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FAKEANIMEGIRL
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I'm not sure why 1001 Nights is considered anime, because as far as I can see it was made almost entirely outside of Japan. But it looks thoroughly familiar to many who've immersed themselves in Japanese culture due to featuring the artwork of Yoshitaka Amano, frequent concept artist for the Final Fantasy series, among others.
While I've always thought Amano was an immensely skilled and distinctive artist, I've been at odds with his work in the past when I've felt it didn't have much chemistry with the end product. He's typically involved at the pre-production stage, which means his intent can be warped by the end. Seeing 1001 Nights present his style in a format finally free from all pr…
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This was a very interesting watch. The art mediums used alongside the music were the highlights. There is only narration in the beginning and the rest is solely music. I enjoyed the unique take on sexuality and the visuals used throughout. The story was difficult to follow, but I feel that the overall aesthetic outweighed this. If you enjoy the original Disney's Fantasia, I think you will like this. Personally I am giving this an 8 for the production itself and way that it drew me in to watching. It is less than half an hour long and easy to find online.
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A picture is worth 1000 words. The problem is everyone has a different thousand words to describe a picture based on their personal experiences and biases. That's my problem with abstract art. Ten different people will give you ten different interpretations and none of them will be exactly what the artist had in mind. Personally art of any form is a means of escapism for me. I don't want to have to think about it. I don't want to have to interpret anything about it. I want to look at it and it tell me exactly what it is and I want to be in some form entertained by it. If I want to think about things I'll read a book by a philosopher, politician, or other "big thinker." That being said this anime easily scores a 8 with me just based on the artwork and score. Both are absolutely beautiful an…
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While this particular piece is only twenty-four minutes long, it's also rather lackluster in the art department. Sure, the animation flows smoothly with the orchestral piece, but that doesn't mean the art is good. Yes, the person who did the drawings does have an eye for the human form. This ends up a mute point when a good chunk of the scenes are so muted out because of the pastel colors the viewer struggles to make out what is going on, making it way to tempting to tune out the art work and just listen to the music. The problem with that is - despite the fact the music is beautiful - there are other ways for me to listen to an orchestral piece if that's what I wanted to do. Instead, I want to see art which goes with the beautiful music.
Note - The reason I rated story and character as a…
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I rated this a masterpiece solely on the art. Being able to make scketches move so fluently is astounding, let alone adding color to the mix as well. Everything is animated, from the background to the foreground. It is an experience for the eye's pallet that Wassily Kandinsky would drool over.
That being said, this is an art film. Wanting to watch this film means watching it for the experience. There is no story driven plot, but a narrative played out by the visual representation of sensuality through color and motion.
As far as understanding the narrative, one could argue that it starts as a creation story that then shifts to one of the deadly sins. Perhaps this film has historical context that I am not familiar with, However, I think this film is subjective and that everyone will watch…
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1001 Nights is a movie that came out in 1999 and should not be confused with the first hentai film ever that came out thirty years before it. It is loosely based on the famous collection composed of different tales of the same name.
It is necessary to clarify that this movie is essentially a musical film in the likes of Disney’s Fantasia, so its main focus is to present great visuals and music instead of a good story. In fact this movie was thought as an interpretation of an orchestration and nothing more so the visuals and music flows together spectacularly. Speaking of those elements, they consists of classical music and a mix between 2-D and 3-D art, more specifically, colored pencil drawings and early CGI; they somehow managed to make it right, it looks gorgeous. Isn’t it funny how a…
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1001 Nights is an artistic interpretation of the 'Story of One Thousand and One Nights'. The use of art and music to tell a story is simply outstanding. Although as another reviewer mentioned, without knowing the original story of '1001 nights' it would be difficult to understand.
Story: 6. The story closely follows the story of the original '1001 nights'; although it does so in a convoluted fashion. The lack of dialogue certainly helps the convolution. I gave this a 6/10 for the story of what it's meant to represent. I'm not sure how well it conveys it though. Art: 8. The art is an interesting combination of 2D and 3D art. The 3D is extremely defined, while the 2D is quite vague and unique. This creates an interesting effect that is visually appealing. I gave it an 8/10 due to the extrem…
Read at the sourceKuroiKikyou
Truth be told: It made me realize what a masterpiece truly is.
Even without a word being said, it makes you feel and see so many things.
It is sexy at times, and then it's dark, and sad, and then happy.
The art is beautiful, and the way it changes from a scene to the next one really picked my interest, I just couldn't take my eyes of it!
I didn't like the sound so much, but the art and the way it is put together is more than worth a 10 overall rating, in my opinion.
It is worth the time you spend watching it.
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
Rate:4
Eng dubbed (however, only the intro had vocals once the show began it was just a musical)
More classic music art than regular anime
Story/art
A cluster of events all coexisting with one. Story wise and art wise. With the stories the scene would change slightly and so would the character's personalities. Art wise you would have semi realistic art, black and white art, dark art, light art, morphed art, and a bunch of others.
The intro to the film was a lovely original concept. You start by seeing what appears to be a massive artwork. As the film pans in to its goal you see a lot more than what you thought was there.
Character
I would love to say there was background but that was only true if you knew other stories see other reviews to further understand. I don't have that knowledge…
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I was amazed at how many modern art references are included! All the "abstractness" is linked to the fact they've put into this amazing and beautiful animation references to Picabia, Chagall, Kandinsky, Matisse... and many references to surrealism and symbolism too.
I believe that for the audience it was meant for it was very appealing. It was projected along a representation of the Los Angeles Philarmonic orchestra. It can be appreciated for the "uniqueness" of the animation, how well the music fits, but what a pearl to discover so many aesthetic winks!
Many of the reviewers here seem to have watched it from an "anime" point of view. But it is an art animation much different from usual eastern traditions or Japanese productions. Indeed, some of the artist are easterners but it was first…
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Although 1,001 Nights is really quite beautiful, is is not what most people expect when they think of anime. There is no dialogue at all and, if you are not familiar with the story of a concubine who kept the sultan from killing her as he had all the other women he slept with by transfixing him with fascinating story every night, it will make no sense to you whatsoever. Some of the tales spun over the 1001 nights include Alibaba and the 40 thieves, Aladdin's Magic Lamp, many more. At just short of 30 minutes, this festival of stylistic hand drawn and early CG animation dancing in a dream to full philharmonic music is targeted at the connoisseur of animation. If you are turned off by symbolism and the surreal, 1001 Nights is not for you. If you are intrigued by the unique, it is definitely…
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This is an abstract art music video, not a piece of narrative fiction, so don't be expecting ninja vampires going to high school and fighting crime. That MAL makes you rate "story" or "character" is a bit silly, since that's not the point here. The characters and setting are an excuse for beautiful pictures. I enjoyed this as a twenty minute piece of visual art set to lush orchestration. The premise is an amorous dream shared by two Arabian nobles, and every image bleeds together quite organically into the next. There is no special meaning or message to discern. It is to be enjoyed for what it is. This is the sort of thing you'll love if you're in a dreamlike state, sober or otherwise. Or if you're an art student. This was designed for a visual art audience, not a typical anime audience, s…
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Story : The story for this anime will be hard for a lot of people to pick up on because it relies entirely on visuals. If you like to analyze things, go for it. I just took two classes for analyzing art and literature, so I enjoyed it easily. If you find yourself going "WTF?" over the simplest of symbolism, I don't recommend you watching this one. You will be vastly confused. The fact that it requires more thinking than the average anime and the story itself is nothing amazingly original has prompted me to give it a 6.
Art : Now, this is where 1001 Nights seems to lose a lot of people. The art is very abstract and nothing like your typical anime. This anime mixes 3-D and 2-D art rather well, but most of the art is 2-D. It has a very sketchy look to it; like a colored pencil drawing. It ge…
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