Glassy Ocean (Japanese: たむらしげる) is a 1998 Japanese animated film directed by Shigeru Tamura.[1] [2] This is Tamura's second animated work following his 1993 short film Ursa Minor Blue (Japanese: 銀河の魚). The film was produced by the studios Project Team Sarah (for the animation), Ai ga areba Daijobu, and Bandai Visual [3]
| Glassy Ocean | |
| Director: | Shigeru Tamura |
| Producer: | Mitsuo Shionaga |
| Editing: | Yukihiro Ishikawa |
| Music: | Utollo Teshikai |
| Studio: |
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| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
Alternative titles: 'Kujira no Chōyaku', 'Kujira no Chouyaku', 'クジラの跳躍', 'The Jump of the Whale'.
Time has come to a standstill. A whale appears from a glassy ocean and spends half a day soaring gracefully across the skies. The ocean remains in a frozen state as the eccentric individuals who inhabit this land casually wander over it.[4]
| Eric Jacobsen | Ocean Floor Man | |
| Hiroyuki Aoki | Alcoholic Philosopher | |
| Ichirō Nagai | Old Man | |
| Kento Ogasawara | Boy | |
| Masaharu Satō | Human Building (voice) | |
| Masatoshi Nagase | Narrator | |
| Masayuki Terashima | Spear Man | |
| Noboru Mitani | Artist R | |
| Shinichi Tsuda | Lime Student | |
| Takeshi Toshishige | Dreaming Man |
| Director | Shigeru Tamura | |
| Writer | Shigeru Tamura | |
| Illustrator | Shigeru Tamura | |
| Producer | Mitsuo Shionaga | |
| Producer (Animation) | Akemi Ueda | |
| Animation | Rie OshimaKyoko KashiwagiEtsuko Tomita | |
| 3D Visual Direction | Shinya Kato | |
| Editor | Yukihiro Ishikawa | |
| Sound Design | Kazutaka Someya | |
| Composer | Utollo TeshikaiHiroshi Ogasawara |
1998 - Japan Media Arts Festival grand prize for animation[5] [6]
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