Film Talk with Yūichi Itō at Nippon Connection 2015
Thursday,
June 4.
8:30pm at
Mousonturm Studio 3, Frankfurt am Main
Yūichi Itō (Professor
at Tokyo University of the Arts and director of Harbor Tale)
Moderation:
Catherine Munroe Hotes
This year’s
animation guest at Nippon Connection is Yūichi
Itō (伊藤 有壱, 1962). Itō is one of Japan’s top stop motion
animators and he teaches animation at Tokyo University of the Arts’ prestigious
graduate programme in animation. This year
marks the 20th anniversary of his popular NHK claymation series Knyacki! (ニャッキ!)
which follows the adventures of a cute little caterpillar.
Itō founded his
own studio I.TOON 1998. In addition to animation for kids, I.TOON
produces a wide range of animated commercials, character designs, and music
videos including Ken Hirai’s 2005
hit Kimi wa Tomodachi (キミはともだち/You're
My Friend).
In recent
years Itō has had much success with his latest character Mr. Brick, the central
character of his film Harbor
Tale (2011) and its sequel Blue
Eyes -in HARBOR TALE- (2014). Harbor Tale showcases the history of Yokohama and its iconic red brick historical
buildings.
Entry to the
Film Talk is free and will feature 40 minutes of selected works followed
by a Q+A. The films screened will include:
2000
Knyacki!
Episode16 "Macaroni!"
ニャッキ!第16話 「マカロニ!」
2012
Doron Coron
ドロンコロン
2006
NORABBITS'
MINUTES Episode 2 "PIANO"
ノラビッツ・ミニッツ 第2話「ピアノ」
2011
HARBOR TALE
ハーバーテイル
2011
YOKOHAMA
TALE
ヨコハマテイル
2014
Blue Eyes
-in HARBOR TALE-
ブルーアイズ イン ハーバーテイル
In addition
to the Film Talk, Itō will do a cutout
animation workshop for kids and a workshop for adults, as well as presenting this year’s selection ofGeidai animated shorts.