Forum - View topicNEWS: Piano no Mori Feature Length Film Announced
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Kagemusha
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Very cool. Too bad it isn't the kind of story anime companies are looking to licence.
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barbapapa
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Just to get the facts straight, Piano no Mori started serialization in Young Magazine Uppers. When that went defunkt, it took a few years for it to find a new home in Morning in 2005.
Aside from my addition to the fact sheet; I'm immensely looking forward to this as I'm probably the biggest Piano no Mori fan I know. Such an underappreciated mangaka, Makoto Isshiki is. Since it'll be directed by Kojima who also did Hanada Shonen-shi (another Isshiki manga), which was an incredible show, I'm sure this film will rock my socks off. |
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Kagemusha
Posts: 2783 Location: Boston |
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Sup barbapapa; I was waiting for you to show up an shed light on the subject. Anyways, good to see you here (I'm also up at MS all the time, if you can guess who I am...)
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DKL
 Posts: 1962 Location: California, USA |
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Yeah... really enjoyed Keaton and Monster... would like to see this .
(and I'm hoping it'll be some kinda runaway hit so that Kojima can make a name for himself as he is definately one of the best talents Madhouse has to offer... oh yes, I'm assuming that it's easier to "get big" with theatrical feautures, as opposed to TV shows) Though... I kinda doubt that I'll be able to see this out here in the US... I mean... we're not even sure if we're gonna get "The Girl who Leapt Through Time" out on DVD or whatever any time soon (there's the screening in New York though... I should really just suck-it-up and go, but... I can't)... Haven't read the manga though, but am interested (but I'm like at Ranch 99 looking at all the chinese-translated manga and realized that... the US doesn't have a whole lot of manga that I'm actually interested in reading). Going back to this... uhh... is Kojima working round-the-clock? He finished Monster like... 1-2 years ago (which was probably a nightmare to work on, considering...), then came out with that "A spirit of the sun" thing recently and now this... It sorta seems like he has a lot of stuff going on... |
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barbapapa
Posts: 224 Location: Belgium |
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Hey Kage; yeah I recognized you on MS. (Huffy, right?)
And about Kojima, I kinda doubt this will be his "big break". Piano no Mori is probably more low key than Monster; actually I'm sure it is. It's excellent stuff, but an acquired taste I'm afraid. Of course, with Kojima's talent of perfectly adapting manga to anime; Madhouse's production values, and the strength of the story. It has all the ingredients to make it big. People just have to pick up on it's beauty. Fingers crossed, maybe Del Rey'll even pick up the manga if it makes a name. 
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Mushiko
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Funny, I just picked up the first volume of the manga last week, because it somehow caught my eye. I've only leafed it through a bit, but the art style looks attractive and the story seems to be sort of low-key slice-of-life with some "magical realism" (if you can use that term here) - right up my alley.
Seems like there are people who can recommend it - I'd like to hear if my first impression is sort of right, and what makes the series good in your opinion? Are there any similar series that you could compare this with? |
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barbapapa
Posts: 224 Location: Belgium |
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First impression seems about right.
The main reason I love it so much, is because it's able to keep everything so real and down to earth, but with so much youthful enthusiasm. From the reactions of characters, their reasons to the way emotions are depictured. It all adds up to one of the best slice-of-life experiences I've had in manga. I guess you can somewhat compare it with: - Ciguatera; has more over the top comedy than Piano no Mori (though less than the author's other series), but also has a lot of the same traits like overcoming the struggle of every day life. - Some of Taiyo Matsumoto's stuff like Hanaotoko maybe? - Inio Asano works - maybe even Mushishi, though a lot less episodic and magical of nature. But it has the same serene, "gently flowing through life" kind of atmosphere. It's a pretty unique series, and style. But those come to mind when I'm in the mood for reading something similar. |
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Mushiko
Posts: 96 Location: Finland |
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Thanks! I'll try and check some of those titles you suggested. At least the Mushishi anime has become one of my all-time favourites, so the company sounds promising. (Who wouldn't love Mushishi, though?)
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