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This is a Czech animation directed by Hermína Týrlová, Josef Pinkava, Milos Komárek. It was an animation with live models and puppet. The story was about a boy and a cloth. The story begins in a house with a cloth looking at the dripping hose, a boy coming back home, taking the cloth away. The cloth then started its adventure nearby, and experienced danger such as rubbish bin. At last, other cloth came and stopped the flooding, whereas our main character cloth was still playing.

I believe the cloth is controlled as a puppet using string, and the movement of it is so steady and fluent. The idea of the story is also interesting, as the cloth is tied with a knot, the knot is like its head and the appearance is so much like a rabbit (WHAT???). In this animation, we used a different angle to explore the world and it is a funny experience.

Marissa Tso

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production. It is a milestone in the history of Japanese animation and is recognized as one of the greatest animations in Japanese history.

Evangelion is one of the few animations that can cause large-scale public debate in all ages. Evangelion was first shown in childhood in Japan, and the results were not popular. However, after playing in adult time, it produced explosive repercussions and rekindled a large number of adults’ love for animation.

Evangelion brings a full range of innovations that are rare in the past and in the future. In the aspect of narration, the theme of the story, flashback, symbol and hint, world view, new definition of hero hero. In terms of vision, the design of the body, violence and blood, white characters on black background, super long frames, high-speed flash frames, live movie segments. As well as Christian, Jewish symbols, psychological terms. All of these make Evangelion a unique style of animation. In addition, the characters in the animation show different degrees of emotional disorder and mental illness symptoms (especially depression and anxiety), and the story itself also shows a strong existential color. Thus, whether it is its artistic form, or the psychological role it plays in the play and the psychological problems of anxiety, autism, social incompatibility, etc., which are common in the younger generation of the post bubble economy era, or the description of the dark psychology depicted in the narration, Evangelion has aroused strong recognition from the audience.

The revolutionary strong stream of consciousness technique and the use of a large number of religious and philosophical images in the film set off a huge echo and impact in Japanese society, which is called social phenomenon, and became a milestone in the history of Japanese animation, and was recognized as one of the greatest animations in Japanese history.

Animating in the digital age was a really interesting time. I grew up in an era where independent animation from the internet wasn’t always the highest quality but ti was produced almost 100% independently. All you needed back in the mid 2000s to become a web animator was flash and a drawing tablet. YouTube used to be a space where animators could make a decent living but with changes to the algorithm in the early 2010s animation in large isn’t uploaded as frequently as it used to be. That being said its still a place where you can find plenty to watch and with lots of variety. The internet is and will most likely stay a free space where animators can produce a decent wage for themselves despite my comments about Youtube’s awful practices. I say all this to say in alot of ways we haven’t really left the animation digital age. With a whole new decade on the horizon it’ll be exciting to see how much farther animation will go at this point.

I would like to share a Chinese 2D animated film released this summer vacation, The Legend of Hei.

As early as 2011, mtjj, an independent Chinese producer, created the role of Luo Xiaohei and also created animated TV series. With its straight character style, wonderful plot and profound world view, the play has attracted millions of viewers and is known as the bright star of domestic animation industry. Despite the shortage of funds and personnel, mtjj never gave up.  That’s why this 100 minute two-dimensional animated film of the same name has set off a carnival for fans this summer. Not only the smooth painting style can be compared with the world-famous Ghibli and Kyoto animation studio, but also the intimate growth story touches the audience’s heart, making people hide Easter eggs everywhere and pay homage to the classic. Last but not least, the film portraits a true Chinese style atmosphere with a glimpse of ancient and modern China together. The movie do have a relatively slow pacing of daily life stories In the first half which may cause some audience fell a little bit dull. Whatever the flaws, it still resembles a milestone of modern day 2D Chinese animated films

Osamu Tezuka is a very influential figure in the world of anime. which such revered classics under his belt such as astroboy, dororo and kimba the white lion. The 2009 adaptation of astroboy was actually produced in Hong Kong. dororo the story of a boy whos body part were sold by his father to demons when he was a baby has to use the prothetic parts that were crafted for him by his adoptive father recieved a 2018 anime. Osamu was known to be a good penpal with walt disney. In some ways one could say that Disney had a pretty sizeable influence on old anime. Anime Heidi the girl from the Alps all have a very whimsical childlike energy. Osamu Tezuka’s Kimba the Lion was a big inspiration for the lion king. There’s so many story comparisons many people alledge that Disney just straight up stole Osamu’s idea right from under him. It’s funny that at first Disney was influencing the East but it seems like in more recent times the roles have shifted.