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{{Short description|Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker}} | {{Short description|Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker (1928–2024)}} | ||
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{{Nihongo|'''Yōji Kuri'''|久里洋二|Kuri Yōji| | |||
{{Nihongo|'''Yōji Kuri'''|久里洋二|Kuri Yōji|April 9, 1928 – November 24, 2024}} was a Japanese [[cartoonist]] and [[independent film]]maker. An influential figure in Japanese [[independent animation]], he was the unofficial leader and most prolific of the {{Nihongo|"Animation Association of Three"|アニメーション三人の会|Animēshon Sannin no Kai}} collective who kick-started the renaissance of modern-styled, independently made, [[Adult animation|adult-aimed animation]] in early 1960s Japan.<ref name="ani">{{cite web|url=http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php?title=the_first_wave_of_independent_animators_&c=1|title=The first wave of independent animators in Japan|last=Ettinger|first=Benjamin|date=6 September 2004|publisher=AniPages Daily|access-date=8 March 2010}}</ref> He is known internationally for the very [[black comedy]] of his films, with the typically [[Naïve art|naïve]] style of his cartooning often belying the [[Surrealism|surreal]], obscene and disturbing situations they depict (though he has worked in a variety of styles and mediums, including [[pixilation]]);<ref name="naa">{{cite web|url=http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/anime/NAA/contents/hp0007/index00070000.html|title=Kuri Yōji Sakuhinshū -New Animation Animation-|date=2009|publisher=[[Geneon Universal Entertainment]]|language=ja|access-date=8 March 2010}}</ref> this made them a favourite among the fervently [[Counterculture|counter-cultural]] audiences, which included such filmmakers as [[René Laloux]], of the first few years of the [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/articles/reviews/book-review-rene-laloux|title=Book Review: René Laloux|last=Bendazzi|first=Giannalberto|date=1 April 1996|publisher=[[Animation World Network]]|access-date=8 March 2010}}</ref> and in a 1967 publication he was considered to be "the most significant" and "the only Japanese animator whose work is known in the West" (which is to disregard the [[Toei Animation]] features and ''[[Astro Boy]]'' series that were first seen in the West around the same time that Kuri's first several films were and mentioned in passing in the same publication,<ref name="ste67">{{cite book | title=Animation in the Cinema | publisher=A. Zwemmer | date=1967 | chapter=12. Germany, Japan, the Rest | last=Stephenson | first=Ralph | editor=Peter Cowie | series=International Film Guide | location=London | pages=154–156}}</ref> though these were not known as works of an individual and characteristic filmmaker and often had their Japanese origin played down).<!--this is an awfully long parenthetical--> He is also known in Japan for his [[comics]], a collection of which earned him the 1958 [[Bungeishunjū Manga Award]]. Though he was retired from filmmaking, he continued to [[Illustration|illustrate]] and teach animation at {{Nihongo|Laputa Art Animation School|アート・アニメーションのちいさな学校|Āto Animēshon no Chiisana Gakkō}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laputa-jp.com/school|title=Āto Animēshon no Chiisana Gakkō -Laputa Art Animation School-|access-date=10 March 2010}}</ref> In 2012, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film, better known as [[Animafest Zagreb]]. | |||
Kuri died on November 24, 2024, at the age of 96. His death was announced in the following month, on December 15.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-15/anime-director-manga-creator-yoji-kuri-dies/.219104|title=Anime Director, Manga Creator Yōji Kuri Dies|work=Anime News Network|first=Anita|last=Tai|date=2024-12-15}}</ref> | |||
==Selected filmography== | ==Selected filmography== | ||
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==Permanent exhibitions== | ==Permanent exhibitions== | ||
* Manabe Museum 1 Chome-9-20 Chosenjicho [[Sabae]], [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]]. The museum is near [[Nishiyama-Kōen Station]] of [[Fukui Railway]]. | * Manabe Museum 1 Chome-9-20 Chosenjicho [[Sabae]], [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]]. The museum is near [[Nishiyama-Kōen Station]] of [[Fukui Railway]]. | ||
* Tannan Regional Medical Center 1 Chome-2-31 Sanrokucho | * Tannan Regional Medical Center 1 Chome-2-31 Sanrokucho Sabae, Fukui. The medical center is near [[Shinmei Station (Fukui)|Shinmei Station]] of Fukui Railway. | ||
* Gallery K Yoji Kuri No Sekai (The World of Yoji Kuri) 16-18 Tadasucho, Sabae, Fukui. The gallery is an approximately 20-minute walk from Shinmei Station of Fukui Railway. | * Gallery K Yoji Kuri No Sekai (The World of Yoji Kuri) 16-18 Tadasucho, Sabae, Fukui. The gallery is an approximately 20-minute walk from Shinmei Station of Fukui Railway. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Cinema of Japan]] | * [[Cinema of Japan]] | ||
*[[History of anime]] | * [[History of anime]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist | {{reflist}} | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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[[Category:Anime character designers]] | [[Category:Anime character designers]] | ||
[[Category:Anime directors]] | [[Category:Anime directors]] | ||
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[[Category:Japanese surrealist artists]] | [[Category:Japanese surrealist artists]] | ||
[[Category:Manga artists]] | [[Category:Manga artists]] | ||
[[Category:Black comedy]] | [[Category:Black comedy]] | ||
[[Category:People from Sabae, Fukui]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:03, 2 January 2025
Template:Short description Template:Expand Japanese
Template:Nihongo was a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker. An influential figure in Japanese independent animation, he was the unofficial leader and most prolific of the Template:Nihongo collective who kick-started the renaissance of modern-styled, independently made, adult-aimed animation in early 1960s Japan.[1] He is known internationally for the very black comedy of his films, with the typically naïve style of his cartooning often belying the surreal, obscene and disturbing situations they depict (though he has worked in a variety of styles and mediums, including pixilation);[2] this made them a favourite among the fervently counter-cultural audiences, which included such filmmakers as René Laloux, of the first few years of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival,[3] and in a 1967 publication he was considered to be "the most significant" and "the only Japanese animator whose work is known in the West" (which is to disregard the Toei Animation features and Astro Boy series that were first seen in the West around the same time that Kuri's first several films were and mentioned in passing in the same publication,[4] though these were not known as works of an individual and characteristic filmmaker and often had their Japanese origin played down). He is also known in Japan for his comics, a collection of which earned him the 1958 Bungeishunjū Manga Award. Though he was retired from filmmaking, he continued to illustrate and teach animation at Template:Nihongo.[5] In 2012, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film, better known as Animafest Zagreb.
Kuri died on November 24, 2024, at the age of 96. His death was announced in the following month, on December 15.[6]
Selected filmography
Kuri made over 40 short films between 1960 and 1981;[2] some of the best known are:
- Template:Nihongo (1960)
- Template:Nihongo (1962)[7]
- Template:Nihongo (1962)
- Template:Nihongo (1963)
- Template:Nihongo (1963)
- The Button (1963)
- Template:Nihongo (1964)
- Template:Nihongo (1963)
- Template:Nihongo (1964)
- Template:Nihongo (1965)
- Template:Nihongo (1965)
- Template:Nihongo (1965)[2][4]
Permanent exhibitions
- Manabe Museum 1 Chome-9-20 Chosenjicho Sabae, Fukui. The museum is near Nishiyama-Kōen Station of Fukui Railway.
- Tannan Regional Medical Center 1 Chome-2-31 Sanrokucho Sabae, Fukui. The medical center is near Shinmei Station of Fukui Railway.
- Gallery K Yoji Kuri No Sekai (The World of Yoji Kuri) 16-18 Tadasucho, Sabae, Fukui. The gallery is an approximately 20-minute walk from Shinmei Station of Fukui Railway.
See also
References
Further reading
- Douglass, Jason Cody. "In Search of a 'New Wind': Experimental, Labor Intensive, and Intermedial Animation in 1950s and 60s Japan." Animation Studies Online Journal, 2019.
External links
- Extracts from Kuri's films at New Animation Animation Template:In lang
- Love by Yōji Kuri and AOS and The Bathroom by Yōji Kuri at Cartoon Brew
- Template:Anime News Network