The Box Man

[RGMBoredomZone]

but smosh did better box man videos...

[RGMBoredomZone]

EPIC! MAKE MORE! THEY'RE AMAZING!

[GodSardomin]

Amazing. Nice job dude.

[jonahguitarhero]

Sucks

[AwesomeNinjaPanda48]

That was boss

[EMaster2006]

7 people never played Metal Gear before.

[TiaTries2Vlog]

THE BOXMAAAAANNNNN

HE'S A BOXXXXXX

[silversobe]

Amazing work! 

[Huesomartinez]

This is the best stopmotion animated film of all time!

[NewyorkieDog]

Wow

[MsGers2]

I thought I was real until I saw how they moved

[droELIZA]

you should do an adaptation of the bet!

[clintdavidk]

This is fucking awesome. Good going, dude.

[williamdtucker2099]

I read Kobo Abe's novel a few years ago and really dug it. I fantasized making it into a movie, but actually I just ended up wondering what it would be like to become an actual Box Man and move to their exclusive little town . . . this is a great short movie. Thanks for creating it and sharing it!

[sarajane68]

gmod

[TheMysteryDrawer]

It looked real untill i saw the faces.

[PepijnPaint]

I dont get it :S

[UsefulChamber]

fantastic homage to the book :) exactly how i imagined this scene playing out

very well done

[limafilho27]

Great stop-motion film. Loved it. Thanks.

[Shyhalu]

Wow.....you'd think whatever was under that box has it bad enough without some asshole shooting him.....then stealing his home.

[leonardo5507]

LOL I thought the box was solid snake

[mrwakkofly]

Wtf?...

[Felo42]

Awesome!! I'm reading the book right now for a class and it is so powerful and amazing, but sometimes it is very hard to put a picture to it.. your video just helped me make a more solid idea of the story, thank you! :)

[tzdsc]

Mini crime & punishment

nice!

[tzdsc]

Mini Crime and Punishment

Nice!

[BlakehamsWimpey]

Beautiful and thought provoking.

[turbomouse]

I saw this once, years ago. I was studying biochem today and for some reason thought of it, out of the blue. I looked for the video for half an hour, and finally found it. Amazing stuff, glad it's still around for viewing!

[Lightstar805]

Solid Snakes humble beginnings 

[exelentdude]

132 pple are metal metal gear solid fans..............good for them XD

[superlegoanimator]

Amazing film. For me, it really made me think about humanity and the impact we all have on each other. Other people have different interpretations, and I think that's what makes this film unique. It is a great wake up call from the many mindless videos you usually stumble across on here. Thanks :D

[bubunnga]

koubou abe

「hako otoko」1973　japan

[aldude55]

Really cool, but I don't get it.

[Gureilla123]

I was really impressed with this. So much so that I have sent a link to some of my friends so they can also watch it. Masterful.

[halcah89]

Awesome! I read this.

[WeirdThingsOnEarth]

whoa. that is NOT stop-motion...that is too GREAT to be..... jeeeeesh your AWESOME!

[Mackmation]

Quality stuff, Nirvan. Well animated and great composition.

[Bluemorphoband]

I love the atmosphere in it...

And the water is so real... gorgeous

Really great.

[willychyr]

Awesome work - love the Mondrian piece.

[thedavecartershow]

This is amazing! I was absolutely hooked from get go. Opening credits are really fantastic too. Really nice man

[ronyrevis]

muito legal!!!

[kaunaskas]

Just find a good story and follow it... good job!

[the1secondfilm]

Slowly. The bricks are hand carved from a heavy foam. Took forever. The hard wood floors are made from free stir sticks from home depot.

[randomnumber81]

Here you numb nuts..... quit making up shit...

"The story Abe tells in The Box Man is the story of the contradictions of his times, high-economic growth, amidst the lingering effects of the dual structure, emerging quality of life issues, made more poignant by the questioning of capitalism itself. Finally, it relates the complex relationship the state had with the poor. Abe through the box metaphor is able to dwell on all these issues"

[monospacial]

very nice done!

[Danclemanimations]

how was the street light made?

Thanks

[the1secondfilm]

There is a small practical light soldered onto wire threaded through tubes and pipes. The light casing is made of pro-poxy on the top, molded around a piece of one of those plastic capsules from a vending machine that I broke off and painted yellow/orangeish. I put a fog filter on the camera lens to make the light glow a little.

[PcROX123]

!

HQ DO YOU READ?!

''This is HQ''

REQUESTING BACKUP UNIT!

''Confirmed. sending backup units''

[justin2021]

Snake? Snake?! SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!!!

[LadyLolaDarling]

LMAO @ that. i almost pissed myself at your comment. lol

[cozbuck]

i like it

it shows the darker sid of humanity as the man and the good side as the box.

[iluvHannahStarkey]

it makes alot of sense now that i figured it out it means he was in the box and he shot himself so he will die in the box and he ran after himself to find only himself and that frightened him so he was scared by the real fear, fear itself and the real fear IS yourself so he became what he didnt want to become so he wouldnt be fear but someone else would so they would do the same thing over again and every one will die with that concept of eating themselves alive with their own real fear. harsh.

[gapanlilio33]

for me i think that the man is humanity and the box is our sins, if we look at it and remember we whould accept it for our own good

[equalsbaker895]

im just a kid

kids are dum

therefore i am dum

soooo

i dont understand

lol

[Xiao6996]

Interesting concept, seems to sort of hint at some dark recesses of what humanity is like. I won't go into it, but suffice it to say that its a very interesting film.

[comedianfan1234]

strage so he shot the box to chase the guy in it away and than stole it so he can sit inside the box? anyway nice made movie a little dark but greatly made 5

[mickandgreg]

PERFECT

[MrElwood2]

Fenomenalny szorcik!

[dAdelibal]

kutu adam sen misin?

kutu adam senmişsin.

[linktheawEsome45]

how long did it take to make this a year?

[littlebd7]

oh man no longer avalible that sucks

[zebrametal100]

that's amazingg

[eftbgalina]

It seems the video clip can't be viewed anymore.

[moustachers]

just refresh. youtube is kind of spastic sometimes.

[Birthdaycake24]

nice clay work tho

[Birthdaycake24]

wtf???

[DrunkenPandaGuy]

awesome video nice clay work

[racoonfish]

rly nice animation, i love the deep in this story. i was just waiting for a finger to come off when he put 'em in the box ^^ would love to see more from you :)

[Xijnjoey38]

Midnight dewivery!

[halimarie]

The atmosphere and setting of this remind me so much of certain parts of Tokyo at night, where there's not a lot of people.

[PatL112]

woah when he shot the gun it scared the piss out of me i thought it was like night time binoculars or something lol

[mottis379]

Awesome..

[ax0lotl]

In the book, the box man is the guy who shoots the dude living in the box. Or both of them are the box man. He kills the guy because of his uncontrollable attraction to the box. It represents comfort, order, and isolation.

[scottyboythepimp]

This is eerie but still cool

[getcrazycrunk]

how someone will go to great lengths to take away for the basic want became need.

[Eusebio92]

Amazing! I saw this a couple years back on atomfilms, but I just remembered it again recently. I'm surprised that more people haven't watched this! It should've gotten a million hits by now!

[LockedPig]

woah! work of artist...

[arujay101]

Lurn how to write and spell. And come on that was funny.

[arujay101]

Lurn how to write and spell. And come on that was funny.

[Unenthusiasticly]

Strange...but very nice.

[pennyronning]

Fantastic, Nirvan!

[nowheregirl22]

Wow! I like it! God job!

[nowheregirl22]

Oh, my God! What did I write?!:( I´m sorry but I´m short-sighted. I should have written:"Good job".

[Necromortis61]

Interpretations galore! Well done.

[1paperbag]

if you dont know what the sandman is, please look for it right now. great short film. but all spam aside... this was wonderfully done, please continue bringing us more pieces of art like this.

[1paperbag]

better than the sandman.

[invadernaruto313]

wow that was great. but can someone explain to me what the end meant? i dont get it

[teya18]

i thought maybe he was punishing himself?

[juliocrockett]

man, i love this piece.

[SirDude]

Wow. This was really well done; easily some of the best stop-motion work I've seen. The camera work, composition and lighting is very good.

Great animation. Great sound. Excellent video.

5 stars.

[francescoworld]

This will inspire Tim Burton

[000dgtlkttn000]

Excellent! 5*

[ghostwise]

My mind went into motion after watching this. Almost all the time YouTube videos make me feel dull. This felt like an opening up inside my head. Heavy though, lots to digest.

[the1secondfilm]

thanks ghostwise :)