SoraNews24 has recently published a review of Hayao Miyazaki's newest movie, the Ghibli Museum short Boro the Caterpillar. The review is very favorable and runs through the overall story, which is about a young caterpillar making his way in the world. Judging from the photos from the official art book, this movie is visually spectacular.
There doesn't appear to be any CG animation in this movie. I wonder what happened to that idea? Perhaps it was considered at one point and then abandoned? Or perhaps it was another case of a mistranslation being heard around the world. That happens a lot where Miyazaki-san is concerned.
As always, Boro will be shown only at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan. Don't expect this or any other of the Ghibli Museum short films to be screened outside of Japan, certainly not while Miyazaki is still alive. And I'm sure you don't wanna think about that subject right now.
These photos come from the article and show pages from the official art book, which can be purchased online. For Western Ghibli Freaks, this is the only way we can enjoy these great movies. It's like the days before VHS, when you had to read through giant picture books to relive your favorite movies. The Marx Brothers movie book, Why a Duck?, is sitting next to me on the shelf as I write this. We never see books like it anymore, now that we can watch nearly any movie on demand. But we still have to wait for the Ghibli Museum shorts, including Boro the Caterpillar.
Enjoy the screenshots.
1 comment:
Japanese studios are really good at toonshading cg to look hand drawn. If you have a Netflix account you can see there are several shows that mix cg and hand drawn elements nicely. The animated Godzilla movie is the first thing that comes to mind.
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