the animation works of koji morimoto
a weird predominately Japaninmation-filled weekend leaving me in a sombre mood, perhaps tis of the wonderous works and visual-scapes of Koji Morimoto i've discovered and of the intense dissatisfaction with my own waning passion for the moving arts, coupled with the desire to move forth beyond thy current realms of material obssession and possessions and truly "create" ...
- four+minutes of glorious cyber-surreal Mangamation by ★ Studio 4°C:
*i hunger for more*
*mondo-more videos after the jump*
animation / works:
a near-2-minutes clip from the Animatrix segment "Beyond"
- full youtubed-versions: Part One / Part Two
- short movie Franekn Gear (from Robot Carnival)
- animated short Noiseman Sound Insect - Part One
- animated short Noiseman Sound Insect - Part Two
music videos:
- Ken Ishii's Extra:
- "Survival" = music video for Japanese group GLAY:
"Koji Morimoto (森本晃司 Morimoto Kōji, born December 26th, 1959) is an animator and one of Japan's premier anime directors ... from working as animation director on Otomo's landmark feature AKIRA and a chance to direct a short for the Robot Carnival ("Franken Gear") anthology. Around this time he founded Studio 4°C (official website) with producer Eiko Tanaka and fellow animator Yoshiharu Sato ... aside from a small cult following, his films have been ignored outside of Japan. This has begun to change in recent years, with his artwork being featured in Takashi Murakami's superflat exhibitions worldwide, and being invited by the Wachowski Brothers to direct a segment of The Animatrix ("Beyond"). He is currently working on his Sachiko, his second feature-length film, which is scheduled to be released in 2007." [wiki]
and from his IMDB credits, he was also the animation director for Mind Game and Key Animator for Blue Submarine No.6, which coincidently is playing at this exact moment (DVD) as im typing this post. this was not planned. *coolness*
- four+minutes of glorious cyber-surreal Mangamation by ★ Studio 4°C:
*i hunger for more*
*mondo-more videos after the jump*
animation / works:
a near-2-minutes clip from the Animatrix segment "Beyond"
- full youtubed-versions: Part One / Part Two
- short movie Franekn Gear (from Robot Carnival)
- animated short Noiseman Sound Insect - Part One
- animated short Noiseman Sound Insect - Part Two
music videos:
- Ken Ishii's Extra:
- "Survival" = music video for Japanese group GLAY:
"Koji Morimoto (森本晃司 Morimoto Kōji, born December 26th, 1959) is an animator and one of Japan's premier anime directors ... from working as animation director on Otomo's landmark feature AKIRA and a chance to direct a short for the Robot Carnival ("Franken Gear") anthology. Around this time he founded Studio 4°C (official website) with producer Eiko Tanaka and fellow animator Yoshiharu Sato ... aside from a small cult following, his films have been ignored outside of Japan. This has begun to change in recent years, with his artwork being featured in Takashi Murakami's superflat exhibitions worldwide, and being invited by the Wachowski Brothers to direct a segment of The Animatrix ("Beyond"). He is currently working on his Sachiko, his second feature-length film, which is scheduled to be released in 2007." [wiki]
and from his IMDB credits, he was also the animation director for Mind Game and Key Animator for Blue Submarine No.6, which coincidently is playing at this exact moment (DVD) as im typing this post. this was not planned. *coolness*
