Jumping (1984)
posted May 24, 2024 #
This 1984 animated short Jumping is bonkers. Creativity aside - of which there is plenty - the skill and time to illustrate these animations is hard to imagine. Forty years later, this would all be done in a computer with models and shading but in 1984 Osamu Tezuka did not have that option.
Take the 6 and a half minutes to watch the short and then take a spin through the Tezuka Wikipedia - he is considered the godfather of anime and by the time he made this short, he'd been working with manga and animation for nearly forty years. His career started at the age of 17 in 1946. If my napkin math is correct, that means Jumping was created around the time he was in his mid-50s. Sadly, he passed just a few years later. His last words to his nurse were "I'm begging you, let me work!"
Plenty of rabbit holes to dive into here but mostly just watch the 4K restored short. via Charlie.
Take the 6 and a half minutes to watch the short and then take a spin through the Tezuka Wikipedia - he is considered the godfather of anime and by the time he made this short, he'd been working with manga and animation for nearly forty years. His career started at the age of 17 in 1946. If my napkin math is correct, that means Jumping was created around the time he was in his mid-50s. Sadly, he passed just a few years later. His last words to his nurse were "I'm begging you, let me work!"
Plenty of rabbit holes to dive into here but mostly just watch the 4K restored short. via Charlie.