ON-GAKU: Our Sound

In the organizer's words:

音楽 Ongaku

Director: IWAISAWA Kenji
2020, 71 minutes, OmeU, DCP

The award-winning animated film is based on a manga by Ôhashi Hiroyuki. Director Iwaisawa Kenji drew more than 40,000 frames by hand and created the image sequences using the rotoscoping process, i.e. shooting individual scenes in real life and then transforming them into animated sequences.

High school student Kenji suggests to his friends Ôta and Asakura that they form a band. Neither of them has ever played an instrument. They decide on the combination of bass, bass and drums and soon think they are very cool. The trio call themselves Kobujutsu ("Ancient Martial Arts"), but it turns out that there is a folk band at the same school called Kobijutsu ("Ancient Art"). They couldn't be more different, and then there's a rock festival in August.

Film series
Manga on the big screen - Japanese comic adaptations

Not only have the printed editions of manga long enjoyed cult status, but their film adaptations have also been enthusiastically received by many fans. To accompany the exhibition Manga Hokusai Manga: The Famous Master's Sketchbooks from the Perspective of Contemporary Japanese Comics, we are presenting five live-action films and one anime based on manga.

The immense variety of manga genres is also reflected in the film adaptations. We start with Kûki ningyô by master director Koreeda Hirokazu, which deals with the themes of isolation and loneliness in urban life in an extraordinary way. The manga series of the same name by Gôda Yoshi'ie, which appeared in a magazine for a predominantly young adult male readership(Seinen Manga), served as a source of inspiration. This was followed by film adaptations of two bestselling girls' manga(Shôjo Manga) by award-winning illustrators George Asakura and Andô Yuki. The animated film about a quirky music band is also outstanding due to its rotoscoping production technique. Finally, a thriller and the film adaptation of a boys' love manga(Bôizu rabu Manga) will also appeal to lovers of suspense and mystery.

Price information:

Admission free