Happy holidays! Reading all this amazing news put a huge smile on my face. I’m so fricken proud of you folks and the scaling that is happening makes perfect sense. You guys care. When people care about their work, more often than not, an audience shows up. Even if your just making lemonade and selling it in front of your house. If you put love and care into it, they will come. Love you guys, love this f-ing substack, too infinity and beyond!!!! 🫶🏽🤙🏽
Thank you SO much for this comment, Darieus -- we're honored. Your support these past few years has been huge, and we seriously appreciate it. Here's to 2024!
Would you be interested in an item on the 1992 Indo-Japanese "Anime" adaptation of the "Ramayana" ?
I recently organised 2 screenings of the film in a new digital 4K restoration format - the original was shot on 35mm film in widescreen format - at The Prince Charles Cinema in London, via the Japanese rights holders TEM.
The screenings were in July and November of 2023 and were well attended by new fans of the film and by people who remember seeing it in its various incarnations on Indian TV (via Cartoon Network India in serialised form) and rare cinema screenings or via bootleg videos or YouTube, but this is the first time it has been seen in its original full-length form with many sequences restored following excision by distributors in India and the U.S, with the missing scenes thought lost.
The 4K remaster was derived from one of the very few full length un-edited versions in existence.
The film benefits from the work of many freelance and staff Studio Ghibli animators, alongside the many satellite studios in Japan that handled specific sequences to complete a film that runs to just over 2 hours.
Hey Ravi! This is a film we've considered covering for quite some time, but we haven't been sure where to start in researching it. Feel free to email us at animationobsessive@substack!
The Pippi and House Of Small Cubes stories were my favorites this year. So glad you wrote them, cause I found so much inspiration in them. Great work and happy new year!
New follower here, you’ve quickly become my favourite arts related newsletter and i plan to subscribe in the new year. Thanks for all you do, and merry Christmas.
Happy holidays! Reading all this amazing news put a huge smile on my face. I’m so fricken proud of you folks and the scaling that is happening makes perfect sense. You guys care. When people care about their work, more often than not, an audience shows up. Even if your just making lemonade and selling it in front of your house. If you put love and care into it, they will come. Love you guys, love this f-ing substack, too infinity and beyond!!!! 🫶🏽🤙🏽
Thank you SO much for this comment, Darieus -- we're honored. Your support these past few years has been huge, and we seriously appreciate it. Here's to 2024!
Hi,
Would you be interested in an item on the 1992 Indo-Japanese "Anime" adaptation of the "Ramayana" ?
I recently organised 2 screenings of the film in a new digital 4K restoration format - the original was shot on 35mm film in widescreen format - at The Prince Charles Cinema in London, via the Japanese rights holders TEM.
The screenings were in July and November of 2023 and were well attended by new fans of the film and by people who remember seeing it in its various incarnations on Indian TV (via Cartoon Network India in serialised form) and rare cinema screenings or via bootleg videos or YouTube, but this is the first time it has been seen in its original full-length form with many sequences restored following excision by distributors in India and the U.S, with the missing scenes thought lost.
The 4K remaster was derived from one of the very few full length un-edited versions in existence.
The film benefits from the work of many freelance and staff Studio Ghibli animators, alongside the many satellite studios in Japan that handled specific sequences to complete a film that runs to just over 2 hours.
kind regards,
Ravi Swami
Hey Ravi! This is a film we've considered covering for quite some time, but we haven't been sure where to start in researching it. Feel free to email us at animationobsessive@substack!
Hi,
I emailed a lengthy reply to the address you provided but it keeps bouncing back with an error ?
Ravi
Oh, sorry! Try adding .com to the end of the address and it should work.
So happy to have discovered you this year, have a lovely break!
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Worth every penny of the subscription - can't wait! 🙏
I'm not sure if this would be of any use to you, but if you're ever looking for any specific/rare books or something like that in Japan, let me know!
We do end up needing to order books and magazines from Japan pretty often! Feel free to drop us an email.
This is so fantastic. May 2024 keep moving te needle in the right direction! Have a great festive season.
Thank you, Jon -- you too!
Happy to have met you. I love animation and your posts are a window to some of the best examples. Looking forward to what you uncover in 2024
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The Pippi and House Of Small Cubes stories were my favorites this year. So glad you wrote them, cause I found so much inspiration in them. Great work and happy new year!
It's amazing to know that you got so much out of those two -- thank you for the very kind message. Happy New Year!
New follower here, you’ve quickly become my favourite arts related newsletter and i plan to subscribe in the new year. Thanks for all you do, and merry Christmas.
This means a lot to read -- we really appreciate it. Merry Christmas to you as well!
Congratulations on your success!
Thank you -- much appreciated! It's been a long road but we're so excited by the possibilities opening up recently.
Happy Holidays !
Thanks so much -- hope the holidays treat you well!
Thank you so much! We love sharing this stuff and there's a lot more on the list for next year.