Notes on Monstropedia

| Japanese: 怪物学抄 | French: Notes de monstrologie | Spanish: Notas de monstruopedia | German: otizen zu „Monstropedia“ |
| Short animation | 2016 | Japan | 6'10" | HD, DCP | Vista, 16:9 | Stereo | No Dialogue, Japanese subtitles, English subtitles, French subtitles, Spanish subtitles, German: subtitles | Sketches | Making of | Stills | Oficial Site | | | Jp+En | En+Sp | En+Fr | En+Ge | On Demand Jp+En | On Demand En | On Demand En+Ge | On Demand En+Sp |

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Animation, Text & Directed by Yamamura Koji
Music by George Frideric Handel
Harpsichord Suite In F, HWV 427
Harpsichord Suite In D Minor, HWV 428 Var. 1~5
Music arranged by Shimizu Hitomi
Production: Yamamura Animation



An animated archive of imaginary monsters written by a fictitious monsterologist in Medieval Europe.
This work depicts the habits of monsters using movements inspired by short phrases such as “Taste of Tears”, “Tamed Wildness”, etc.

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Awards: Honour distinction: 24th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Kraków, Poland, November 2017
Distinction: 3rd ANIMATION MARATHON, Athens, Greece, November 2017

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Official Selection: 7GINES EN CORTO 7th Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Gines, PASE INFANTIL, Gines, Spain, April 2017
19th NCCC Film & Animation Festival, Sanborn, US, May 2017
25th International Animation Festival of Brazil – Anima Mundi 2017, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brazil, July 2017
5th International festival of animated film Constantine's Gold Coin, Nis, Serbia, July 2017
3rd Still Voices Short Film Festival 2017, Ballymahon, Co.Longford, ireland, August 2017
16th Concorto Film Festival 2017, Pontenure and Piacenza, Italy, August 2017
2nd Turku Animated Film Festival - TAFF, Finland, Turku, August 2017
13th BuSho The Budapest Short International Film Festival 2017, Budapest, Hungary, August 2017
3rd Västerås Filmfestival, Västerås, Sweden, Sept 2017
13th Indie-AniFest 2017, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 2017
25th Raindance Film Festival 2017, London, UK, October 2017
10th ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival + Agora of the island of Syros, the island of Syros, Greece, Oct 2017
3rd World Animation Celebration, USA, CA, Oct. 2017
6th International Tour Film Festival, Rome, Italy, Oct. 2017
36th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden, Oct. 2017
4th New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Chitose, Hokkaido, Nov. 2017
25th Kineko International Children’s Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2017
41st CINANIMA 2017, Espinho, Portugal, Nov. 2017
3rd ANIMATION MARATHON, Athens, Greece, Nov. 2017
24th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Kraków, Poland, Nov. 2017
10th Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation - Festival international de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Nov. 2017
10th Piccolo Festival Animazione, Pordenone, Udine , Trieste, Gorizia, Venice, Italy, Dec. 2017
11th Cairo International Forum for Animated Films, Egypt, Cairo, Feb. 2018
21st New York International Children's Film Festival, UY, USA, Feb. 2018
Chicago International Children Film Festival, US, Chicago, Nov. 2018
14th Indie-AniFest, July 2018
2nd The World Animation Celebration, Sep. 2017
3rd Animation Marathon, Greece, Nov. 2017
2nd Still Voices Short Film Festival, Ireland, August. 2017
19th NCCC Film & Animation Festival, NY, US, 2017
10th AnimaSyros International Animation Festival + Agora, Cyclades, Greece, Sep. 2017
4th Animation Shorts Film Festival, MT, US, July 2017
Västerås Filmfestival, Sweden, Västerås, 2017
AWAS! A Weekend of Animation Shorts, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2017
16th Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 2017
7th International Film Festival «On the Edge», Sakhalin, Russia, August 2017
11th Cromarty Film Festival, Cromarty, UK, 2017.11
HIROSHIMA 2018 17th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Hiroshima, August 2018

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