Anime News
GAINAX Hosts Wonderful Days Screening Date: 3/7/2005 |
GAINAX is producing and distributing the Japanese release of the South Korean Animated film Wonderful Days (Sky Blue) and last week they held a special preview / talk event at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. The production for Wonderful days is quoted as being 1.3 billion Yen and it took five years to complete. GAINAX took on the project as part of their 20th anniversary advancement. Director Moon Saeng Kim and Hiroyuki Yamada were on hand to talk about the film and answer questions. Yamada mentioned he first saw Wonderful Days at a South Korean trade show and he was so enchanted by the quality of detail that he wanted to pursue the acquistion. He admitted at the time he had no idea on the story or dialogue becuase it was of course dubbed in Korean. The Director mentioned with this work he wanted to create an animation in his own way, persuing a form of realism that surpassed other works. |
Source: Anime News Service |