{"id":954,"date":"2014-06-25T10:12:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T17:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slowsuburbandeath.com\/?p=954"},"modified":"2014-06-25T10:12:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T17:12:28","slug":"animated-real-shorts-different-styles-for-different-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"Animated (real) shorts: Different styles for different countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/8\/8b\/The_Adventures_of_Hutch_the_Honeybee.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have always been an animation fan, having grown up on &#8220;Speed Racer&#8221;, &#8220;Kimba&#8221; and &#8220;Minashigo Hatchi&#8221;.\u00a0 While I find the current popular run of Hollywood animated film to be a bit tiring, the large international selection of short films are delightful.\u00a0 <!--more-->Here are a few animated shorts from different parts of the world.\u00a0 I am most intrigued by the varying style from each country:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blow Me A Kiss&#8221; (India) &#8211; ****<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blow Me A Kiss\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0rfYuVKSuVA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Standard storyline with a charming 3D rendition.\u00a0 The highlight is the long fingered, creepy woman begging a kiss.<\/p>\n<p>The animation is beautifully done, with character drawings that reflect the oddities of each character in this short film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last Samurai&#8221; (France) &#8211; ****.5<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Last Samurai (ink animated version)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UFsw2_vOy7c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to this film&#8217;s page, this is Japanese calligraphy ink drawings done by the French.\u00a0 The delicacy and grace of the ink drawings lends ambiance to this simple samurai story.\u00a0 Also, soundtrack is nicely done.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Miss Match&#8221; (Kenya) &#8211; **.5<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miss Match - Animated-Short\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ofCRNxOV6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Very short film with punchy, humorous animation.\u00a0 The storyline delivery needs some work, but otherwise well done.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>(Film credits on the You Tube page)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always been an animation fan, having grown up on &#8220;Speed Racer&#8221;, &#8220;Kimba&#8221; and &#8220;Minashigo Hatchi&#8221;.\u00a0 While I find the current popular run of<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/?p=954\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Animated (real) shorts: Different styles for different countries<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,13,16,42],"tags":[62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapirhana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}