The other reviews mentioned the existence of three tellings of the same story so I won't harp on it too much, just mind that this review is for the 1918 animation (the one in the thumbnail) by Seitaro Kitayama.
The story is very short so there's not much to say about it, really. In this version, a boy capsizes at sea and meets a kind talking sea turtle who invites him to live under the sea and is then returned to firm land many years later as an old man.
The art and animation are simple but get the job done, this version doesn't make excessive use
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Aug 14, 2017
Hanasaka Jijii
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Brought to life via animation by one of the known fathers of anime, Seitarō Kitayama, Hanasaka Jiijii (or Jiisan depending on where you get your old folk tale fix) is one of the oldest fables of Japanese culture. And is presented this time as a 6-minute short.
As most fables go this story has a moral point to make. In this instance, one about the trappings of envy and greed. It's also about a family and their dog, and it goes like this: an old couple finds their dog digging in their backyard and finds gold in the hole. A neighbor saw that happen and ... 
Aug 12, 2017
Namakura Gatana
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The general response to Nakamura Gatana is... harsh, to say the least, but understandable. It's difficult not to judge something by current standards.
However, I believe one has to keep in mind how groundbreaking this 4-minute piece is considering it's literally 100 years old. Animation was but a newborn in 1917, and in Japan specifically only one other work had been published and it had only three seconds of running time. Nakamura Gatana was one of the first animations in Japan and the first to exceed a restrictive duration of under one minute, and it too was done by a single person. The plot is ... |
