Grumpy Jii-san returns shortly to the roots

Grumpy Jii-san's been watching cartoons for way too long. Today he's looking back at here it all began.

This time, the narration is recorded along the Abineau watershed on the north side of Arizona's San Fransico Mountains.

You can find a transcript of these remarks here:
http://grumpyjiisan.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/grumpyjii-tezshorts/

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Film & Animation

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[whoisyouranime]

Good review. Thanks for mentioning me. I like the US title "Astonishing Work". It sounds better than the Australian title "Experimental Films" . Legend of the Forest was my favourite. A combination of various animations with Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony makes me appreciate Tezukas work for what it is, a masterpiece. Every anime fan should have this.

[GrumpyJiisan]

I agree, "Experimental" seems a poor marketing term. It conjures the image of a film school student trying some stop-motion project with licorice twists and jelly beans.

[fadsneverdie]

Quality review as always, Jii-san!

[Levitz9]

I find it a little ironic that Tezuka was speaking about CG animation and acceptance of Japan's animation worldwide a scant two years before his death. These days, CG is practically a given almost anywhere. That, and we've got folks like you and I, who practically LIVE off of anime, all over the world.

I wonder what Tezuka would think if he saw the state of Japanese animation today?

[GrumpyJiisan]

Gosh, I dunno. Single film? Probably some multi-laserdisc import set (LDs have a maximum run time of 60 min, so longer movies require two disc.) My LDs of "Arcadia of my Youth" and "Laputa" both have ¥12,500 price tags. But, it may be the 3-LD box set of Otomo's "Memories", but I don't have the price sticker.

[animeindoorsir]

What's your most expensive anime film in your collection? And if you could make a rough estimate how much have you spent on anime throughout your life? Do you collect any other anime related products other then films and tv shows?