“If you want to be in the gig, choose one: First, you get beaten up by me or you destroy the bass…” threatens Marutake High’s Oba, the mohawked antagonist who has been gunning for a fight with Kenji, Ota, and Asakura since the very beginning. With one swift unforeseeable action, this deadpan slice of animated mumblecore tears up its already useless rulebook, pours gasoline over it, then sets it on fire. But these flames aren’t what you’d come to expect from a typical fire: this is something altogether more vibrant, more primal; something so freeing it makes the avant-garde look as predictable as the next hit Avex single. Based on Hiroyuki Ohashi’s manga of the same name, “On-Gaku: Our Sound” taps into the unpredictability of Japan’s psych rock heritage, runs freakish with it, and has far too much fun doing so.
“On-Gaku: Our Sound“ is...
“On-Gaku: Our Sound“ is...
- 2/7/2022
- by James Cansdale-Cook
- AsianMoviePulse
“On-Gaku: Our Sound,” an oddball music comedy directed by Kenji Iwaisawa, upends all that is typical of Japanese animation. glutted with mind-bending sci-fi conundrums or elaborate time-slip-body-switching fantasies. But what fuels its easy breakout to western audiences are its bona fide rock references and characters as deadpan as any Aki Kaurismaki cast.
Signs of “On-Gaku” being the year’s biggest dark horse in anime fandom came in September 2019, when it beat “I Lost My Body” and “Children of the Sea” to win the Grand Prix at the Ottawa Animation Festival. It has since been picked up stateside by Gkids and should enjoy wide fest play following its presentation in the Contrechamps Competition section at the Annecy Animation Festival, which just awarded the film a prize for its music.
“On-Gaku,” which simply means “music” in Japanese, was adapted from a revised draft of the cult manga “Ongaku and Manga,” first self-published...
Signs of “On-Gaku” being the year’s biggest dark horse in anime fandom came in September 2019, when it beat “I Lost My Body” and “Children of the Sea” to win the Grand Prix at the Ottawa Animation Festival. It has since been picked up stateside by Gkids and should enjoy wide fest play following its presentation in the Contrechamps Competition section at the Annecy Animation Festival, which just awarded the film a prize for its music.
“On-Gaku,” which simply means “music” in Japanese, was adapted from a revised draft of the cult manga “Ongaku and Manga,” first self-published...
- 6/26/2020
- by Maggie Lee
- Variety Film + TV
“If you want to be in the gig, choose one: First, you get beaten up by me or you destroy the bass…” threatens Marutake High’s Oba, the mohawked antagonist who has been gunning for a fight with Kenji, Ota, and Asakura since the very beginning. With one swift unforeseeable action, this deadpan slice of animated mumblecore tears up its already useless rulebook, pours gasoline over it, then sets it on fire. But these flames aren’t what you’d come to expect from a typical fire: this is something altogether more vibrant, more primal; something so freeing it makes the avant-garde look as predictable as the next hit Avex single. Based on Hiroyuki Ohashi’s manga of the same name, “On-Gaku: Our Sound” taps into the unpredictability of Japan’s psych rock heritage, runs freakish with it, and has far too much fun doing so.
On-Gaku: Our Sound is...
On-Gaku: Our Sound is...
- 3/15/2020
- by James Cansdale-Cook
- AsianMoviePulse
Kenji Yamauchi was born in Tokyo in 1958. In 1983, he joined the Dentsu Eiga (Film) Company (presently Dentsu Creative X). Since thenm he started shooting TV commercials, winning many awards for his efforts.
In 1992, he became a freelance script writer, penning numerous scripts for TV commercials, TV dramas, short films, web dramas, etc.. In 2004, he started his involvement with theater. He launched the theater company Shiroyagi no Kai, where acts as leader, playwright and director. Yamauchi’s remarkable theatrical works include “Koritsu no Yusen” (nominated for the 58th Kishida Drama Award) and “Trois Grotesque” (winner of the 59th Kishida Drama Award) among others. In 2011, a film version of his play “Being Mitsuko” was released nationwide in Japan and was nominated in the Warsaw Film Festival. In 2015, his second feature film “Her Father, My Lover” was nominated in the Tokyo International Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival and so on. In 2016 his...
In 1992, he became a freelance script writer, penning numerous scripts for TV commercials, TV dramas, short films, web dramas, etc.. In 2004, he started his involvement with theater. He launched the theater company Shiroyagi no Kai, where acts as leader, playwright and director. Yamauchi’s remarkable theatrical works include “Koritsu no Yusen” (nominated for the 58th Kishida Drama Award) and “Trois Grotesque” (winner of the 59th Kishida Drama Award) among others. In 2011, a film version of his play “Being Mitsuko” was released nationwide in Japan and was nominated in the Warsaw Film Festival. In 2015, his second feature film “Her Father, My Lover” was nominated in the Tokyo International Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival and so on. In 2016 his...
- 5/12/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The article was initially published on EasternKicks.
The film is based on Kenji Yamauchi’s own stage play, titled “Trois Grotesque”, which was the winner of the 59th Kishida Drama Award.
Set as a stage play, the film takes place solely on a terrace of an aristocratic house, as the party held there by the Soejimas is coming to an end. The remaining guests, most of whom are already half-drunk, start gathering at the terrace: Haruko Saito, a woman with very white skin and hands that every man present seems to admire. Kazumi Soejima, the hostess, who seems to be a little jealous of Haruko. Tanoura, a young engineer working for Toyota, who seems to admire more than Haruko’s hands. Taro Saito, Haruko’s husband, a very elegant man. Mr Soejima, the host, who also seems to like Haruko. Masato Saito, a man who used to be 90 pounds, but is now thin.
The film is based on Kenji Yamauchi’s own stage play, titled “Trois Grotesque”, which was the winner of the 59th Kishida Drama Award.
Set as a stage play, the film takes place solely on a terrace of an aristocratic house, as the party held there by the Soejimas is coming to an end. The remaining guests, most of whom are already half-drunk, start gathering at the terrace: Haruko Saito, a woman with very white skin and hands that every man present seems to admire. Kazumi Soejima, the hostess, who seems to be a little jealous of Haruko. Tanoura, a young engineer working for Toyota, who seems to admire more than Haruko’s hands. Taro Saito, Haruko’s husband, a very elegant man. Mr Soejima, the host, who also seems to like Haruko. Masato Saito, a man who used to be 90 pounds, but is now thin.
- 5/12/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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