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What is a really fun to watch robot animation? The work goes back to basics of TV animation. In the distant future, where people are forced to live underground, this work depicts an adventure of the main characters who have escaped back to the surface.
IMAISHI Hiroyuki
Born in Tokyo, 1971. After graduating from Tama Art University, he joined GAINAX. His first job in the company was as an animator for Neon Genesis Evangelion. He made his debut as a director with an original video animation (OVA) DEAD LEAVES. After directing the first episode of OVA Re: Cutie Honey, he worked as the director of GURREN LAGANN.
I intended for this, the product of a talented staff, to be a very straight forward and conventional animation. I am very happy that this occasion has provided more people with the opportunity to see it.
The second screening process was not favorable for this work and there was a strong objection, and opinions split into two types. “All the contents are retreads and quotations.” “This sort of work has been created many times.” This work was already rejected for these two reasons once before. Certainly, this work has gadgetized memories of old pieces and has substantial density. However, that is not to say that the true appeal of this work is not there. What gadgetized is, is only a “set scene,” but the core of the presentation is “expression quality of animation which the creators believe.” They say that the “technique” is not nostalgia, but active and forward-looking. I suppose the reason why there was such a strong recommendation for this work is the power of the creators’ voice.
What has lead you to “create a work”?
The fun of it.
What tools do you use the most at present?
Animation.
What do you place greatest value on in your work?
Whether it is entertaining or not.
What personal concept do you keep throughout your creative activities?
Whether it is serious or not.
When you create a work, in what way do you think of a presentation using technologies or media as a means to communicate?
Since technologies vary over time, I cannot avoid them.
To expose my works in the media, in order to have a large majority of people watch my work, I have no choice.
To expose my works in the media, in order to have a large majority of people watch my work, I have no choice.
Could you name a person, a work, or an event that you have been influenced by the most?
KANADA Yoshinori
What kind of work would you like to create in the future?
That which I think it is interesting.
What is the meaning or importance of “to create” for you?
My greatest pleasure
