Via Waxy, we are given a chance to revisit the godfather of anime, Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫, see previously) in his 1984 award-winning short Jumping (ジャンピング). Shot in one continuous cut over four thousand cells—more on the making of the work with whole storyboard mapped out—and animated from the perspective of a small child skipping down a suburban street, jumps become progressively higher, striding across the city and higher and higher, eventually gaining a view on all of humanity, bounding through jungles and a battlefield and harrowing Hell, before bouncing back to the quiet lane where the adventure started. As with Tezuka’s other works, there is a strong and earnest anti-war sentiment grounded by privileged but everyday magic.
one year ago: assorted links worth revisiting
two years ago: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
three years ago: a close encounter, toponymy of the British Isles plus John Steinbeck’s werewolf novel
four years ago: The Shining (1980), an anti-compliation of short clips, watermelon snow, the French language assigns a gender to the virus, the etymology of epidemics plus more typographical samplers
five years ago: more links to enjoy, gardening and medical intervention, EU hoodies plus a scandal in the Austrian government
