Little Nemo Pilot film (1984)

Directed by Kondo Yoshifumi

[@yyoshida3156]

近藤喜文は日本アニメ界に必要な人だった。 働き盛りの年齢で亡くなったことが本当に惜しい。

[@トラジ-q6f]

このパイロット版は時代を超えていますね。

[@user-fs4vd3ds8p]

岡田斗司夫さんのカリオストロの城解説から来ました。何という濃さ。そして日本ぽい作画。たしかに世界のアニメ勢力図を覆すレベル。

[@variousshortz5488]

Love animation like this

[@壺義春]

空中を飛ぶベッドがただフワフワしてるだけじゃなくてガツンと硬質な感触も感じさせる。 このリアリティがワクワクさせる。

[@haduki818]

約40年前に作られたとは思えないくらい動きも 背景も素晴らしい！ このレベルで本編が出来なかった事が本当に悔やまれます

[@user-ww6ly3vu5x]

高畑勲展でこの作品の存在を改めて知ったのですが パイロットでここまでの出来とは、、 残念と怒りが込みあがるが、日本アニメにとってはこれをバネにオリジナル作品が生まれたと思うしかないですね。

[@hiro8560]

全て手書きの時代にこの作画と演出はありえないくらい素晴らしい。 公開されたものとこちらを見比べるとスピード感、空間の奥深さが突出してこちらの方が良い。

[@ムラケイ-t7j]

キャラクターデザインはディズニーで動きはジブリでまさに日米合作という感じですね！

[@dokurobesama]

おのれ、ゲリー・カーツ！ あぁッ、このクオリティで完成していれば……

[@sylviacordell5983]

I am looking for the alternate ending to Castle in the sky i want $700

[@user-ig7ff2um5i]

完成版ニモのこのシーン見てから来たら、奥行きが全然違う…緩急の付け方とか、こっちの方が見応えがあるなあと感じました😳凄い…

[@user-iy9mx6nq1i]

ジブリ感があると思ったら、近藤喜文さんと友永和秀さんが手掛けたんですね。どことなく怖さのある浮遊感とスピード感が、夢の中の表現としてとてもリアリティがあって不思議な感覚になりました。このクオリティのまま完成に至っていれば間違いなく歴史に残るアニメになっていたでしょうね。

[@Oishiiyou]

パイロット版でここまで話題になるんだから当時完成されてたらと思うと…🥲

[@00121611]

セル画と水彩と撮影の工夫でできあがる立体感、遠近感、スピード感。 素晴らしいです。

[@n.5788]

約3分でこの満足感えぐい

[@Dragonrider1227]

Winsor McCay would've lost his mind if he could've seen his characters animated like this

[@yuzu-lj9bw]

これは確かに凄まじいアニメーションだ.......

[@rico2474]

これが1984に作られただなんて誰も信じないだろう。 2018年現在では世界中全ての腕利きを集めてもこのクオリティは超えられない、それくらいに素晴らしい。

[@zxrcbrfzr]

80年代だから。今では廃れてしまった技術。

[@wildwildworldtoday]

ジブリ、日本アニメとアメリカのむちゃくちゃすごい融合というか、いやほんとすごい（語彙力）

[@vananac368]

1984！？まじ！？ しかも3分35秒！？ もっと長編見たような満足感！ 英語よくわからなくても面白いわ

[@mlbb9737]

この浮遊感は３ＤＣＧでは出せない純度の高い快感。

[@r12fre0n]

Possibly the biggest missed opportunity in anime history.

[@DanielAspajo9930]

Is not a miss opportunity they made the film, this is a pilot and many shows and movies has them in order the fix anything before the big release

[@gabrielf204]

@@DanielAspajo9930 ​Actually it suffered from a lot of bureaucracy and unstable production due to a disconnect between the animators, producers and directors, people entering and leaving the project, the language barrier and the different approaches to the animation genre, and others things that extended the project for more than 10 YEARS, it was just a fucking mess

[@beyondbased]

@@gabrielf204 It's still a phenomenal film.

[@OddOneOut665]

Miyazaki and Takahata couldn't agree on a Plot. One wanted to keep it all in a Dream, the other didn't.

[@ecozones2d627]

The non anime version is totally decent

[@user-hf2wb9pp7f]

80年代あの当時コンピューターに頼らずこれだけの作品が出来ていた。やはり人の手は素晴らしい！もうこういった作品は出て来ないだろう

[@takafuga0teng]

岡田斗司夫さんが、このアニメのことを紹介されていたので、視聴しました。 すごいアニメーションですね。引き込まれました。

[@odoru_s4039]

Fantastic. This whole project was like the story of NEMO itself. An absolute dream aborted. The fact that Nine Old Men and Japanese animators were assembled at least for a short period of time gave me goosebumps and made me cry.

[@Mesterius1]

Japenese animators were always involved. The entire film was animated in Japan. As for the Nine Old Men, I believe only two of them were involved: Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, who acted as animation consultants. I wish they hadn't, because the final film has this clichéd, overly Americanized, Disneyesque look to the character designs which it would have been better off without.

[@TheArtkaw]

I just love all that this Nemo owned a lot of beautiful flying machines and airplanes in his room - clearly if Miyazaki and Kondo had their way, they would've played a major part in the film.

[@gundanout11]

Little Nemo really needs an anime reboot.

[@YumegakaMurakumo]

@@gundanout11 100% Agreed. The pilot absolutely blew me away 💜🥰

[@user-hd8kt9lk3f]

これが本物の才能の発揮であり本物の努力の結晶ですね。

[@jillthinksimabreakfasttaco4904]

This would have been a major masterpiece if this was the concept went forward with. The way the story builds up Nemo's character, the animation, art style, and the music. It had all the right cinematics for the 80s, similar to the Don Bluth movies that prevailed during that era.

[@trainmaster974]

This was better than the actual movie. Icarus is a human (which makes a lot of sense), it shows what Little Nemo is all about, and the animation is just spectacular. If something like this was made into a movie, it would be so good.

[@AdmiralForsyth]

Honestly, the character of Icarus should be that of a teenaged Wright Flyer pilot, not a flying squirrel for comic relief. It'll make the plot much more understandable and it'll show this Icarus as the one who helps Nemo (along with many other characters) how to conquer his fears.

[@rhett8819]

While human Icarus is certainly not annoying (or as annoying) as the golem squirrel we went with, I still don't see what purpose Icarus even serves. I don't recall him being from the comics, which had plenty of characters to use.

[@Mio248]

I'm honestly fine with him being a flying squirrel. He was cute and adorable to me. But then again, I didn't see this short film until just now. I originally saw the full feature film when I was a kid, so that's probably why it doesn't bother me. But I am shocked to hear that Icarus is supposedly an actual human pilot.

[@jasontachin]

😮Wait! that was Icarus!?

[@DanielAspajo9930]

Yes agreed, with Icarus as a human bringing Nemo into slumberland makes more sense

[@johnprudent3216]

Dynamic doesn't begin to describe the animation. The energy and sense of wonder was just right. I would der what this would've looked like had it been fully realized.

[@takamasa1552]

さすが、近藤喜文！ ちゃんと、ジブリテイストしてる。 ジブリの中でも一番好きな作画監督だわ。 画集も持ってる。 早くに亡くなったのは本当に残念だった。 このNEMOの企画が当初の計画通りに進んでいたらどうなっていたんだろう？ 世界のアニメ事情が変わっていたかも知れないな。 宮崎駿作品も高畑勲作品ももっと沢山、世に出ていたかも知れないな。😮

[@n.awayfar9436]

From what I've heard, the plot for Little Nemo that Miyazaki and his associates created was later turned into a scenario featuring a boy meeting a girl with mystical artifact, chased by various forces(originally the girl was supposed to be a mermaid-like creature). It finally came out as The Castle in the Sky, as well as Hideaki Anno's Nadia, the Secret of Blue water, which eventually led to the creation of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Personally I would love to see Ghibli studios making a deep-sea adventure animation featuring a mermaid, steampunk ships/airships and a lost underwater civilization. I don't care if it is a reuse of Laputa, or that Nadia or Atlantis:the lost empire did it first. We need more Bel-epoch style, boy-meets-girl fantasy adventure!

[@user-eh3rl2yk5z]

これが岡田斗司夫曰く、成功していたら世界の映画事情でジャパニメーションが天下を取っていたという作品か…

[@Today_is_a_good_day_too]

顔やBGMがディズニーっぽいのも納得だなｗ ボツにされるのきつかっただろうなぁ、、

[@jamespuleo3269]

This short was totally new to me..... The amount of detail makes it seem longer than its 3 1/2 minute running time~~ The feel of it expresses the intent of the original 115-year-old source material beautifully~~~ how the dream-fantasy can suddenly break down into chaos, resolving only because the child actually fell out of bed.

[@takeshi69black]

素晴らしい！！！！

[@user-wc6cg8fj3h]

岡田斗司夫のとこから来たけど、確かにこの動きや背景の出し方に「風の谷のナウシカ」「魔女の宅急便」「となりのトトロ」「紅の豚」に通じる所がある。

[@SDFKERO]

近藤喜文さんの作品ですね。 宮崎駿さんが何度もアイディアを提出してはGary Kurtzさんに理由も無く却下され、ハリウッド進出を辞めて、近藤さんに仕事を譲った時のPilot Filmです。 もちろんGary KurtzさんはこのPilot Filmも却下しました。この技術は後に「天空の城ラピュタ」(LAPUTA; Castle in the sky)「紅の豚」(Porco Rosso)につながりました。

[@tyororin6103]

自分は降りてゲリー・カーツ紹介したジョージ・ルーカスってほんと日本との縁があるのか無いのかよーわからんな。素直にお前がやってりゃ良かったんだよ！

[@popepopepopepopepo]

これをボツにする感性って・・・

[@user-pm1tl9lb9h]

ゲーリーカーツはなにがやりたかったんや….😢

[@NEOWOLX_Acoustic]

作画が素晴らしすぎる。。1980年代のアニメとは思えない。。

[@legleg3172]

こりゃすげえ。 これが1984年に作られたのか？ CGならではの違和感を無くした究極のCGグラフィックみたいに見える。

[@shinf1311]

リトルニモがもしも成功していたら宮崎駿はもっと早く世界的に有名になれたのかもしれないけど、逆にハリウッドで才能を吸われて自分の本当に作りたい作品を世に送り出せなかったであろう。 「紅の豚」や「風立ちぬ」なんて絶対にハリウッドでは作れないよ

[@momoiunder17]

素晴らしい。その一言に尽きる。

[@RedZeshinX]

GOOD GOD Japan could animate back in the day, the details, the subtleties, the technical skill, the framerate, it's breathtaking, gorgeous! And people say modern anime is going through a "golden age" right now, what a load of absolute crap, there isn't a modern animator or studio that has achieved in the past decade what this pilot does in 3 minutes.

[@cobalt2257]

I beg to differ. What about stuff like Houseki no Kuni or Puella Madoka whatever? I mean, good animation never died, it's just that you have a nostalgia filter.

[@kloa4219]

@@cobalt2257 I watched and liked those shows, but you couldn't be more wrong.

[@bryanc7094]

Cobalt225 idiot

[@carlosluismendez7392]

They still can animate amazing today. You just have nostalgia. I mean, you can even look crazy shit today in tv series like MOB psycho 100, Kyoani's shows or the amount of crazy movies that japan has made lately and are winning awards internationally. Japan right now is in the golden age of animation. Even the Movie Broly was a feast to the eyes and we are talking about TOEI.

[@islandboy9381]

Modern anime became less ''animated'' that's why

[@craica8]

岡田先生の動画よりきました。完成版より圧倒的にこちらの方が、いろんな要素に関していいなと私は思うのですが、特にキャラクターの表情が、細やかというか繊細というかリアルというか、その美しさに見入ってしまいました。

[@DJYAMAME]

This is the true power of Japanese animators.It's a shame that it wasn't completed with this quality.

[@ModernMedusa]

Omg. Why couldn't they have animated it like this?! Production hell takes another good one. 😩 I still like the full length film, but this is just beautiful.

[@cookpiggy1842]

素晴らしい！　1984年の物とは到底思えない。

[@あかさたな-d7i]

ゲイリーカーツ「これはボツだ！！」

[@ny1997p]

西洋のドクターマシリトだな

[@FelicianoCookie]

Love this scene! Kind of wish Icarus was human now even though squirrel version was adorable♡

[@abloogywoogywoo]

He's a dream and meant to be Nemo's hetrosexual life partner. One minute he's a boy adventurer, the next a flying squirrel. Kinda like how Morgana from Persona 5 has multiple forms.

[@DTM-Books]

Arguably the greatest action sequence in anime history. And it's fascinating to see all the riffs - one shot quotes Animal Treasure Island, while two other shots were later quoted in My Neighbor Totoro and Porco Rosso. Kondo, Tomanaga and crew, of course, worked with Miyazaki at Telecom and would do so again at Studio Ghibli years later. I would LOVE to see a 70mm print of this. Thanks!

[@eleganthavoc]

Hi Daniel, could you give more detail on the "quoted" shots you mention. Where exactly are they in these films and what parts do they quote?

[@DTM-Books]

The shot of Nemo's bed bouncing on the water: riffs Animal Treasure Island, seen again in Porco Rosso (and post-Miyazaki Sherlock Hound). The shot of Nemo flying through buildings, just before crashing into the skyscraper, was riffed by My Neighboro Totoro, in the scene where Satsuki rides Catbus in search of Mei.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I kinda assume this friend was sent from Slumberland to get Nemo to join in him in going there. Earlier strips in Winsor McCay's series often had Nemo being visited by several people from there hoping to get him to go along there but Nemo often got into trouble before he even got there, leading to the famous last panel of the strip of him waking up in an odd position on or off the bed, remarking on the terrible dream he had or his parents complaining of a late night snack he had that caused it.

[@ricarleite]

Someone did not see Nausicaa.

[@antonco2]

@@ricarleite Pfft ridiculous. Nausicaa is a masterpiece on its own right, but this? No anime in history comes close to this, maybe metropolis but that's it

[@user-wn6ot1to7c]

ディズニーぽくもあるし若干名作劇場感もあるね…

[@user-nv1ry3nq1l]

素晴らしい。

[@tantei9890]

この出来上がりで最後のBGMが東京ムービー音

[@-M___________________M-]

天才だよなぁ…ホント何もかも

[@世音-g8i]

岡田斗司夫先生からきたけど。 これは凄い！

[@chrome3021]

鳥肌立った。スマホの小さい画面、普通の画質なのに。 1984年って…信じられない。このクオリティで本作が上がってたら人類アニメ史上に残るエポックになったろう。

[@user-ze2ht7bq3u]

As expected, it is a work that Hayao Miyazaki was involved in. A wonderful production like "Porco Rosso".

[@jirohkaiohmata5801]

今からでも遅くないので、駄作だった本編よりこのパイロットをデジタルリマスターしてIMAXで上映してほしい。

[@user-nt8mm5jw8u]

ただ短いから、 なんかの同時上映なら行けるかもしれない

[@jirohkaiohmata5801]

​​@@user-nt8mm5jw8u ニモはパイロットフィルムが いくつもあるので、まとめて上映すれば、いけますよ。 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2LMhZ1sf8eaqposi=osJ53s9FC14YrU41 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3iQg4KIpb9mhs0si=Y2SVMhd5FuEUZogs

[@apricotsiroop]

こりゃすげえ

[@kashiy0228]

えっ、まって、、、めっちゃすごい作品なんですけど！！！？

[@MinaFuruya-ow9kw]

「紅の豚」を彷彿とさせるシーンがあった。 とことんプロデューサーに見る目がなかったのだろう。

[@user-ze2ht7bq3u]

特にゲーリーカーツの先見の無さは絶望的。

[@user-iq1np1jc3g]

これ凄いな1984年か

[@arturoavalos2849]

This is a lost memory of my childhood i have just found on the internet right know ...WOW

[@gingingingingin]

若き日の片渕さんもカメラワーク等で関わってる。

[@user-yh1li7si5s]

落ちてるシーン凄いね… 自分も落ちてるような気分になり、力が入る。

[@user-rm7vt6ov2b]

さすが、ジブリメンバーとハリウッドメンバー。その後の作品がここで観られたとはっ。飛行機の翼、橋をくぐるシーン、月と飛ぶはずのない乗り物の構図、ぶつかりそうになる臨場感。全部知ってる。他も探してみようっと。

[@user-ug5hn8gp1y]

岡田さんの解説動画から来たけど本当に凄い作品だったわ

[@douglasfreer]

Some of that footage is very recognizable being from the opening dream and when Nemo is doing the rescue mission to Nightmareland.

[@carmix6721]

Japanese animator ...Kondo.... You are genius...

[@yohannbiimu]

The end with Little Nemo falling out of his bed is pretty much how the last panels of the Winsor McKay comics would end, so that's fitting. All-in-all, it's a shame that Yoshifumi-san didn't stay on to work on it. Undoubtedly, the American elements of it made doing it right very difficult.

[@user-ip4jq2lt3d]

重心の書き方がエグすぎる…

[@user-gx9xf2zb6o]

In the early days, Hayao Miyazaki was also involved. However, even though he produced Pilot film many times, Gary Kurtz told him not to, and he was removed from the production.

[@user-fx8qq2hp7v]

これが40年前に作られたのか

[@user-pf2vl8li5j]

素晴らしいですね スピード感やパースの展開など 見事としか言葉がありません 街中が水没するシーンは パンダコパンダや崖の上のポニョを 彷彿させますね

[@THE.Everestlist]

このまま作れていたらヒットしたんや

[@yarugizen]

若き日のスピルバーグはこの映像をどこかで見たのだろうか。『A.I.』の終盤の、水没したマンハッタンを思い出した。

[@syuukinnryokou2000]

同じことを思いました。あれはあれで大好きです。

[@勝-r2d]

世界観に一瞬で引き込まれる、心臓を鷲掴みされるよう。

[@user-mz3co4ic1l]

岡田さんの動画からキタ 凄い・・😮

[@tsilva2183]

This was cute, but I guess I'm the only one partial to the original movie i grew up with. Glad i still have it on tape and still have a great working vcr.

[@arjunarman5814]

This animation in this is nuts...but it was also incredibly awesome in the actual movie as well, but obviously spread out a bit more.

[@Frisenette]

This has very little to do with what ended up in the 89 movie.

[@arjunarman5814]

@@Frisenette I am aware, I think you misunderstood me. I was commenting that while the animation was very good in the film it couldn't top this and that the running time required the budget to be stretched out

[@HelderMN]

Music: Richard Wagner - Lohengrin - Prelude to Act III

[@ilandpryd21]

I believe if this had been the animation for the final full length feather then it would a classic today. Please someone remake Little Nemo animation!

[@kisaragi075]

Hayao Miyazaki is really great animator

[@noisemarine561]

I kind of wish to follow in his footsteps... Maybe someday I can work with Japan on some of my stories. But for now, Im working on my ideas, my writing, and finding people who can help me.

[@blackeesh463]

This wasnt animated by Hayao,and Hayao was never an animator,he was a director.

[@derick1259]

@@blackeesh463 He very much worked as an animator in the 60s and 70s, and he very much is hands on as an animator to this very day.

[@blackeesh463]

@@derick1259 i don't know where you got that information,but hayao himself has stated that he only ever did storyboard and design apart from obviously directing. P.S of course he started of as a working animator in the 60s,but the point is you don't know Hayao for his animation ability,nor for the shows he animated in the 60s. He is known for his post Lupin work,at which point he never animated.

[@takaaki_5555]

すさまじいおそるべきむちゃくちゃな出来栄えである。 3分アニメ用では無く、大ヒットアニメのワンシーン向けだ。 それに大ヒットするのは、このワンシーンが理由だと言えるほどだ。

[@Yubayasun]

Gary Kurtz messed up everything when he made this pilot film to the movie.😢

[@robynschwartz8609]

Honestly wish they kept this animation quality. I csnt understand ehy is was changed so vastly in the film. This is a thousand times better in my opinion.

[@onasudeomasu]

"Nemo" was a co-production between Japan and the US, with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, a close friend of Miyazaki's who sadly passed away, said to have been involved in the initial production. However, even with this highly finished film, the US staff were not convinced. What aspects of this footage did you find unsatisfactory?

[@stellasol5265]

I remember this! Lookit all that smooth animation!!!!

[@FreelanceLEEMOO]

動きはアメリカらしさはあるものの、どこか日本らしさがでてる絵柄、色合いでホッとする。 ３D空間の表現は、CGが浸透してきたものの、当時の手書きで違和感を感じさせない完成度は、いまでもできるのか？と思わせる。

[@銀-v9i]

嘘だろってくらいクオリティがヤバい

[@user-un8cm2jm5k]

これが宮崎駿が携わってた時のニモ？髪の揺れとかシーツの感じとか崩れるベッド1つ1つの動きが綺麗で気持ちが良い

[@のぐちはじめ]

1985年にアニメのとある撮影会社に入って、このフィルムの存在は聞かされてました。当時は、余り 「ニモ」凝った映像過ぎて、撮影不可能との先輩達の密やかな噂が流れてましたね。 「密着マルチ」の段数が、アナログ撮影の機材の性能を超えてしまっていたからですね。

[@user-qv4fi4lu5i]

ベッドから落ちるとこ、８９年版もこれが良かったなあ、、

[@myjourneytoafitterself3369]

They should’ve made both versions and let the audience decide I would’ve bought bough versions I love the little Nemo in slumberland stories

[@ookurajonny932]

素晴らしい

[@user-jq3hh7nm4q]

1984年にこのパースワークで動かす日本人アニメーターが出来たのはすごい、どう描いたんだろう。 　宮崎はナウシカ制作には近藤喜文、友永和秀、大塚康夫らがコレに参加していたためにテレコムに断られたのか。結局ナウシカは、OHプロの小松原班を中心に寄せ集めであれほどの作画ができたのだから信じられない。 のちの映画「アキラ」にいくつか似た撮影があるのがわかる。

[@TT-pv9fd]

Great!! I came this page from Toshio Okada channel笑

[@shohkuu]

なぜこれがボツなんだ、、、

[@hideyoterauchi5670]

ボツダッタのではないのです 当時日本のそうそうたるアニメーターがこれを本気で作ろうとしてチームを組んで渡米までしていたのですが 向こうさんの資本だ投資だ等々の禍禍しい部分で多くのアニメーターさんが嫌気がさして結局は手を引いていっちゃったらしいですよ これが世に出ていれば宮崎駿さんももう10年早く世に知られていたと聞きます 残念な事です…

[@paulbowen9701]

What I wouldn't give to have gotten this version instead.

[@kingofroughly4641]

Marvelous 👍✨

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Absolutely gorgeous.

[@sqmeko3588]

岡田さんのおすすめで見に来たけど、確かにジブリ枠な感じする。ほかも見てみたくなる！

[@user-kei-megumi]

贅の限りを尽くしたアニメらしい。

[@user-eh4zc5bn9l]

私も岡田斗司夫の切りぬきから来ました！