“Hand-drawn whale soars over frozen 3D ocean in poetic fantasy animation blending CG and traditional art.”
Glassy Ocean
クジラの跳躍
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Synopsis
Hand-drawn whale soars over frozen 3D ocean in poetic fantasy animation blending CG and traditional art.
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. (Source: ANN)
What people say
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Derived from 7 sampled reviews
What 7 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.57
Running avg · Jul 2007 → Mar 2023
- 8 “I found this by using anilist to search for OVAs that came out from 1980-1999, scrolling down past the most popular ones, and just clicking on whatever looked interesting. I think I will continue...”
- 9 “Glassy Ocean is an inspired and avant-garde story that gives its audience numerous perspectives surrounding one "large" event - a whale jumping through waves of green glass. For the people of this...”
- 10 “Kujira no Chouyaku is the embodiment of what can only be described as a peace of mind. Based on a children's book also by Tamura Shigeru, Kujira no Chouyaku focuses on the leap of a single whale...”
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- Format 1 × 22′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 22m all episodes
- Aired Nov 1998 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-1098 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Ai ga areba Daijobu Producer
- Tamura Shigeru Studio Producer