![]() I have to admit the original story never resonated much with me, but any admirer of animation as an art form should watch Takahata’s Gauche at least once. While other adaptions of Miyazawa works may stand out as more artistically daring, this is definitely an excellent adaption of Gauche. The song Hoshimeguri no Uta written by Miyazawa himself is notably used in the opening credits. Saida took cello lessons in order to animate the movements as accurately as possible. In addition to the pieces used in the original story, Takahata chose a few classical compositions for the movie. One scene also pays tribute to Tom & Jerry.Īlso notable is the attention payed to the music. Most of the movie is fairly realistic – the lavish backgrounds stand out in particular – but there are some very stylized scenes of comic relief that may surprise people who only know Takahata’s newer works. However, this was an independently produced endeavor with great attention to detail that took 6 years to complete and was the beginning of an approach to anime production that Takahata would later use again in My Neighbors the Yamadas and The Tale of Princess Kaguya: To attain the highest level of artistic consistency, the 63-minute movie was solo-layouted and key animated by Yoshitsugu Saida. It adds a few details to the original story, but nothing major. Takahata’s 1982 adaption of Gauche the Cellist may seem fairly conventional. ![]() Let’s take a short look at the works by the most prestigious directors. Unfortunately, some of the older works are hard to get your hands on nowadays – I’m not sure all of them were released physically in the first place. ![]() There are more straightforward works, like Takahata’s take on Gauche, but the majority of the adaptions have unusual – sometimes daring and experimental – visual styles that complement the eerier, weirder elements in Miyazawa’s stories. Out of the ones I have seen, all had an interesting artistic directions. Gauche the Cellist, Night on the Galactic Railroad, Matasaburō of the Wind and The Life of Budori Guskō have all been adapted twice or three times even over the course of the decades. Out of the huge catalogue of Miyazawa short stories, a few seem to me particularly popular. Take a short glimpse at the anime works that credit Kenji Miyazawa and you will notice: Many of them have been adapted two or even three times. In this article, I will try to provide a non-exhaustive overview of these adaptions and influenced works. The most notable case may be Leiji Matsumoto’s works, particularly Galaxy Express 999 and The Galaxy Railways. His ideas had and continue to have a big impact on generations of artists. The earliest ones were puppet animations – The Restaurant of Many Orders (1958) and Gauche the Cellist (1963) – and the most recent adaption is Matasaburō of the Wind from the Anime Mirai 2016 (Young Animators Training Program).īut Miyazawa’s influence goes far beyond just adaptions of his work. Kenji Miyazawa’s stories became very popular in post-war Japan, so naturally there have there have been animated adaptions. This is the second out of three planned post about Kenji Miyazawa.ġ) The Life, Works and Themes of Kenji MiyazawaĢ) Kenji Miyazawa in Anime and Manga: Adaptions and Influenceģ) A Trip to Kenji Miyazawa’s Beautiful Hometown Hanamaki
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