After he had started his career in the animation and character design at Studio Ghibli, working on such features as “Arietty” and “From Up on Poppy Hill”, Yojiro Arai eventually became a member of Studio Colorido, where he would not only work in the previously mentioned departments, but also take over directing duties. He also contributed to the animation and character design for “Sonny Boy & Dewdrop Girl”, a short feature by the studio’s co-founder Hiroyasu Ishida, who liked the cooperation with his colleague and decided to take over Arai’s job for his directing debut, the short feature “Typhoon Noruda”. Much like his colleague’s works, the inspiration for the story surrounding the friendship of two male high-school students and their encounter with a supernatural force, came from a drawing which helped him, Ishida and the remaining crew, to find the right language and design approach for the feature.
- 7/16/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
After his third short feature “Sonny Boy & Dewdrop Girl”, director and animator Hiroyasu Ishida made “Paulette’s Chair” which, on the one hand, can be seen as a confirmation and skill he had acquired over the years, but also as a preparation for the work he did on Yojiro Arai’s “Typhoon Noruda”. While the short movie would contain similar themes as his previous works, most notably “Fumiko’s Confession”, it also shows Ishida telling a story within a foreign environment, in this case France. After its “Paulette’s Chair” emphasized the reputation of Ishida as one of the greatest new talent within anime, a director able to blend themes such as growing up with concepts of movement and the blurry lines of reality and fantasy.
In her childhood, living in the French countryside, Paulette spends most of her time alone, afraid she might not be accepted by the other...
In her childhood, living in the French countryside, Paulette spends most of her time alone, afraid she might not be accepted by the other...
- 7/12/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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