Youshi Kei: Mou Hitotsu no Nijiiro Toshi

Another short experimental animation piece from Keiichi Tanaami. Unlike some of his earlier works, this one is a little longer and more complex. But that doesn't necessarily make it better.

Waves. Electric neon rainbow. Haunting music. Girl's head. Yellow Submarine animated fish (which is almost the only actual animation in this piece). Squished bug. Oboe solo. Class photo. Nude torso. Woman eating apple. Dissonant electric tones. Space the final frontier. Bleeps and bloops. War. Destruction. Dirge music. Girl on trampoline (wait, what?). Rising ... Red Sun of Japan. Woman. Electric neon rainbow. Waves.

There's no words. There's no characters or story - it's really just a collection of still and moving images and music/sounds, all smashed together. I'm sure that Tanaami meant this to have some sort of theme, or try and convey a thought or something. But it all just gets lost, far too obtuse for someone like me. Maybe it makes more sense if I took a bunch of psychedelic drugs beforehand.

Like all of Tanaami's works, you are best just pretending this doesn't exist.

Rated a 1

I am working on my Japanese so i missed some of the text mentioned or characters rather.

there is nothing in of vocals

this was a hack of a cut and paste job.

Ever go to the movie and find someone standing/blocking your vision. Or do you the joys of making sure the film projector was centered and not cut from the top and pasted at the bottom. It is kind of hard to say what i mean in words so i will try and pain a picture for you. In short line i was trying to draw a two (2). Note how the ... bottom of the two is at the top and the top is at the bottom. That is what i what is trying to say.
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Also, i hated the pitch or squeal the audio gave off. Not really good for my ears. Not exactly loud but annoying. What was the purpose of looking threw a window screen look?


I will say this. I did like the rainbow and the waves in the intro. It was a little soothing.