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Atsushi Wada, New Deer, France's Miyu Make 'Bird in the Peninsula' Short
posted on by Alex Mateo
Cartoon news site Cartoon Brew reported on Friday that Japanese animator Atsushi Wada is working with France's Miyu Productions and Japan's New Deer on a new short titled "Bird in the Peninsula." Wada stated that in addition to showing ritualistic movements where participants move in a circle in unison, he wants to explore the meaning and role of the "ritual." Wada had been planning this project for more than ten years and pursued it when offered the opportunity.
Miyu is also working with Masanobu Hiraoka (Little Witch Academia's endings) and Sawako Kabuki to create shorts.
Wada handled the "Autumn" segment for animation based on Antonio Vivaldi's classical concerto series The Four Seasons. A crowdfunding project funded the animation in 2017.
Wada previously won the award of The Silver Bear for the Best Short Film and the Special Prize award at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival for his "The Great Rabbit” anime short in 2012. Wada directed the seven-minute short with French backing. The film held its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2012.
Wada's "Anomalies" short film was a Jury Selection at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2013. The film is described as follows: "We try to enrich ourselves through prayer, faith and devotion to someone or something else. Similarly, we believe in the existence of 'anomalies,' such as unknowable and uncontrollable monsters." Wada animated the "In a Pig's Eye" ("Wakaranai Buta") short in 2010.
Source: Cartoon Brew (Alex Dudok de Wit)
