Shizuku

Early animation in America started with Looney Toons and Disney. Disney had a series of early silent cartoons set to music where mickey mouse was a captain of a steam boat. This anime is exactly like that. Every form of animation has it's start, so this film is great to learn how vast different current anime is today. Just like comparing early Disney films to current ones.

The anime's story may seem odd to some but it is in fact an abstract film. Simply meaning it has no dialogue and relys on imagery alone for the plot. It depicts what ... man will do at any costs for water through slap stick humor mimicking American cartoons style of that time period. Okay so that description alone may seem pretty boring but if you're an art enthusiast you may enjoy seeing a different form of story telling with no dialogue.

So if you'd like to see one of the early forms of what anime originated from I encourage you to watch. But in all fair warning this film is more to be appreciated as history/ an art form rather than just for entertainment sake. Don't get me wrong it is pretty fun to watch but if you rather prefer anime with bishies and shojo .... this probably won't be your thing. But if you're like me and enjoy memorabilia from the 60's and 1950s cartoons this is a great.

Overall: 6/10 and enjoyable enough to watch after all it's only 4 min long so don't expect a deep story with character development or anything profound

Story: no plot just slapstick comedy, a guy driven insane trying to drink a couple drops of water

Art: Whimsical and retro, nothing to be amazed at. What you'd expect from a short animation from the 60's.

Sound: Just music and sound effects, no dialogue, quirky. Nothing impressive but not disappointing either. Again, it's 60's quality.

Character: It's just a guy trying to drink a couple drops of water, he shows the range of emotion and personality a gag character in a looney ... toons would. What do you really expect in the way of character development in a 4 minute gag not intended for plot?

Art: What you'd expect from an old 60's animation. A bit jumpy but it does the job.

Enjoyment: 6/10 it was funny what else do you want?

Just say N/A instead of seriously evaluating and scoring these aspects.

edit: rant removed in short this was intended as a gag comedy but other reviewers decided to overly critique lack of plot/character development in a mere 4 minute slapstick comedy, best just give n/a for those aspects.

Rate a 4
English Subtitles (no spoken vocals)
art piece

Story
Simple. A problematic situation looking to stay 'afloat' (inside joke). Not realistic but cartoonist.

Art
It was okay. Animations were good. There was color. Could have used some more coloring.

... Sound
No animations noises. No voice.

Character
Nothing. The main character could be a president or he could be a hobo you don't know. Also how and why has also been left out. Showing it was pro laughs and hardly cared on plot.

Enjoyment: This type of antics remind me of tom and Jerry. But this a solo act not a duo. Had the punch line been a little more improved i would have grated this a 5.