July 11, 2005
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Fantasia
Fantasia is here again! The
film festival hosted in Montreal every year, where you can watch lots
of Asian film works, from the bizarre kind to true masterpieces; live
action, anime, horror, you name it.I went to watch Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho
(雲のむこう、約束の場所 – The Place Promised in Our Early Days) yesterday, with
Mai and Martin. I really enjoyed this excellent 90-minute anime, except
for being told about the technical difficulty that delayed the film by
30 minutes, after I had parked my car and ran like there was no
tomorrow to get to the Concordia Hall Building on time for the showing.Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho is another work by not other than Shinkai Makoto, who got famous previously by producing Hoshi no Koe
(ほしのこえ – Voices of the Distant Stars) with one of the smallest
production teams in anime history. The attention to detail, the
intriguing story, the light
humor sprinkled here and there, all contributed to the success of this
anime. Once again, Shinkai-san has proved his talent as director and
script writer. I highly recommend watching this short feature.- SwordAngel
