Glassy Ocean (Kujira no Chôyaku) (1998)

Essential Japanese Films (169 items)
list by Kenji

My Favourite Animated Films (50 items)
list by Kenji

Curiouser and Curiouser (132 items)
list by Kenji

Time has come to a standstill. A whale appears from a glassy ocean and spends half a day soaring gracefully across the skies. What makes this works extraordinary is the artist's decision to use the transparency and visual bulk of 3D computer graphics only for the un-moving ocean and glaciers. The people, whale, and ships are all hand-drawn, and with this contrast, he invites the viewer into a different world. This is a poem written in animation, the creation of a true fantasy. This project was a considerable under taking, and the results are marvelous.