TOCO TOCO: KOJI YAMAMURA

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TODAY'S GUEST
Koji Yamamura, Animator
今回のゲスト
山村浩二、アニメーター
PLACES WE WENT TO
Joshinji Temple, Kuhombutsu Area
Nekojarashi Park, Kuhombutsu Area
Au Praxinoscope, Jiyugaoka Area
Tokyo University of the arts, Bankokubashi Campus, Bashamichi Area
訪れた場所
浄真寺、九品仏周辺
猫じゃらし、九品仏周辺
Au Praxinoscope、自由が丘周辺
東京藝術大学、大学院映像研究科、馬車道
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Koji Yamamura is an independent animator known for his short films such as Mount Head, A Country's Doctor or more recently Muybridge's Strings.
After visiting his atelier, we will follow Yamamura in the Jiyugaoka area, where he set his atelier and opened the Au Praxinoscope store, which aspires to diffuse independent animation culture and sells DVDs, books and illustrations.
As a professor at Tokyo Arts University, Koji Yamamura was a founding member of the animation department where he supports post-graduate students in the creation of their worlds.
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Yamamura Animation official website
http://www.yamamura-animation.jp

The Making of MUYBRIDGE'S STRINGS by Koji Yamamura

I first heard about Koji Yamamura when, in a late night cultural program in spanish TV, his short film Atama Yama was broadcasted. I instantly found something special in that beautifully animated tale.  Since then, I continue this director work closely. For what I have read, in its last work Muybridge's string, Yamamura deals with the notion of time and the discovery of the animation as a way of thinking. I hope to be able to see the film soon. Yamamura's work distances itself from what we are  so used to seeing in commercial animation this days.

Koji Morimoto + Koji Yamamura

Today I ordered two nice books from Amazon Japan.

Orange Koji Morimoto Scrapbook

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A collection of nice drawings and sketches by master animation director Koji Morimoto




Yamamura Animation

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A beautiful book by Koji Yamamura that collects the behind the scenes of the works of this great Japanese animator.