Audience reviews
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Convectuoso
This was recommended to me by a friend whom I had told not long before being instructed to wander this rabbit hole out of plaintive desire that I was only into animated shorts now and that I had long worn thin of the longform narrative in cartoons. I sensibly wanted a respite from the inconsolable might the average 12-24 episodes had on my fragile emotional state, and thus didn't want to have to deal with any potential long-term investment in established worlds and mundanities associated with "the continuity", so to speak. This friend of mine, you see, was a major Tezuka enthusiast. He would collect supply drop after supply drop of commemorative Osamu Tezuka memorabilia be it autobiographies or secondhand accounts of the man's working life through the late 20th century, and at the same tim…
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Excuse me, I'm Spanish and I don't usually write in English. If you want you can read my review in Spanish.
Jumping (1984) constitutes the case of a particular idea. This short simply focuses on a jumping boy. From a subjective point of view, as if we were the aforementioned young man, we observe how a stranger jumps from one place to another. He first begins with small jumps that do not make him advance much, but after dodging a car he begins to jump higher and higher and further. Thanks to this, he makes a kind of trip around the world seeing forests, cities, oceans, etc. Sometimes, we notice curious or strange facts such as a bird that gets in the middle of our friend's jump, the sight of a naked woman who was on a balcony or the presence of a whale in the sea. They are simple touches…
Read at the sourceTeKSMeLater
Even at the twilight of his life and career, the legendary mangaka Osamu Tezuka continued to busy himself with several circulating manga publications, as well as dabbling in animation as a hobby. In fact, there have been accounts of him going out of his way to fund projects with money from his own pocket. One of those instances is with Jumping, Tezuka’s entry for the 1984 Animafest Zagreb, a prestigious animated film festival organized by the International Animated Film Association or ASIFA.
Back in 1981, Tezuka enlisted the help of animator Junji Kobayashi, who famously worked on the ambitious animated cityscape scene in Hi no Tori 2772, also a film by Tezuka. Jumping is envisioned to be a grand expansion of that scene—a continuous, fluid short of a child who jumps, jumps, and jumps unti…
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Osamu Tezuka, “the godfather of manga,” produced a number of influential works that have stood the test of time and uplifted the medium into a status of being a reputable source of great artistic/contemplative experiences. Disenchanted, however, with the lack of enthusiasm in experimentation within the medium, Tezuka decided to “make something” to prove his worth and possibly win an award — or several. Hence the production of a short film known simply as “Jumping,” where the viewer vicariously perceives the intense thrill of jumping (via a first-person point of view) through various environments for a breathtaking six minutes.
The boundless leaping from one brobdingnagian structure to the next is immensely thrilling. But what begins as mere observation and wonder, slowly transitions to an…
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Wow! Who knew looking through anime from the 80s would let me find such a breath of fresh air?
This short anime, directed by the acclaimed Tezuka Osamu, is about a child that starts walking down the street and has to jump to avoid an accident. After that, he decides to keep jumping and goes higher and further each time.
The awesome thing about this (at least for me) is that it is all in first person perspective the entire time. Perhaps there were other anime shorts that used first person before Osamu thought of the idea, but this is the first one that I know of, and it's a blast to watch. The sound effects add a great deal of enjoyment to it as well.
If you enjoy the evolution of animation, or even just want to see all of Tezuka Osamu's works, I wholeheartedly recommend giving this one…
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Rate a 5
No vocals per-say it is more grunt noises like screams.
genres: comedy, adventure
Warning: you might feel a tad sick if you are like me and hate roller coasters.
Story
basic. One could say there is no story behind it. Although, there could be if you think about it. Many things happen with each second. Being born in this world we can only see them one at a time for we don't share the abilities to see from multiple areas (as in more than one person's eyes). Jumping, is not only an on going adventure to explore but to grow as well. Sadly, that is where it falls. I could elaborate slightly further but that would be all the meat to this bone.
Art
could be improved, as in visually clearly drawn.
Sound-no issues, good use of sound effects.
Character-not relevant
Enjoyment: this is…
Read at the sourcealbinochocolate
Its premise is simple, but what makes this short so engaging is its extraordinary execution. Tezuka, along with a few other rather skillful people, pour in a stupendous amount of effort only to be met with worthwhile results. The visual perspective we see is from a child's point-of-view whilst plummeting and rebounding across several spots. He travels throughout a forest, cityscape, ocean, and, ultimately, an active war field. Although being a Japanese production, Jumping features character designs that have a more classic western cartoon flavor to them, effectively making this short feel moderately more special compared to other anime of the time. Animation moves rather smoothly for being a short produced with a limited staff/budget during the 1980's. The detail in the line art is very we…
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this is exactly as the synopsis says. Tezuka's Jumping is about a boy who goes on a walk, that turns into a jump that just keeps getting bigger and bigger each time his feet leave the ground. oh the places he goes and the things he sees. there is no story beyond that, but the sounds are kooky, yet appropriate, the art is the same Tezuka we've come to know and love and as for enjoyment, this is a very good way to spend 6 minutes of your life...so many little quirks and easter eggs
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