Glassy Ocean (Japanese: たむらしげる) is a 1998 Japanese animated film directed by Shigeru Tamura.[1][2] This is Tamura's second animated work following his 1993 short film Ursa Minor Blue (Japanese: 銀河の魚). The film was produced by the studios Project Team Sarah (for the animation), Ai ga areba Daijobu, and Bandai Visual [3]
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Directed by | Shigeru Tamura |
Written by | Shigeru Tamura |
Produced by | Mitsuo Shionaga |
Edited by | Yukihiro Ishikawa |
Music by | Utollo Teshikai |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Alternative titles: 'Kujira no Chōyaku', 'Kujira no Chouyaku', 'クジラの跳躍', 'The Jump of the Whale'.
Synopsis
Time has come to a standstill. A whale appears from a glassy ocean and spends half a day soaring gracefully across the skies. The ocean remains in a frozen state as the eccentric individuals who inhabit this land casually wander over it.[1][3][4]
Creators
Role | Name |
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Eric Jacobsen | Ocean Floor Man |
Hiroyuki Aoki | Alcoholic Philosopher |
Ichirō Nagai | Old Man |
Kento Ogasawara | Boy |
Masaharu Satō | Human Building (voice) |
Masatoshi Nagase | Narrator |
Masayuki Terashima | Spear Man |
Noboru Mitani | Artist R |
Shinichi Tsuda | Lime Student |
Takeshi Toshishige | Dreaming Man |
Role | Name |
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Director | Shigeru Tamura |
Writer | Shigeru Tamura |
Illustrator | Shigeru Tamura |
Producer | Mitsuo Shionaga |
Producer (Animation) | Akemi Ueda |
Animation | Rie Oshima
Kyoko Kashiwagi Etsuko Tomita |
3D Visual Direction | Shinya Kato |
Editor | Yukihiro Ishikawa |
Sound Design | Kazutaka Someya |
Composer | Utollo Teshikai
Hiroshi Ogasawara |
Awards
1998 - Japan Media Arts Festival grand prize for animation[5][6]
References
- 1 2 "Glassy Ocean: Kujira no Chôyaku - IMDb". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ↑ "Tamura Shigeru Studio". www.tamurashigeru.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- 1 2 "Kujira no Chōyaku - Glassy Ocean (movie) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ↑ "Glassy Ocean - Bandai Channel". www.b-ch.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-09-02.
- ↑ "Kujira no Chōyaku - Glassy Ocean (movie) [Trivia] - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
- ↑ "1998 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards" (in Japanese). Japan Media Arts Plaza, Agency for Cultural Affairs. 2010-09-05. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
External links
Glassy Ocean at IMDb
Glassy Ocean at MUBI