KINEJAPAN digest 2060
Marc Walkow
marcwalkow
Thu Mar 22 01:14:40 EDT 2007
This is an automatic reply.
Marc is out of the country and not checking email until March 22nd.
He'll get your message then.
On Mar 16, 2007, at 1:07 AM, KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu wrote:
>
> KINEJAPAN Digest 2060
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Sumo on film
> by Greg Johnson <gsjohnson at otsuma.ac.jp>
> 2) Re: Sumo.....
> by "Alex Zahlten" <Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de>
> 3) YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
> by "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>
> 4) documentary on Sumo
> by Marty Gross <marty at martygrossfilms.com>
> 5) Hara Kazuo Films in Los Angeles
> by "Jonathan M. Hall" <jmhall at uci.edu>
> 6) Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
> by Bruce Baird <baird at asianlan.umass.edu>
> 7) Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
> by Bruce Baird <baird at asianlan.umass.edu>
> 8) Five New Books
> by Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
> 9) Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
> by David Blair <blair at telepathic-movie.org>
> 10) Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
> by "Dean Bowman" <deanbowman.uk at gmail.com>
>
> From: Greg Johnson <gsjohnson at otsuma.ac.jp>
> Date: March 15, 2007 12:49:59 AM EDT
> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: Sumo on film
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 1472 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/attachment.bin
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/mime-attachment.html
-------------- next part --------------
>
> From: "Alex Zahlten" <Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de>
> Date: March 15, 2007 3:38:21 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Sumo.....
>
>
>
> Toshiki Sato shot a film called "Chanko" (the english title is
> "Sumo Hot Pot") last year, which deals with a sumo club at a
> university on, if I remember correctly, Kyushu. The club is very
> unpopular, and end up recruiting all the foreigners on campus.
>
> Alex
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:14:34 -0700
> Von: Mitsuo Maeda <mitso2000 at ca.rr.com>
> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> CC:
> Betreff: Sumo.....
>
>> Excuse me for the brevity of my initial post. It occurred to me that
>> I should introduce myself a bit. I am a graduate student at the
>> University of Southern California. I am working on a project that
>> examines how sumo is shown both in Japanese popular culture and the
>> presentation of foreign wrestlers. I am comparing foreign wrestlers
>> and the sumo system to the Hollywood star system and its total
>> control over talent. During this time, Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese-
>> American actor was presented as a "model minority" who successfully
>> assimilated into American culture. I want to compare him to sumo
>> wrestlers. I am also looking at Richard Dyer's work on the
>> construction of the Hollywood star and would like to find general
>> materials in film that present sumo as a vehicle for assimilation or
>> even sumo in general.
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> alex at nipponconnection.de
>
> Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten
> Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser
>
>
>
> From: "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>
> Date: March 15, 2007 10:13:03 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
>
>
> Since this list is meant to be about all aspects of Japanese visual
> culture,
> not only film, I wanted to ask a little about the background of a
> program
> called The World of GOLDEN EGGS that a friend of mine alerted my
> attention
> to on Youtube:
>
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgjBIcGc9bM
>
> Set in South Park-style American suburbia, it is something of a
> curio. It
> seems like the intent of these brief skits is to teach English to the
> Japanese. I gather its been quite a popular phenomenon over the
> past year,
> migrating onto other platforms such as iTunes podcasts and mobile
> phone
> downloads, although it originally surfaced on cable TV.
> One interesting aspect is its use of CG for the animation,
> particularly the
> expedient method known as Toon-Shading.
>
> Toon Shading means the models are animated as 3d objects, and then
> rendered
> to give them the finished look of a traditional hand-drawn cartoon.
> Using
> software developed by the company SoftImage by Michael Arias, the
> technique
> was first used to animate the opening Boar God attack in Studio
> Ghibli?s
> Princess Mononoke (1997), and is often used as a shortcut for the more
> challenging work of the traditional animation, with which it is often
> combined. The most obvious use if for the 2003 film Appleseed.
>
> Anyone caught this?
>
> Jasper Sharp
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema
> www.midnighteye.com
>
> ===
>
> Available now in bookstores everywhere:
> The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film (Stone Bridge Press)
> by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
> http://www.midnighteye.com/features/midnighteye_guide.shtml
> "Easily one of the most important books on Japanese cinema ever
> released in
> English."
> - Newtype USA
>
>
>
> --------- Original Message --------
> From: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> To: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: Mainichi Concours 2006
> Date: 19/01/07 18:29
>
>>
>> The results of the 2006 Mainichi Concours, one of the last of the big
>> yearly film awards, were announced:
>>
>> Best Japanese Film: Yureru
>> Best Director: Negishi Kichitaro (Yuki ni negau koto)
>> Best Screenplay: Kato Masato (Yuki ni negau koto)
>> Best Actor: Sato Koichi (Yuki ni negau koto)
>> Best Actress: Nakatani Miko (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)
>> Best Supporting Actor: Sasano Takashi (Bushi no ichibun, Nezo no ban)
>> Best Supporting Actress: Aoi Yu (Hula Girl, Neji no megami,
>> Hachimitsu
>> to Clover)
>> Best New Face Award: Tsukaji Muga (Mamiya kyodai), Dan Rei (Bushi no
>> ichibun)
>> Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Kusabue Mitsuko
>>
>> Award of Excellence in Japanese Film: Hula Girl
>> Best Cinematography: Kawakami Masato (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)
>> Best Art Direction: Taneda Yohei (The Yuchoten Hotel, Hula Girl)
>> Best Music: Kako Takashi (Hakase no aishita sushiki)
>> Best Sound: Shiratori Mitsugu (Hula Girl, Yureru); Onodera Osamu
>> (Yuki
>> ni negau koto)
>> Best Technical Award: Koike Yoshiyuki (editing for Kiraware
>> Matsuko no
>> issho)
>>
>> Best Documentary: Edward Said: Out of Place
>> Animation Award: Toki o kakeru shojo
>> Ofuji Noburo Award: Tekkon kinkurito
>> Fan Award: Death Note
>>
>> Best Foreign Film: Flags of Our Fathers
>>
>> Special Awards: Imamura Shohei, Kazami Shoko
>>
>> Forgive me if I got any of the name readings wrong. The original
>> Japanese article is available at:
>>
>> http://www.japan-movie.net/news/?i=223
>>
>> As I mentioned the other day, the Mainichi tends to be fairly
>> conservative, but they are one of the few major awards that also
>> focuses on the technical staff and other genres like documentary and
>> animation. Ofuji Noburo is one of Japan's great animators, and the
>> award named after him commemorates some significant contribution
>> to the
>> art of animation.
>>
>> Aaron Gerow
>> KineJapan owner
>>
>> Assistant Professor
>> Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
>> Yale University
>>
>> For list commands, send "information kinejapan" to
>> listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> Kinema Club: http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ________________________________________________
> Message sent using Hunter Point Online WebMail
>
>
>
>
> From: Marty Gross <marty at martygrossfilms.com>
> Date: March 15, 2007 9:39:35 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: documentary on Sumo
>
>
> We have a documentary called THE STORY OF SUMO.
>
> If you are curious please look at:
>
> http://www.martygrossfilms.com
>
> --
> Marty Gross Film Productions Inc.
> 637 Davenport Road
> Toronto, Canada M5R 1L3
> tel: + 416 536 3355, Fax: + 416 535 0583
> marty at martygrossfilms.com
> http://www.martygrossfilms.com
>
>
>
> From: "Jonathan M. Hall" <jmhall at uci.edu>
> Date: March 15, 2007 4:34:15 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: Hara Kazuo Films in Los Angeles
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 7460 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/attachment-0001.bin
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/mime-attachment-0001.html
-------------- next part --------------
>
> From: Bruce Baird <baird at asianlan.umass.edu>
> Date: March 15, 2007 11:31:02 AM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 429 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/attachment-0002.bin
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/mime-attachment-0002.html
-------------- next part --------------
>
> From: Bruce Baird <baird at asianlan.umass.edu>
> Date: March 15, 2007 2:11:05 PM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 428 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/attachment-0003.bin
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/mime-attachment-0003.html
-------------- next part --------------
>
> From: Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
> Date: March 15, 2007 2:10:34 PM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Five New Books
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 395 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/attachment-0004.bin
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/mime-attachment-0004.html
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: unknown.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 11931 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/unknown.jpg
-------------- next part --------------
>
> From: David Blair <blair at telepathic-movie.org>
> Date: March 15, 2007 7:09:40 PM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
>
>
> ok, maybe off on a tangent here, but is pretty straightforward, and
> just like you see in the video... main body parts are given an
> outline [arms, chest, head], and areas inside the outlines are
> given single flat color, rather than the multiple shades [of that
> color] that a rounded form regularly has. It is a step down from
> what you see in Through A Scanner Darkly, where shading is
> visible. The artist could make the picture more realistic, but
> choses two [or a few more] tones to imitate other media.
>
> Bruce Baird wrote:
>> Dear Jasper,
>>
>> I regret that I can't help you out with the background of Golden
>> Egg, but I wonder is there a good visual resource out there for
>> being able to understand more fully the point you are trying to
>> make about the Toon Shading animation?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> On Mar 15, 2007, at 10:13 AM, J.sharp wrote:
>>
>>> Since this list is meant to be about all aspects of Japanese
>>> visual culture,
>>> not only film, I wanted to ask a little about the background of a
>>> program
>>> called The World of GOLDEN EGGS that a friend of mine alerted my
>>> attention
>>> to on Youtube:
>>>
>>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgjBIcGc9bM
>>>
>>> Set in South Park-style American suburbia, it is something of a
>>> curio. It
>>> seems like the intent of these brief skits is to teach English to
>>> the
>>> Japanese. I gather its been quite a popular phenomenon over the
>>> past year,
>>> migrating onto other platforms such as iTunes podcasts and mobile
>>> phone
>>> downloads, although it originally surfaced on cable TV.
>>> One interesting aspect is its use of CG for the animation,
>>> particularly the
>>> expedient method known as Toon-Shading.
>>>
>>> Toon Shading means the models are animated as 3d objects, and
>>> then rendered
>>> to give them the finished look of a traditional hand-drawn
>>> cartoon. Using
>>> software developed by the company SoftImage by Michael Arias, the
>>> technique
>>> was first used to animate the opening Boar God attack in Studio
>>> Ghibli?s
>>> Princess Mononoke (1997), and is often used as a shortcut for the
>>> more
>>> challenging work of the traditional animation, with which it is
>>> often
>>> combined. The most obvious use if for the 2003 film Appleseed.
>>>
>>> Anyone caught this?
>>>
>>> Jasper Sharp
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema
>>> www.midnighteye.com
>>>
>>> ===
>>>
>>> Available now in bookstores everywhere:
>>> The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film (Stone Bridge Press)
>>> by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
>>> http://www.midnighteye.com/features/midnighteye_guide.shtml
>>> "Easily one of the most important books on Japanese cinema ever
>>> released in
>>> English."
>>> - Newtype USA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------- Original Message --------
>>> From: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>> <mailto:KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>>> To: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>> <mailto:KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>>
>>> Subject: Mainichi Concours 2006
>>> Date: 19/01/07 18:29
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The results of the 2006 Mainichi Concours, one of the last of
>>>> the big
>>>> yearly film awards, were announced:
>>>>
>>>> Best Japanese Film: Yureru
>>>> Best Director: Negishi Kichitaro (Yuki ni negau koto)
>>>> Best Screenplay: Kato Masato (Yuki ni negau koto)
>>>> Best Actor: Sato Koichi (Yuki ni negau koto)
>>>> Best Actress: Nakatani Miko (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)
>>>> Best Supporting Actor: Sasano Takashi (Bushi no ichibun, Nezo no
>>>> ban)
>>>> Best Supporting Actress: Aoi Yu (Hula Girl, Neji no megami,
>>>> Hachimitsu
>>>> to Clover)
>>>> Best New Face Award: Tsukaji Muga (Mamiya kyodai), Dan Rei
>>>> (Bushi no
>>>> ichibun)
>>>> Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Kusabue Mitsuko
>>>>
>>>> Award of Excellence in Japanese Film: Hula Girl
>>>> Best Cinematography: Kawakami Masato (Kiraware Matsuko no issho)
>>>> Best Art Direction: Taneda Yohei (The Yuchoten Hotel, Hula Girl)
>>>> Best Music: Kako Takashi (Hakase no aishita sushiki)
>>>> Best Sound: Shiratori Mitsugu (Hula Girl, Yureru); Onodera Osamu
>>>> (Yuki
>>>> ni negau koto)
>>>> Best Technical Award: Koike Yoshiyuki (editing for Kiraware
>>>> Matsuko no
>>>> issho)
>>>>
>>>> Best Documentary: Edward Said: Out of Place
>>>> Animation Award: Toki o kakeru shojo
>>>> Ofuji Noburo Award: Tekkon kinkurito
>>>> Fan Award: Death Note
>>>>
>>>> Best Foreign Film: Flags of Our Fathers
>>>>
>>>> Special Awards: Imamura Shohei, Kazami Shoko
>>>>
>>>> Forgive me if I got any of the name readings wrong. The original
>>>> Japanese article is available at:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.japan-movie.net/news/?i=223
>>>>
>>>> As I mentioned the other day, the Mainichi tends to be fairly
>>>> conservative, but they are one of the few major awards that also
>>>> focuses on the technical staff and other genres like documentary
>>>> and
>>>> animation. Ofuji Noburo is one of Japan's great animators, and the
>>>> award named after him commemorates some significant contribution
>>>> to the
>>>> art of animation.
>>>>
>>>> Aaron Gerow
>>>> KineJapan owner
>>>>
>>>> Assistant Professor
>>>> Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
>>>> Yale University
>>>>
>>>> For list commands, send "information kinejapan" to
>>>> listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>>> <mailto:listserver at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>>>> Kinema Club: http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________________________
>>> Message sent using Hunter Point Online WebMail
>>>
>>
>> Bruce Baird
>>
>> Assistant Professor
>>
>> Asian Languages and Literatures
>>
>> University of Massachusetts Amherst
>>
>> But?, Japanese Theater, Intellectual History
>>
>>
>> 717 Herter Hall
>>
>> 161 Presidents Drive
>>
>> University of Massachusetts Amherst
>>
>> Amherst, MA 01003-9312
>>
>> Phone: 413-577-4992
>>
>> Fax: 413-545-4975
>>
>> baird at asianlan.umass.edu <mailto:baird at asianlan.umass.edu>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: "Dean Bowman" <deanbowman.uk at gmail.com>
> Date: March 15, 2007 9:29:10 PM EDT
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: YouTubeing - The World of Golden Eggs
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 6300 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/attachment-0005.bin
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/private/kinejapan/attachments/20070322/1c867ec9/mime-attachment-0005.html
More information about the KineJapan
mailing list