The Sky Crawlers teaser (new film from Mamoru Oshii)

Paul

Paul

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Ever since I read the plot synopsis, I've been itching to see this film. The Sky Crawlers will be the next anime movie from Mamoru Oshii.

Production I.G said:
The main characters are youngsters called "Kildren", who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a "war as entertainment" organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are faced with, they live their day-to-day lives to the full.

After reading the novel, Director Oshii praised it as "a work that should be made into a movie for young people now." Clothing, food and housing are in abundance in our modern society, and yet we carry an unfulfilled vacuum in our hearts. "It is time to face this new perception to our existence through the Kildren, who live indefinitely in eternal adolescence, and this theme should be dealt with now," claims Oshii earnestly. The author Mori regards his novel, The Sky Crawlers "as the most difficult among all of my works for film adaptation." However, Mori declared himself "surprised and relieved at the same time to know the director was going to be Mamoru Oshii," and gave his immediate consent.
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I'm getting a vibe like Last Exile from this, but I suspect it has more to say. Even from this short teaser, the music of Kenji Kawai and the bright, vast landscape is contemplative and beautiful.
 
I noticed the LE similarities too, but don't see it as a bad thing either - Oshii is the sort of director who will add layer after layer of hidden meanings to the initial premise. It seems different in concept from the likes of Angel's Egg or the GitS films too but I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for more info on what he's planning for it.
 
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