Miru-Shiru-Tsukuru Animation Kit
| 1995 | Japan |Production, editing, animation: Koji Yamamura, Yammaura Animation
Publisher: Children's Castle AV Division
Miru Kit
DVD: Miru Kit + Shiru KitVHS: Miru Kit
The original animations ``Kipling Jr.'' and ``Kid's Castle,'' as well as the making video ``The Secret of Animation,'' which happily introduces how to make anime.
Bonus footage: "Kipling Jr. shooting scene", "Visit to animation studio", "Animation kit completion commemorative event scene"
Kid's Castle (Miru Kit)
| Short animation | 1995 | Japan | 5'00" | 35mm / HD | Standard | Dolby Digital 5.1ch, Dolby SR | No dialogue | Sketches | Storyboards | Drawings | Stills | 
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Production: KODOMO NO SHIRO, Yamamura Animation
Producers: Hiruma Yukio, Yamamura Koji
Director, Script, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Camera: Akiyoshi Nobuyuki, AKIYOSHI STUDIO
Music: Sudo Takashi
Sound Design: Tsurumaki Yutaka, SOUND DESIGN YURUTA
Sound Effects: TOYO ONKYO
Take a journey into the imaginative world of Kid's Caste where a young boy's dreams make playing with toys a reality. As his room takes on exciting changes, you, too,will delight at the many different whimsical sounds and voices.
Official Selection: 96 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, The Festival of Light Filmfest, ANIMAC Mostra International de Cinema D'Animacio LLEIDA and 22th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Cinemagic 96- International Animated Film Festival of Lleida, Toronto Worldwide Short FILM Fesival and CIANIMA'97
Film print Archive: National Film Archive (Japan)
Kipling Jr. (Miru Kit)
| Short animation | 1995 | Japan | 15'00" | 35mm, HD | Standard | Dolby Digital 5.1ch, Dolby SR | Japanese Dialogue, English subtitles | Storyboards | Design | Objects | Cels | Stills | |
Production: KODOMO NO SHIRO, Yamamura Animation
Producers: Hiruma Yukio, Yamamura Koji
Director, Script, Animation: Yamamura Koji
Camera: Akiyoshi Nobuyuki, AKIYOSHI STUDIO
Music: Syzygys
Sound Design: Tsurumaki Yutaka, SOUND DESIGN YURUTA
Sound Effects: TOYO ONKYO
Voices: Anna Kipling: Shimizu Hitomi, Yohann Kipling: Yamamura Koji, Kip Kipling: Noguchi Ryoko, Rog, Poe: Odaka Kiriko
A fantastic animation adventure about Kipling Jr., his father, mother, and a musical band led by Rog. Advanced animation techniques, yet to be seen on the screen, help to create incredible movements by animated dolls.
Award: Awarded Honorable Mention Short Animation Film by Festival's Adult July Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Official Selection: 96 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival
FANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival Baden etc.
Film print Archive: National Film Archive (Japan)
Shiru Kit
Text and Illustration: Yamamura Koji, Supervision: The Imaging Society of JapanA "monitoring reader" that explains the process of creating an animation by mixing illustrations and photographs of the production scenery. Also features interviews with animation artists and the history of various video devices.
1995.10.31
32 pages
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Tsukuru Kit
A collection of craft patterns for old-fashioned visual toys that make pictures move with simple tricks. Comes with detailed explanation.Contents: Thaumatrope (sample 1, blank paper 3), Magic Roll (sample 1, blank paper 3), Phenakisticope (sample 1, blank paper 3), Zoetrope (assembleable body 1), Zoetrope' frames (sample 1, blank paper 3), make How to make a kit (booklet 1)
Tsukuru Kit: Thaumatrope: Front & Back (sample 1, blank paper 3)
Tsukuru Kit: Masic Roll (sample 1, blank paper 3)
Tsukuru Kit: Phenakisticope (sample)
Tsukuru Kit: Phenakisticope (blank paper)
Tsukuru Kit: Zoetrope' frames (sample 1, blank paper 3)
Tsukuru Kit: Zoetrope (assembleable body 1)
