Glassy Ocean

Glassy Ocean (Japanese: たむらしげる) is a 1998 Japanese animated film directed by Shigeru Tamura.[1][2] This is Tamura's second animated work following his 1993 short film Ursa Minor Blue (Japanese: 銀河の魚). The film was produced by the studios Project Team Sarah (for the animation), Ai ga areba Daijobu, and Bandai Visual [3]

Glassy Ocean
Directed byShigeru Tamura
Written byShigeru Tamura
Produced byMitsuo Shionaga
Edited byYukihiro Ishikawa
Music byUtollo Teshikai
Production
companies
  • Project Team Sarah (Animation)
  • Ai ga areba Daijobu

Bandai Visual

Release date
  • November 1998 (1998-11) (14)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Alternative titles: 'Kujira no Chōyaku', 'Kujira no Chouyaku', 'クジラの跳躍', 'The Jump of the Whale'.

Synopsis

Time has come to a standstill. A whale appears from a glassy ocean and spends half a day soaring gracefully across the skies. The ocean remains in a frozen state as the eccentric individuals who inhabit this land casually wander over it.[1][3][4]

Creators
Cast
Role Name
Eric Jacobsen Ocean Floor Man
Hiroyuki Aoki Alcoholic Philosopher
Ichirō Nagai Old Man
Kento Ogasawara Boy
Masaharu Satō Human Building (voice)
Masatoshi Nagase Narrator
Masayuki Terashima Spear Man
Noboru Mitani Artist R
Shinichi Tsuda Lime Student
Takeshi Toshishige Dreaming Man
Crew
Role Name
Director Shigeru Tamura
Writer Shigeru Tamura
Illustrator Shigeru Tamura
Producer Mitsuo Shionaga
Producer (Animation) Akemi Ueda
Animation Rie Oshima

Kyoko Kashiwagi Etsuko Tomita

3D Visual Direction Shinya Kato
Editor Yukihiro Ishikawa
Sound Design Kazutaka Someya
Composer Utollo Teshikai

Hiroshi Ogasawara

Awards

1998 - Japan Media Arts Festival grand prize for animation[5][6]

References
  1. "Glassy Ocean: Kujira no Chôyaku - IMDb". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  2. "Tamura Shigeru Studio". www.tamurashigeru.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  3. "Kujira no Chōyaku - Glassy Ocean (movie) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  4. "Glassy Ocean - Bandai Channel". www.b-ch.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  5. "Kujira no Chōyaku - Glassy Ocean (movie) [Trivia] - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  6. "1998 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards" (in Japanese). Japan Media Arts Plaza, Agency for Cultural Affairs. 2010-09-05. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

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