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Holiday - Sky Crawlers

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A series of drawings of the Sky Crawlers (2007) made over the end of the year holidays.

From left to right:
- Open: 3 hours
- Midori: -
- Midnight Smoke: 4.5 hrs
(I'm kinda happy with the last one because my art teacher hasn't pointed anything insanely wrong out yet. Yet. :D)

Basically, it all started when I bought the DVD of the Sky Crawlers when I was in China last year; watched it over the New Year and became addicted. While it doesn't actually have what could be called a storyline (plot, climax, ending, etc.), the animation is quite brilliant. Seamless combination of 2D and 3D components in the movie was amazing, because while their surroundings were in 3D, the 2D animated characters just fitted in perfectly. What also struck me was the really peaceful open backgrounds: meadows, large houses, and of course, the blue sky when the characters were in the air. And the animation subtly got more detailed (Yuuichi went from having hardly any shading to being fully coloured towards the end) and the simplest of actions were demonstrated fully, my favourite parts being when Yuuichi flicks the match, and Suito... just about everything she did was cool :XD:. The kiss scene was pretty awesome too. Drawback: They are all chain smokers. Maybe cigarettes don't stink that much in anime, but I was in the land of second-hand smoking at the time and was not impressed. Still, I have to say that despite not really having an ending, and me having to watch it twice because I can't read the Chinese subs too well, and just overall feelings of "...huh?", this film is one of my favourite anime movies ever, and will remain pretty awesome for a long time. =p And not just because of Kenji Kawai and Mamoru Oshii! :D

PS, the sound track (SOUND of the Sky Crawlers) is really, really good.:heart:
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