Stop motion animation movie "Kubo and the Two Strings" set in medieval Japan originating from abroad

Although it is undecided for disclosure in Japan, overseasHigh RatingThe stop motion animation movie originating from the United States set in medieval Japan is getting "Kubo and the Two Strings"is. WIRED is pursuing how high-quality works have been produced, with the opening scene in mind.

How Laika Crafted Kubo and the Two Strings' Epic Opener | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/2016/08/art-of-kubo-video/

The production company of "Kubo and the Two Strings" is a studio that produces movies and commercials of stop motion animation that is based in the USALeica". Leica introduced "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"By raising the name recognition by engaging in the production of, then as the original work"Coraline and Button's Witch 3D"Or"Paranoman Blythe Hollow's mysteryWe are making such things as.

The new film of Leica is an adventure activity "Kubo and the Two Strings" set in Japan. The hero is a boy named Kubo. While traveling the world full of magic and monsters together with monkeys and beetle, we will explore the secret of the family and the birth of Kubo, the center of the story. Characters appearing in this movie are puppets (dolls) made with 3D printers. Unique image beauty is created by photographing this with stop motion and multiplying it with latest 3DCG technology.

You can see what kind of video is actually created by looking at the following official trailer.

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS - Official Trailer [HD] - In Theaters August 2016 - YouTube


KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS - Official Trailer 2 [HD] - In Theaters August 2016 - YouTube


KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS - Official Trailer 3 [HD] - In Theaters August 19 - YouTube


Although it may be thought that "Characters moving around beautifully are not dolls!", Shooting can be understood by a single shot when seeing the following movie which is done on the diorama as the doll and the stage. It is truly amazing that not only characters but also fine accessories and the vast land in the play are reproduced with the real thing.

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS - 'Crafting an Epic' Clip - In Theaters Friday - YouTube


If you look at these movies, it is transmitted in one shot that the shoot of "Kubo and the Two Strings" was not as ordinary as one shot. Indeed, WIRED praised, "Leica's stop motion is not ordinary but incredibly large."

Stop motion is a shooting technique that moves a still object one frame at a time and shoots it with a camera, making it appear as if it is moving continuously. In such stop motion, it has been considered very difficult to express continuous smooth motion like "movement of water". However, the sea has appeared in the work of Kubo and the Two Strings. This shooting seems to have been expressed by a practical trial integrating dolls and dioramas, and even CG, and the opening scene of Kubo and the Two Strings is familiar with its splendor.

The Art of Animating Kubo's Epic Opening Scene | WIRED - YouTube


A woman on a small ship sails over the stormy sea.


I have a shamisen in my hand for some reason.


Looking at the ladies up like this. Like real people, female hair winds in the wind.


On the back you are carrying a furoshiki with insect-like embroidery like stag beetle.


"Leica Studio's New Movie, Kubo and the Two Strings"


"Stop motion animation using a doll is ... ...."


"It fuses with the latest digital animation technology"


A woman who had been launched to the beach if she noticed.


A big scar on the face.


Wrapping cloth has also been launched to the beach ......


It approaches this with desperate form.


The movement is very smooth. How long was it taken to shoot with stop motion ... ?.


In that wrapping cloth ......


A boy whose one eye is blocked. This is Kubo who is the hero of the story.



A vast ocean that would not be able to express with stop motion alone.


Even huge big waves will emerge.


However, the fang that I got in my hand glows ... ...


With Shan, I shamisen the shamisen with this ...


The big wave broke into two.




However, the ship was overturned with a big wave ... ...


It is thrown into the water.


The release of "Kubo and the Two Strings" which can enjoy peculiar and tasteful images of fusion of stop motion and CG is undecided in Japan, but it is published on August 19, 2016 in the United States.