(item number) 3568
(title) Princess Mononoke - Cel
(size) 235 x 350 mm
(side note) Warranty
(Character) Sun
(detailed) paper stuck , Tape marks
(cell number) A10
(starting bid price) 1,000,000 yen
(comment)
After all, "Princess Mononoke" is a masterpiece of the last years of cel animation.
The forest of Shishigami died with the Shishigami
It was also the end of the myth of "Princess Mononoke"
"I love you, Ashitaka, but I can't forgive the humans."
Ashitaka replies to San's last words.
"Still okay." "Let's live together."
The last scene where the theme that has been ruminant many times in the play, starting with "Ikiro!"(Live) that was disseminated as a catch phrase, has one ending
The scene was created from a layout drawn by Hayao Miyazaki himself as the release schedule loomed.
Sugino Sachiko was in charge of the original painting. From the end of the year to the beginning of the year, which is about to be released in the theater in the summer of the following year, Ghibli asks an old-fashioned animator for help in order to drive the final part. Sachiko Sugino, who was enrolled at Disney Studios at that time, is one of them. She participated in the Ghibli work from "Kiki's Delivery Service" and had the experience of drawing the scene before the end roll in the previous work "Porco Rosso"
The cut on the storyboard is number 1664 out of all 1669. The reaction of Sun who receives the confession of Ashitaka is drawn. The actions is roughly divided into three types: [1] staring, [2] smiling, and [3] nodding. The cel image this time is [1], which is one included in the first half of the 4.5-second cut. Although it is a very short cut, the audience knows that the battle of Sun has come to a rest due to this series of facial expressions
At the end of the 20th century, the global trend of digitization of animation production was pushing Japan. Studio Ghibli is no exception, and after "Princess Mononoke" who introduced CG technology, cels are no longer used at Ghibli production sites. Cels, which have supported Japanese animation for about half a century, were about to end their role. A quarter of a century has passed since then, and "Princess Mononoke" is regarded as one of the peak that cel animation has reached. As a piece of Japanese anime culture that blossomed with cels, and by extension, the myth of cel animation in the world, the significance of cels in the last scene is too great. |
