I’m on a bit of an animation kick at the moment but if you want to see some amazing animation and storytelling then Film 4 is doing a Studio Ghibli series right now which is well worth a look. Studio Ghibli is the Japanese animation studio headed by director Hayao Miyazaki responsible for films such as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke. Now, I know a lot of people aren’t into Japanese animation, I have to admit a lot of it leaves me cold, but this is no Pokomon. Miyazaki films are full of high adventure, mythical creatures, strange lands and interesting characters all wrapped up in breath-taking animation. What I love about his films are that the characters aren’t black and white, the bad guys aren’t all bad and the good guys often have quite dark sides to them, plus anyone can change.
August 2006
Well, ten of them anyway. There are so many to choose from but these came to mind straight away as my own personal favourites. They’re a varied bunch, some old some new, some computer some traditional. The one thing they all have in common is that I get goosebumps when I watch them. So, in [...]
The game I’ve been working on for the past year and a bit has finally reached the end of its extended art deadline. The end of a project is always such a strange thing; you have months of ever-increasing panic when you try to meet all the milestones and mini-deadlines. Then you have weeks of [...]
Ah thank you internet! I first saw this classic cartoon back when I was in college. It’s the kind of animation that shows the comments made by film critic Mick LaSalle to be total and utter tripe.
