Katie Carter reviews feature films old and new Short and to the point reviews of classic films (lately mostly pre-code talkies) by an anonymous retired Foreign Service Officer from California Paul Astell brings us thorough reviews of animated features. Top ex-Disney animator Andreas Deja’s own blog.Įsteemed Disney historian Didier Ghez on the latest books on Disney history. Jessica Pickens reviews classic Hollywood films, especially musicals. Michael reviews films of 100 years old and older, roughly in chronological order.Ī similar blog featuring many stills and comic strips. THE site on classic animation research, hosted by cartoon historian Jerry Beck.įrank Beef analyzes classic cartoons. Topical blog on animation film, led by animation historian Amid Amidi.Īmid Amidi’s blog on modern design cartoon art from the forties, fifties and sixties. Kept until 2016.Īnimation historian Jerry Beck’s animation film news blog. Kept until 2011.Ī blog dedicated to background paintings from animation films. ‘Ocean Waves’ is available on DVD and Blu-RayĪ great blog on Disney’s top animators, old and new. Watch the trailer for ‘Ocean Waves’ yourself and tell me what you think:
‘Ocean Waves’ may not be a Ghibli masterpiece, it’s still a gentle animation film, well worth seeing. The film remains highly realistic, and the characters believable throughout. Rikako remains enigmatic to the very end, and Taku blunders through his meetings with her. The film’s style is very understated: only little is spoken out, and most of the feelings transgress through body gestures. The trip turns into a disaster, and Rikako even unwillingly manages to separate the two friends, but the film ends on a high note, even if years later. Yutaka is clearly interested in her, raising jealousy in Taku, but it’s Taku who ends up in an all too improvised trip to Tokyo with Rikako, who wants to see her father again. Rikako clearly is a troubled girl: she has moved to Kōchi from Tokyo, only with her mother and brother, and she hardly makes friends. He reminisces about his high school friendship with bespectacled Matsuno Yutaka, and how he met the erratic girl Muto Rikako. The film is told by Taku, now a student at a University in Tokyo. The film takes place in Kōchi, on the Southern island of Shikoku.
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So, it may not come to a surprise that the film is a little underwhelming when compared to contemporary Ghibli films like ‘ Porco Rosso‘ (1992) or ‘ Pom Poko‘ (1994), let alone later masterpieces like ‘Princess Mononoke’ (1997) or ‘ Spirited Away‘ (2001).īut taken on its own, ‘Ocean Waves’ is a very nicely told tale of high school romance, full of nostalgia, especially in its depiction of hot summers. It’s also one of those Japanese animation films that could pretty well be made in live action.Īccording to Wikipedia the film was an attempt by Studio Ghibli to allow their younger staff members to make a film reasonably cheaply. ‘Ocean Waves’ was an animated feature the Studio Ghibli made for television.
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