Kujira no Chouyaku

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

    Tamura Shigeru Studio

  • Producers

    Bandai Visual

    Ai ga areba Daijobu

  • Source

    ORIGINAL

  • Genres

    Drama, Fantasy
  • Romaji

    Kujira no Chouyaku

  • English

    Glassy Ocean

  • Native

    クジラの跳躍

Tags

  • Time Manipulation

    82%

  • Iyashikei

    70%

  • Elderly Protagonist

    70%

  • CGI

    60%

  • Achronological Order

    60%

  • Ships

    56%

Relations

Characters

1 / 1

Staff

1 / 1
  • Shigeru Tamura

    Shigeru Tamura

    Director

  • Shigeru Tamura

    Shigeru Tamura

    Illustration

  • Shigeru Tamura

    Shigeru Tamura

    Script

  • Utollo Teshikai

    Utollo Teshikai

    Music

  • Kazutaka Someya

    Kazutaka Someya

    Sound Design

  • Akemi Ueda

    Akemi Ueda

    Animation Producer

  • Shinya Katou

    Shinya Katou

    CG Visual Director

Status Distribution

  • CURRENT

    47 Users

  • PLANNING

    1605 Users

  • COMPLETED

    1696 Users

  • DROPPED

    24 Users

  • PAUSED

    18 Users

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