Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion (2004)
Yasuo Ōtsuka was the mentor of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, the man who taught them to feel the joy of animation. As the supervising animator of their films and through the creation of superb scenes such as Lupin leaping from turret to turret in Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, Ōtsuka made the impossible believable, and touched people’s emotions. To look back at the many works he was involved in is to review the history of Japanese animation after WWII. This film is a must for anime fans who want to learn how Japanese animation evolved.
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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.