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“Do you think we can be… superstars?” Greenwich Entertainment has unveiled an official US trailer for an indie animation film titled Jinsei, which translates directly to “life” in Japanese. This is not your typical anime production from Japan, it’s an independent creation from one up-and-coming director. The film is entirely hand-drawn, written, directed, edited by, and scored by a filmmaker name Ryuya Suzuki over two years of time. A man’s journey through life, marked by various names and labels, leads him to unexpected success while confronting modern social issues & personal struggles along the way. The Tokyo Film Festival describes it with more awe: “From birth to death, each person goes through life with a variety of nicknames, and sometimes derogatory. This is an epic feature animation that follows the tumultuous 100-year life of ‘the man who was never called by his real name.'” Featuring the Japanese rapper ACE COOL as the voice of the main character. This looks wonderfully unique and existentially fascinating in its examination of life and what it all means and how everyone we interact with matters, etc. I’m curious to watch. What do you think? // Continue Reading ›
