problem is everything sticks out like a sore thumb. Also they make all the paintings move to ... make it seem like you are actually in the world, but it ends up extremely clunky and flat. The animation is so distracting that I spent more time looking up the paintings than actually watching the movie.

Story -/--
There is no story so nothing to judge.

Character -/--
There are no characters so nothing to judge.

Why did I waste 30 minutes of my life on this. It is a virtual art gallery with irritatingly repetitive music that just gets on your nerves. If I where you I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole. This is just overall awful. Sliding images on a screen, may as well be watching a PowerPoint slideshow. Not worth watching, If you do watch it and give it above a 1, What is wrong with you. 100% rage baiting. The art isn't even that good, its just oil pastel with no real talent behind it.

giving this a 1.