UK Trailer for The Tale of the Princess Kaguya released

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A new trailer for Studio Ghibli's Oscar-nominated film <em>The Tale of the Princess Kaguya </em>has been released in the UK by Studio Canal.



The film, created in a watercolour-style animation, is based on a Japanese folklore tail about a tiny princess found in a bamboo stalk and her journey through life. The movie is released in UK cinemas on 20th March.

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Have they actually announced cinema dates for this yet? I wonder if it's getting a full roll-out or just a limited release like Poppy Hill did.
 
The cinema near me is actually playing it on the 6th, but I'll wait for the Blu-ray :) I actually looked at the seating available as you had to book them in advance, and it's actually quite packed, which is nice!
 
Lutga said:
Have they actually announced cinema dates for this yet? I wonder if it's getting a full roll-out or just a limited release like Poppy Hill did.
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My local Arts Picture House have confirmed that they'e showing it from 20th March.
 
The story looks really great but I really don't like the animation :(

If it was animated like all the others I'd go for it in a heartbeat. Sadly I don't think I'll even buy this on DVD in future.

The Marnie one is regular animation from the looks of it, right? :p
 
-Danielle- said:
The story looks really great but I really don't like the animation :(

If it was animated like all the others I'd go for it in a heartbeat. Sadly I don't think I'll even buy this on DVD in future.

The Marnie one is regular animation from the looks of it, right? :p
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Man that sucks, I think this film looks like one of the best looking animated films of all time, bar none. I love the way it looks, and I'm head over heels for it. Everyone has different tastes, but it makes me sad that quite a few people are down on the animation for this for looking unconventional. When Marnie Was There is more traditional Ghibli style, which actually makes it look really forgettable to me. Takahata is the best director at Ghibli in my opinion, so everything he does is up my alley.
 
I think it's an evolution of the style that Takahata used on his previous film, My Neighbours the Yamadas. I seem to remember reading that Takahata decided to go down a minimalist route after talking with Canadian animator Frederic Back, who both he and Miyazaki were big fans of. But where Yamadas had more of a newspaper cartoon feel (think Peanuts), Kaguya reminds me more of the suni-e style that was used for Okami. I think it's breathtakingly beautiful.
 
Yami said:
I think it's an evolution of the style that Takahata used on his previous film, My Neighbours the Yamadas. I seem to remember reading that Takahata decided to go down a minimalist route after talking with Canadian animator Frederic Back, who both he and Miyazaki were big fans of. But where Yamadas had more of a newspaper cartoon feel (think Peanuts), Kaguya reminds me more of the suni-e style that was used for Okami. I think it's breathtakingly beautiful.
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I greatly appreciate this post, as I never made the connection to Frederic Back in regards to the animation but it makes sense when you look at it so thank you for that. The art-style in Kaguya is reminiscent of My Neighbours the Yamadas but seems to have a bit more of a 'flow' to it, if that makes sense? It's a bit more kinetic, and moves around like water, while retaining more detail in the backgrounds whereas Yamadas focused more on the characters, with often plain backgrounds, and like you said since Yamadas is based off of a comic strip, Nono-chan.
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Kaguya does remind me a bit of the sumi-e (Ink wash painting) art-style used in the Okami video games, but less pronounced. A great art-style overall, and makes for beautiful looking games and movies. Can't wait for Studiocanal to announce the Kaguya Blu-ray :)
 
qaiz said:
Yami said:
I think it's an evolution of the style that Takahata used on his previous film, My Neighbours the Yamadas. I seem to remember reading that Takahata decided to go down a minimalist route after talking with Canadian animator Frederic Back, who both he and Miyazaki were big fans of. But where Yamadas had more of a newspaper cartoon feel (think Peanuts), Kaguya reminds me more of the suni-e style that was used for Okami. I think it's breathtakingly beautiful.
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I greatly appreciate this post, as I never made the connection to Frederic Back in regards to the animation but it makes sense when you look at it so thank you for that. The art-style in Kaguya is reminiscent of My Neighbours the Yamadas but seems to have a bit more of a 'flow' to it, if that makes sense? It's a bit more kinetic, and moves around like water, while retaining more detail in the backgrounds whereas Yamadas focused more on the characters, with often plain backgrounds, and like you said since Yamadas is based off of a comic strip, Nono-chan.

Kaguya does remind me a bit of the sumi-e (Ink wash painting) art-style used in the Okami video games, but less pronounced. A great art-style overall, and makes for beautiful looking games and movies. Can't wait for Studiocanal to announce the Kaguya Blu-ray :)
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I didn't know that Yamadas was based off of a comic strip, thanks for that! Kaguya is definitely more fluid, but it seems to be a continuation of Takahata's journey away from conventional animation. I hope that he talks about the stylistic choice in the making of documentary, which is coming to DVD in a couple of weeks - sadly it's the 90 minute version, edited down from the 200 minute Japanese release.
 
Yami said:
I didn't know that Yamadas was based off of a comic strip, thanks for that! Kaguya is definitely more fluid, but it seems to be a continuation of Takahata's journey away from conventional animation. I hope that he talks about the stylistic choice in the making of documentary, which is coming to DVD in a couple of weeks - sadly it's the 90 minute version, edited down from the 200 minute Japanese release.
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Yup, Yamadas was based off of a comic strip called Nono-chan that was serialized in a newspaper (Asahi Newspaper) from 1991 to 1997 if I'm correct. I think it might still be ongoing, and it also had a TV series that ran from 2001 to 2002, spanning 61 episodes and the art-style is pretty nice and faithful :)
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I've heard a bit about the Documentary, including that fact that its shorter than the Japanese release, but I haven't really kept up with it to be honest. I'm really interested in watching it as Ghibli is my favorite studio but understandably I've been trying to stay clear of Ghibli anything to avoid spoilers for the upcoming movies and such.
 
Yeah I like the art behind it but see it more as just that. Like i'd steal a canvas, poster or print of something like this in an instant but I can't see me watching what almost 2 hours of watercolour? If film 4 has it one day. I'll watch it as the story does seem interesting.
 
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