Comments on: Art of TekkonKinkreet

Art of TekkonKinkreet

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:28:43 -0800

By: mek

mek — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:58:38 -0800

I just saw this last night. The level of detail, as you can see, is mindblowing, and consistent throughout the film. Unfortunately the plotting is a little confused, likely suffering from cramming a richly detailed manga into the film format (much like Akira did). The excellent soundtrack is by Plaid, who I happen to have an e-crush on, so that was a pleasant surprise. Definitely worth seeing.

By: monocot

monocot — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:31:21 -0800

Thanks for the link! Wonderful, evocative art and the setting somehow reminds me of old hong kong. The blogger's own drawings aren't bad either.

By: spec80

spec80 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:46:10 -0800

I watched this in HD about 2 months ago and the level of art from the animation, writing, music etc was really inspiring. Thanks, Blazecock!

By: ruthsarian

ruthsarian — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:11:42 -0800

uncanny. i just watched this for the first time last night as well.

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:34:34 -0800

Amazing.

By: shortfuse

shortfuse — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:41:03 -0800

mek - Plaid is an old favorite of mine as well. There is a remix CD of the soundtrack too, involving Derrick May, Prefuse 73, Shinichi Osawa, and others. The DVD of TK that I rented had an interview with Ed + Andy plus the filmmaker about the soundtrack. I found it amusing. The two guys are laid-back and sincere thruout the interview, but they're not used to being interviewed on camera and didn't seem comfy talking about their process.

By: Mach5

Mach5 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:53:44 -0800

Those are some great illustrations. Can I gel wallpaper sized ones anywhere?

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:21:59 -0800

Wow. It actually made me nostalgic for a place I've never been in a time before I lived.

By: beaucoupkevin

beaucoupkevin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:35:37 -0800

Read the book. Read the book. Read. The. Book.

By: crunch buttsteak

crunch buttsteak — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:22:08 -0800

The art is impressive ($$$), but the story was thin at best, and absent at worst. Watch Mind Game. If you haven't seen it, you haven't seen the best of Studio 4°C.

By: Guy_Inamonkeysuit

Guy_Inamonkeysuit — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:29:34 -0800

How's the story stack up to Paprika?

By: crunch buttsteak

crunch buttsteak — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:35:40 -0800

Paprika is okay, but TK suffers from terrible underlying-indie-self-centeredness, and a plot that has ADD. Have you seen Millennium Actress? Loads, loads better than Paprika, I thought.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:07:04 -0800

Man, I loved Black and White, but this is just amazing artwork. Thanks.

By: progosk

progosk — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:04:44 -0800

Arias on Tekkon Kinkreet, interviewed by Ben Ettinger. The inimitable Koji Morimoto was going to direct this; here's his 1999 trailer. (Oh, and: seconding crunch buttsteak.)

By: owhydididoit

owhydididoit — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:30:59 -0800

Those are beautiful! I really enjoyed Paprika, maybe I should check this out, and Millennium Actress.

By: eatdonuts

eatdonuts — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:39:48 -0800

this is the book link.. and ditto, the book was so good (read before the movie in my case) that i spent all night up to finish it. the book won a best of 2007 award from publisher's week. it's awesome.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:07:03 -0800

Still waiting to see the art of ThelaHunGinjeet