The trailer for Production I.G's first foray into CG animated film Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror has arrive at the official site. In addition to the trailer, we are also hosting the featurette and a second teaser on our Twitch player. The verdict? As I mention many times before, Production I.G has shown why its the most innovative animation studio in Japan and this is no exception.
Your favourite teddy bear. That model kit that took so long to complete. The picture book you used to read over and over again. The shining stone you found that day in the park. Where do all your childhood's treasures go when you grow up? In this story, we meet fantastic creatures that gather all these little objects that fall into oblivion as they are forgotten by their owners when they step into adulthood. These creatures sneak into our world from a different dimension, and unseen by humans, they take all the ditched and forgotten "treasures" into their world. Here, they use their booty to build their own city, a fairy tale-like place called... Oblivion Island!
The theatrical release date is on August 22nd. You'll find the trailers and the featurette after the break.
Trailer
Featurette
Teaser 2
Teaser 1
Looks really polished. I dont know what it is about most Japanese CG animation, there is this quick "bang bang" keyframe style that Im guessing comes from backgrounds of anime rather than the Western route of following Disney style emoting.
Anyway is it my perverted mind or is that poster slyly throwing in an upskirt shot?
Hmmm... not feeling this quite so much, though I am a massive Studio 4C fanboy. ;-) Still, I just get the feeling I've seen a lot of this before (as much as you can get that off a trailer, obviously) and it'll have to go a long, long way to beat [i]The Great Yokai War[/i] and its devastating final shot out of nowhere.