Rojo
Another take on the Kaguya-hime (The tale of the Bamboo Cutter) this time using paper puppets and stop motion. I've been wanting to watch this adoption for quite a few years now - see as it is probably one of the first animated adaptations of this story. The animation itself has a rustic feel to it, thanks to the use of the paper puppets and layout. I think this gave a nice aura to the story and felt visually pleasing while at the same time it felt like being thrown into a time machine viewing such, what would now be considered, a simple method of animation. Though when thinking about it, an anime of this quality being made back then would have taken up a lot of work and time. So if anything it adds to the value of this short movie. The characters were all there, from the Bamboo cutter t…
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