Kujira no Chouyaku
Time has come to a standstill. A whale appears from a glassy ocean and spends half a day soaring gracefully across the skies. What makes this works extraordinary is the artist's decision to use the transparency and visual bulk of 3D computer graphics only for the un-moving ocean and glaciers. The people, whale, and ships are all hand-drawn, and with this contrast, he invites the viewer into a different world. This is a poem written in animation, the creation of a true fantasy. This project was a considerable under taking, and the results are marvelous.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Rankings
#16 highest rated of 1998
#12 most popular of 1998
Data
Format
OVA
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
22 minutes
Status
FINISHED
Start Date
Mon Dec 14 1998
End Date
Mon Dec 14 1998
Season
FALL 1998
Average Score
63%
Mean Score
64%
Popularity
3390
Favourites
55
Studios
Producers
Bandai Visual
Ai ga areba Daijobu
Source
ORIGINAL
Genres
Drama, FantasyRomaji
Kujira no Chouyaku
English
Glassy Ocean
Native
クジラの跳躍
External & Streaming links
Relations
ALTERNATIVE
Silent Beach
ONESHOT · FINISHED
Characters
Narrator
SUPPORTING
Masatoshi Nagase
JAPANESE
Staff
Shigeru Tamura
Director
Shigeru Tamura
Illustration
Shigeru Tamura
Script
Utollo Teshikai
Music
Kazutaka Someya
Sound Design
Akemi Ueda
Animation Producer
Shinya Katou
CG Visual Director
Status Distribution
- CURRENT
47 Users
- PLANNING
1605 Users
- COMPLETED
1696 Users
- DROPPED
24 Users
- PAUSED
18 Users