Digital Juice (film) | |
Genre | Psychological, Short subject |
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Original video animation | |
Directed by | Hiroaki Ando Osamu Kobayashi Kôji Morimoto Hidekazu Ohara Tatsuyuki Tanaka Kazuyoshi Yaginuma |
Produced by | Eiko Tanaka |
Studio | Studio 4°C |
Released | January 25, 2002 |
Runtime | 20 minutes |
Episodes | 6 |
Digital Juice is a series of six Studio 4°C shorts collected in January 2002 as a direct-to-DVD package film. Each short is directed by a different director. The shorts deal with a variety of subjects, but they share an emphasis on psychological issues, fantasy, and mystery.
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A 2 minute and 8 second short directed by Hidekazu Ohara, "Lords of the Sword" (圭角 Keikaku ) takes place in a town in the Muromachi era, and is characterized by intense action.
A 3 minute and 24 second short directed by Hiroaki Ando[1][2], "Chicken's Insurance" (チキン保険に加入ください ) is a CGI animation about chickens and supposedly produced by chickens. The short features the vocal talents of Yūji Ueda who plays the role of Chicken.
A 2 minute and 9 second short directed by Tatsuyuki Tanaka,[3][4] "Tojin Kit" (陶人キット 予告編 ) represents a portion of preview footage for Tatsuyuki Tanaka's first original manga.
A 2 minute and 35 second short, "In the Evening of a Moonlit Night" (月夜の晩に Tsukiyo no Ban ) represents the directorial debut of Kazuyoshi Yaginuma. A simple tale of a girl and two boys, the short is characterized by intense color.
A 5 minute and 18 second short directed by Osamu Kobayashi, "Table & Fishman" is a love story between a fish-man named Jack (Hisao Egawa) and his companion named Stefany (Yūko Nagashima). After coming upon a symbol for infinity, the two find themselves racing rapidly into the infinite. Along the way they encounter a bewildering variety of fellow travelers including the Great Western King (Hirofumi Tanaka), the Queen of Singer (Yuka Komatsu), the Mini Prince (Tomoko Kaneda), and the mysterious Samu (Keisaku Baba).
A 4 minute and 26 second short directed by Kôji Morimoto, "The Saloon in the Air" (空中居酒屋 ) is set in a saloon floating high in the sky. The story is told from the perspective of Wine-chan and recounts a sequence of events that unfold one strange evening as a number of bizarre characters gather at the saloon. "Aerial Bar" is notably shot primarily in live-action instead of animation as Morimoto is known for.
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