Aiko - by Evan Viera

[D.T. Nethery]

My friend Jay Jackson (long time Disney animator from the early 1980's - to - 2010 , and at other studios) was the animation supervisor on this , working with several Cal Arts and Gobelins students. Jay mentioned on his Facebook page that the project was animated with TVPaint. This is the teaser trailer to raise additional funding to get the full series produced.

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Teaser Synopsis: A young girl is assailed by visions of a looming cataclysm. Ancient demons, dormant for millennia, have awoken; in her dream, they claw their way over the ruins of her homeland. The nightmare intensifies, and she realizes with a sudden clarity: there is only one hope for salvation.

Press release | roygbiv.la/aiko-press-release
Produced at ROYGBIV (roygbiv.la) | inquiries@roygbiv.la
Created by Evan Viera and Charley Pope

Director: Evan Viera | Writer: Charley Pope
Executive Producer: Tommy Wooh | Producer: Jeremy Morris
Composer: Austin Wintory | Sound: Owen Granich-Young and Sam Plattner

Animation:
Supervisor: Jay Jackson | Principal animators : Charles Badiller and Eva Lusbaronian
Assisting: Felice Wong, Cassandra Larson, Johan Ravit, and Yates Holley (3D)

Design:
Evan Viera, Paul Kim, and Tuna Bora

VO Talent: Erin Mulvey
Recording Engineer: Dylan Eiland

[Elodie]

That sounds pretty cool. I like the ambiance in the backgrounds and the theme. Is it based on "real" Japanese myths, is the story fully invented ?

[ten_zero]

Thanks for sharing.

Is it based on "real" Japanese myths, is the story fully invented ?

Its near kind of "怪談（KAIDAN, in English Kwaidan・livres à Amazon.fr）" or "the legend of TsuruHime (Princess Tsuru / fictional character)".

Spoiler : Youtube "KAIDAN" movies :

"mixing Asian myths" anime based on Japanese child novel series "MORIBITO"* English translated paperback


written in Japanese : about wearing katana
　ヒロインが武器を二本背負いTeenAge Mutant Ninja Turtlesに登場するLeonardのように戦う場面について


　父親がヒロインに手渡している刀は刃渡り60数cm・重量1.5〜２kg、全体に反り（湾曲）がかかっています。
身長163cm成人男性との比較

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身長162cm成人女性との比較

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鞘に収めた状態でトレーラーのように背負ってしまうと抜刀出来ません。
左肩側に柄が出るよう、鞘に下緒を通したすきに掛けて初めて右手で扱えるようになります。


二刀流で戦う際も基本は右手に刀（刃渡り60cm）・左手に脇差し（刃渡り30cm前後）です。
In case of MIYAMOTO Musashi

I felt that trailer seems influenced by Princess MONONOKE, Mulan, THE LAST SAMURAI (Directed by Edward Zwick) and 英雄 -HERO- (Directed by Zhang Yimou) .

[Elodie]

Thank you for your precious knowledge !

[mox]

Very nice rendering, I like the chromatic aberration when well-used!