Mikan-bune

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Youth animation by Noburo Ofuji. He is an author who obsesses me, above all, with his silhouette animations. Ghost Ship (Yuureisen) still seems to me to be his best work. However, Mikan-bune is also a good work considering that it was produced in 1927.
Even the plot seems choppy, there are humorous micro-moments and a moralising of old Japanese legends that does its job. I would like to single out the narrator, as she does a great job. I suspect she was added after the fact, as the superior quality of her voice throws the background sound effects and music out of tune. The storm ... scenes (a trope within the author's works) are still the best; you can tell Ofuji knows he's good at it and uses it whenever he can: I'm not complaining about it, quite the contrary.
All in all, an animation that won't change your life, but it's a little piece of anime history that doesn't hurt to watch from time to time.

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Animación de juventud de Noburo Ofuji. Es un autor que me obsesiona, sobre todo, con sus animaciones de siluetas. El barco fantasma (Yuureisen) me sigue pareciendo su mejor obra. Sin embargo, Mikan-bune también es una buena obra si tenemos en cuenta que se produjo en 1927.
Si bien la trama parece entrecortada, existen micromomentos humorísticos y una moralina de las viejas leyendas japonesas que cumple su función. Me gustaría destacar a la narradora, pues hace un gran trabajo. Sospecho que se añadió a posteriori, ya que la calidad superior de su voz hace desentonar los efectos de sonido de fondo y la música. Las escenas de tormenta (un tropo dentro de la obra del autor) siguen siendo lo mejor; se nota que Ofuji sabe que es bueno en eso y lo usa siempre que puede: no me quejo de ello, al contrario.
En definitiva, una animación que no os cambiará la vida, pero es un trocito de historia del anime que no viene mal visualizar de vez en cuando.

Rate a 3
English subbed
Special note: Time is wrong. Indicated presently is 9 minutes. The actual film's time according to NFC is 6 minutes.

Story
Rather simple and fast paced. Interesting possibly for those that want to see something worthwhile but are short on time. The downside to this that most films cover a wide spread chain of events to properly paint a picture for the viewer. If one makes a movie short there is bound to be some things left behind. Such as the child of the god. His ending result is mystery. Which doesn't really make sense given how focused the art was on portraying his ... existence. My first theory was that perhaps scenes were omitted but further research voided that theory.

Art
-black and white
-line cuts and movement shake is clear. Which ruins the imagery of art. Then again this is an old film.

Sound
Seen with no sound. No vocals or animation effects. Therefore can't comment.

Overall: A rough film that should be remade at some point. Aside from the poor art and fast story line there was a good moral behind it. For me that was to make the most of things. For one would never know where that will lead them. Or, if you have an idea run with it. A good helpful reminder to at least most of us lazy people.