How Houseki no Kuni Shatters Expectations | Traven Talks

CG doesn’t have the best of reputations in anime. It’s not that CG itself is a problem, for most people, anyway, but many examples of it tend to look, at best, out of place, and at worst . . . yeah. Yet, despite the perception surrounding it, it’s still been used many times in a variety of clever and creative ways for both long-form and short-form projects, sometimes being so subtle that you might not realize it’s even there, other times popping up in and becoming the highlights of things you’d never expect, and other times still being integrated so seamlessly into the aesthetic of a work that it becomes an integral part of it, the latter of which I may come back to in a later video. I may love hand-drawn animation, but I also get just as excited by the opportunities that CG and 3D provide for an animated work. And today, I want to talk about this interest by looking at one of my personal favourite shows, whose use of CG not only became one of the most well-regarded examples of its artistic potential, but which effectively used those elements to set the stage for a haunting story of loss and growth that to this day still lingers in the back of my mind. It’s a little hidden gem from 2017, based on the manga of the same name, that you might have heard of, called Houseki no Kuni, or, as it's known in English, Land of the Lustrous. LINKZ! ==================== ♣| Come Fly With Me! |♣ On This Channel: http://bit.ly/2n4xEJi On Twitter: https://bit.ly/322Uq77 ♣| Watch More: https://bit.ly/321JFiu |♣ ♣| MUSIC USED |♣ Sour Apples - RAGE Check Out The Artist: http://bit.ly/2xKQZlK Battle - Yoshiaki Fujisawa Part of Houseki no Kuni (Anime - 2017)'s soundtrack Available here: https://bit.ly/323O6d6 Unrest - ELPHNT Check Out The Artist: http://bit.ly/2Eg5HF4 Generations Away - Unicorn Heads Check out the Artist: https://bit.ly/2WqaPOv Synergy - Geographer Check out the Artist: https://bit.ly/2oCQTrE Special Ed - Rondo Brothers Check out the Artist: https://bit.ly/2v6W5ri Cinnabar - Yoshiaki Fujisawa Part of Houseki no Kuni (Anime - 2017)'s soundtrack Available here: https://bit.ly/323O6d6 Early Afternoon - Yoshiaki Fujisawa Part of Houseki no Kuni (Anime - 2017)'s soundtrack Available here: https://bit.ly/323O6d6 Down - Joey Pecoraro Check out the Artist: http://bit.ly/2KjfxZ7 For We Are Many - Cooper Cannell Check out the Artist: http://bit.ly/2MumMzU Exhale - Lena Raine Part of Celeste (Game - 2018)'s soundtrack Available here: https://bit.ly/2CwHEOw Hypnothis - Kevin Macleod Check out the Artist: https://bit.ly/1MyqBJz Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://bit.ly/1rMF155) ♣| FOOTAGE / MEDIA USED |♣ Handshakers (Anime - 2017) Berserk (Anime - 2016) KADO: The Right Answer (Anime - 2017) Lupin III: The First (Film - 2019) Cassette Girl (Short Film - 2015) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime - 2019) Promare (Film - 2019) Hill Climb Girl (Short Film - 2014) Yuri On Ice (Anime - 2016) Houseki no Kuni (Anime - 2017) Houseki no Kuni, by Haruko Ichikawa (Manga - 2012) Houseki no Kuni - Promotional Trailer Gate (Anime - 2016) Houseki no Kuni - Behind the Scenes The Simpsons (Animated Series - 1990) ♣| SOURCES / FURTHER READING / ETC |♣ Interviews: w/ Takahiko Kyougoku Sakugablog translation of Animate Times interview - https://bit.ly/2Ao5iiD w/ Haruko Ichikawa JapaneseTranslationBlog translation of エンタメ Week interview - https://bit.ly/2H3asFP DijehTranslations translation of ‘Kono manga ga sugoi!’ interview -- Part 1 - https://bit.ly/31RSmwt -- Part 2 - https://bit.ly/30UhyRA Episode Breakdowns (Sakugablog): Episodes 1-6 - https://bit.ly/2vFg8xC Episodes 7-9 - https://bit.ly/357yl6Z Episodes 10-11 - https://bit.ly/339fGWF Episode 12 - https://bit.ly/35fyYf4 #housekinokuni #landofthelustrous #3danime #cganime #studioorange #traventalks #videoessay #anime #animation