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Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek


Oihan

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i also saw the commercial a couple of weeks back, i have never seen or heard of it before, but it looked pretty good, the animation looked top notch so i will definetly be checking it out.

chris

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It said it was supposed to air on Saturday but I check the TV guides and it says 4am Sunday morning. Have I already missed the first airing of Kakurenbo and the one on Sunday morning is the second airing?

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hi it just came on over here in MA, it was on from Midnight to 12:30 so you might have missed it, i do not know if it is going to be on every week. it was pretty good the animation was quite good and the story was neat, i hope you get a chance to see it.

chris

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Just saw this last night. Is it a stand alone ep, or a series? Needless to say, the animation was nothing short of awesome. It appeared to me that the vast majority of the animation was done using CG and cel-shading [can anyone clarify a little on just what cel-shading entails? Is it merely using a color palette that matches hand drawn/painted cels?] The demons were friggin creepy [child taker and blood taker rocked]! That, in combination with the dark, clausterphobic backdrop of the alleyways made for a great "suspense-horror" atmosphere to the story.

Can someone give a little clarity as to the nature of "demons" in Japanese culture? Am I correct when I gather that in Japanese lore, demons are much closer to "mortal," i.e. they can die using more conventional methods [swords, etc.], albeit much much harder to kill than mere mortals? as opposed to Western cultures' placing them amongst the "supernatural," i.e. can't kill 'em without envoking spiritual/religious ceremonies, etc., like ghosts?

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  • 2 weeks later...

Just popping in for the first time in months. Thought I'd fill you in on this title-better late than never:

1. It is an OAV.

2. Story, character design and animation done by single person (Think "Voices of a Distant Star", only this guy was using a professional studio as opposed to creating the anime on his home computer).

3. It is available on DVD from Central Park Media.

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