Sensou no Tsukurikata

North Korea simulator 3000-

In all seriousness, this was a perfectly good bit of anti-war animation, jelling well with the general notion I often see in Japanese media surrounding the overall concept of international conflict.

(Message / Story: 7/10)
It’s quite on-the-nose, although a sentence referring to ‘otona’ (adults) towards the end implies that this was intended for children to watch, so I’ll let that slide I suppose. It’s pretty obvious to anyone who knows the history that (minus the cameras), the scenarios described here are nearly a 1:1 mirror of what happened within imperial Japan, so I will at least award them with points for accuracy.

(Animation ... + Sound: 9/10)
While you might not love it as much if you aren’t into the more ‘artsy’ styles of animation, I personally found this to be very visually appealing. Given the intended demographic of children, I can easily imagine these visuals holding their attention for the entirety of its seven-minute background narration. The way each style flows into that of another animator is absolutely incredible, a clear sign of just how talented every member of the team responsible is. The sound is nothing to write home about, but it suits the whole atmosphere well enough.

(Enjoyment / Overall: 7/10)

Sensou no Tsukurikata is short and sweet, getting straight to the point without being overly dramatic in its anti-war messaging. While this is far from the best that Japanese anime/animation has to offer in terms of crushing viewers with the relentless cruelty of war (‘Hadashi no Gen’ and ‘Ushiro no Shoumen Daare’ say hi), it’s still more than clear, concise, and compelling enough to drive the point home beyond the mere surface levels often seen in classroom education.

first of all, i can't believe this short has only been watched by a few despite being really artistic yet give meaning, and underrated
Story- 6
the story is like a possibility or like an alternate universe that tells how war starts it doesn't have any characters but instead narrate details of possibly how every war starts it's main message which is like an anti-war campaign is relayed properly
Art- 10
it's animation is it's main charm it doesn't use normal anime art even once, it's all abstract representation of the government and economy it is like every 10 seconds the art changes as if it has multiple animators, ... it's like a collaboration of creativity for the sole purpose it's message
sound- 8
as for the music it just matches the narrator with good piano composition. it's not much but it's not bad in it's own
-no characters
overall- 9
i gave it a 9 not because it's a 9 anime, i evaluated the scores and judged it not as an anime but a short, for a 7 minute anime it's 9, if you enjoy artistic,abstract animation or anti war propaganda i highly recommend sensou no tsukurikata

Rate a 5
English Dubbed

Story
A fascinating viewpoint structure of not only japan's past but possible future. With many people growing to believe in psychics given 2012 and other predictions made in past coming somewhat true. It is only a matter of time before this work as well is praised for its finding. My main concern with this was its structure.

No, not by presentation. As for presentation it did its job. It depicted images kids could see/relate to. But more of how information was portrayed that was my concern. Before i go into detail understand i am an adult and i found the script to be ... rather confusing. And if i found it confusing how can you expect a child to grasp it? For example, in America many people struggle with the double negatives. Such as, "did you tell a lie?" a response "No i didn't tell no lie." Lots of negatives being used. When one could have simple stated I am not lying. I am not saying negatives were used but the back and forth presentation from past to future as well as the constant questions were the problem. A plain old slowly progression statement after statement forward progression would have been a better procedure format. Although confusing one can still grasp a little bit of its message.