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Tim Drage
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 - posted November 05, 2004 10:02 AM      Profile for Tim Drage   Author's Homepage   Email Tim Drage   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
As an animator myself I'm particularly interested in getting hold of cartoons/animated films on S8, there are so many things it'd be great to watch on film. There's certainly no shortage of classic Di$ney stuff at least, though I'm no fan of their recent work!

I'm particularly interested in Japanese animation (AKA Anime or often incorrectly referred to as 'Manga' here in the UK.) A while back I won on ebay a 2-reel episode of the 70's series 'Captain Harlock' which I got very cheap because noone except me has such an obscure combination of interests... and it's in Italian! [Smile] It seems that my best bet is this kind of thing, as imported + re-dubbed anime TV series have long been popular in europe.

I wonder if anyone knows of any sites with info about super-8 collecting in Japan? I can only imagine that in the 70's and 80's there must have been at least some anime released on super-8. Would be interesting to get some idea what's out there! I'm hoping that at least extracts of some of the best anime movies (e.g. Akira, anything by Studio Ghibli) exist somewhere, but I suppose it depends on the state of super-8 releases in Japan.

I visited last year but didn't think to look for super-8 stuff! Just as well; I bought way too much junk as it was! [Smile]

Can't remember which company released the S8 "Final Flight of the Osiris"... anyway, it's a shame they didn't choose one of the other 'Animatrix' shorts, I thought that was pretty much the worst one! [Smile] Never mind...

Anyway, enough rambling from me, please let me know if you have any info/thoughts on the above! [Smile]

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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Hey Tim,
I have worked in animation for a while (Ninja Turtles for IDDH and Robocop for Marvel) so I understand your interest...
My wife is crazy about Totoro and our house is full of plush Totoro toys (even the very big one sold at Ghibli).
I travel regularly to Japan but never ever saw a single 'local' reel of super 8 there. Saw a shop full of Elmo Projectors of all sorts in Kyoto, though, with a bunch of cutdowns from Universal and Marketing but, that was it...
You should check Ebay France from time to time, as 200ft reels of "Goldorak" (Cold Drake/UFO Robot Grendizer) are often being auctionned.
Another good source would be to check the website of one of your members in Germany, Andreas, click here .

The Animatrix short was released by Derann, and the people who run the company read this forum. [Wink]

We're also having a conversation about Wallace and Gromit, if you follow that link .

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Mike Peckham
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 - posted November 05, 2004 11:04 AM      Profile for Mike Peckham   Email Mike Peckham   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Tim

As Jean Marc mentioned, Animatrix was released by Derann, here's their link; http://www.derann.co.uk/

They follow this site and Duncan from Derann sometimes contributes, been a bit quiet lately though, Duncan, where are you?! [Frown]

Mike [Smile]

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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Tim,

UFO Robot on Ebay UK ...

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Andreas Eggeling
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Tim,

alot of japanese animation on 8mm were published in Spain, olé.

Maya the Bee, 120 meter (400 footers) and 60 m (200 footers)
Color spanish sound( Aries films, Barcelona)

Vicky the Viking, some 180 m (600 feet versions), only original title was edited away.
Color spanish sound (Aries Films, Barcelona)

Heidi: Girl of the Alps" (1974)
some uncuted episodes
Color spanish sound, with Japanese Titles!!!

Here is the link to a spanish 8mm forum:
web pagehttp://boards4.melodysoft.com/app?ID=super8web

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Tim Drage
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 - posted November 05, 2004 03:58 PM      Profile for Tim Drage   Author's Homepage   Email Tim Drage   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Thanks for the info everyone, good stuff! Will look into those leads! [Smile]

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My wife is crazy about Totoro and our house is full of plush Totoro toys (even the very big one sold at Ghibli).
[Smile] I went to the Ghibli museum, amazing place. Best of all they had various special museum-only shorts, showing on film. There's a cinema, (when I went it was showing the short Totoro sequel with many Catbusses!) and also around the museum itself are various looping screenings and amazing heath-robinson devices with film going round all over the place. And the tickets contain a couple of 35mm frames from their features.

If Derran could release Ghibli shorts, that'd be something! [Eek!]

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Adrian Winchester
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Tim,
You may well want to look out for two self-contained 400' reels that Derann released around the late 70s from 'Space Cruiser Yamato'. They occasionally appear on lists, etc. The quality was pretty good and the colour still looks fine on my copies. One was titled 'Sace Cruiser', the other 'Space Cruiser vs The Gorgons'.
Adrian

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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Tim, Ghibli Museum is wonderful. I went there two years ago and saw a different short at the cinema (story of a puppy). My better half went back last year or so to shoot a documentary to be included in a future collector editon of the "Spirited Away" DVD and she saw the Totoro/Catbus short you're talking about.
Here's a pic I took of one of the strobe animation displays:

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I doubt Ghibli will ever let go of the rights to create super 8 shorts. They're not the easiest persons to negociate with. But, then again, Tokuma, their publishing company, is in business with Disney to distribute the films outside of Japan. Since Derann have such good relationships with Disney, one can only hope...

I'm seeing "Howl's Castle" next wednesday. Can't wait. [Smile]

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Tim Drage
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quote:
late 70s from 'Space Cruiser Yamato'.
Thanks, will look out for that...

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My better half went back last year or so to shoot a documentary to be included in a future collector editon of the "Spirited Away" DVD
Wow, cool!

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Here's a pic I took of one of the strobe animation displays:
Yeah, those are amazing... kind of disturbing to look at for too long though! [Smile]

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Since Derann have such good relationships with Disney, one can only hope...
That's a good point!

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Maurizio Di Cintio
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Hello, Tim

Here in Italy several S/8 firms released prints of "Ufo Robot Grendizer" (locally known as "Atlas Ufo Robot"), Captain Harlock, Jeeg Robot and Mazinger Z. A.V.O. Film, based in Milan, releasd episodes of all four, often full-length TV episode with minor abridgments, each cut-down into three 200 footer parts. Quality is variable: somtimes they are OK, but more often than not, there's some light fade to red, dirrty masters and/or excess contrast; also the soundtrack is rather inconsistent quality wise. Other labels involved were "Techno Film", "Ersa" and "Cineriduzione Ariete".

I'd gladly trade one of my 200 footers of Grendizer with and English speaking version of the same character, maybe with start or end credits song. Interested? Let me know. Ciao!

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Maurizio Di Cintio
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I forgot to mention the Rome based firm "Sil.Ma" (not affiliated with the projector manfacturer): they released at least two theatrical films of Grendizer, which appeared in Italy only, because they consist in 4-5 TV episodes joint together.

How popular were these characters (especially Grendizer) in U.K.?

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Tim Drage
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Thanks for that further info! More things to look out for.

The Harlock episode I have is AVO release, on 2 200' reels... I love their logo, really 70's! The quality is OK, nice vivid colours still... tho alas my friend's evil projector chewed the beginning a bit when I first got it. [Frown]

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How popular were these characters (especially Grendizer) in U.K.?

Not at all! Even I didn't know of Grendizer until I started looking for anime S8! [Smile] Most of the anime series popular in Europe in the 70's/80s were and are pretty much unknown here (apart from the odd anime fan!)... instead we had similar stuff to the US (Battle of the Planets, Speed Racer etc) and also some great French/Japanese co-productions such as Mysterious Cities of Gold and Ulysses 31... I've no idea if anything of those last 2 made it onto S8, but would love to get them if so!!

Anime's been very much maligned and misunderstood here in the UK for decades now! [Frown] People are just starting to get it now that things like the Ghibli movies are finally avaliable...

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Maurizio Di Cintio
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Is "The Battle Of Planet" featured with 5 bird-like outfitted heroes (Gatchman?!) If so in Italy we had them.

My favourite USA-Japan serial was "Star Blazers"; but if you're interested in Cap. Harlock, you may end up discovering that some characters of the former are also present in latter, for example the robot and the doctor. Nova, Derek Wildstar and the captain of the "Space Cruiser Yamato" (in Italy his name was Avatar) have the same faces of characters in the anime "Danguard" a giant, more geometrically shaped than Grendizer, giant robot.

Let me know if you are interested in further your knowledge in Grendizer.

Cheers.

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Tim Drage
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Is "The Battle Of Planet" featured with 5 bird-like outfitted heroes (Gatchman?!) If so in Italy we had them.
Yeah, that's the one... "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman"! Also known as all sorts of different names in many different edits + dubs!

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My favourite USA-Japan serial was "Star Blazers"; but if you're interested in Cap. Harlock, you may end up discovering that some
Yeah, Yamato and Harlock are both based on the Manga of Leije Matsumoto, great stuff! Really melodramatic. Pretty much all his series are kind of alternate versions of the same characters, Harlock appears in most of them... there's a wild west harlock, "Galaxy Express 999" with trains in space... "Archadia of my Youth" which features his ancestor in WWII and his future self in space...
Cool stuff, really 70's style and epic and crazy stories, great!

His film 'The Cockpit', avaliable on video here in the UK, is a bit different, a really good anthology of shorts set in WWII, some poignent stuff and interesting to see a Japanese perspective on that period of history.

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