Little Nemo, the Miyazaki Version

By Alex in Comics & Cartoons on Apr 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm

Cartoon Brew blog has a clip of what the adaptation of Windsor McCay’s comic strip Little Nemo could have been like…

Here’s the test sequence, animated by the legend of anime Hayao Miyazaki and directed by Yoshifumi Kondo: Link [embedded YouTube] | Longer version at Google VideoThanks John "Widgett" Robinson!


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  1. Tom
    Apr 10th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    Anything Miyazaki touches turns to gold.

  2. Aeris
    Apr 10th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    I love Ghibli. Seriously. I’ve got many films of them and dear god I still love them all. You should check out “on your mark” http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=4828830237343658961&q=miyazaki+ on+your+mark&total=51&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=7
    ….

  3. seekshelter
    Apr 10th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    its generally agreed that miyazaki has never made a bad movie.. there may be some that you like more than others, but not a bad one in the bunch. not many directors can match that… and that Nemo movie that was made wasn’t all that great..

  4. otterly
    Apr 10th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    This animating is very moving, The child’s expressions and bravery.. Its such a rotten shame this was never completed, it would have been a world wide classic.

    A nemo film was released about this time 86 or 87 and it was below standard, kind of a kids matinee film. That may have killed this film. But what a shame.

    I feel blessed to have seen this little piece of it.. Thank you.

  5. giz
    Apr 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pm

    I’m pretty sure he was on staff for it… check out some of the fansites, it’s in his credits! :)

  6. Mok
    Apr 10th, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    nobody does flight like Miyazaki. Freakin great.

  7. the real sam
    Apr 11th, 2008 at 1:14 am

    that’s christopher robin!

  8. otterly
    Apr 11th, 2008 at 3:02 am

    This is the Other nemo one I was talking about. Not very memorable.. Nothing like that amazing clip Miyazaki worked on.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nemo:_Adventures_in_Slumberland

  9. Ming
    Apr 11th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Christopher Robin or Mowgli or Arthur from Sword in the Stone.

  10. amberae
    Apr 11th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    I played the game when I was younger. Didn’t they name a movie?

  11. Shay
    Apr 12th, 2008 at 2:50 am

    A dream come true! McCay’s work is deserves, no!, demands the rare eye, kid gloves, and high level of detail Miyazaki possesses. Lucky this project didn’t go to an American studio. They would spoil it all with sarcastic/scatological humor, stupid sidekicks, and ugly, ugly CGI.


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