Kikumana

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Japanese: キクマナ


Information

Type: ONA
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 14, 2001
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Studio Rikka
Source: Original
Genre: Avant GardeAvant Garde
Theme: PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 6 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 5.691 (scored by 46454,645 users)
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Ranked: #112872
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Popularity: #6808
Members: 9,413
Favorites: 8

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Synopsis

This work "Kikumana" is an animation of a girl called Kikumana who acts like in a stage performance, the role defeated by such an ill circumstance though she tries to find herself. The primal aim is to get the audience feeling a strange atmosphere spread from this work. The image has a pictorial atmosphere and a documentary touch at the same time. Unrealistic phenomena take place there.

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Background

The prodution received various rewards, such as: Tom Sheet Award at Japan Digital Animation Festival 2001, Ito Yuuichi Prize at Digital Stadium (with Demonstrator), Art Award at DoGA 14th CG Anime Contest, and Honorable Mention at Ars Electronica 2002.

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Staff

Yoshiura, Yasuhiro
Director, Script, Sound Effects, Music, Original Creator


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Reviews

May 1, 2021
Good, evocative experimental anime are by no means rare. But rarely do I personally find myself relating to a rapid succession of abstract vignettes in such an intimate manner.

In Kikumana there is no story to speak of. It is after all just a 6 minute short animation in which Yasuhiro Yoshiura attempts to provoke an emotional reaction from the audience through audiovisual means alone. To this regard, I think he succeeds. The animation follows a young, faceless girl studying in a room and is shot in a staticky black and white filter reminiscent of old film while a constant ticking clock can be heard in ...
May 27, 2022
Mixed Feelings
A decent experimental short. There's no dialogue or discernible story. Just a girl with what appears to be a mask shuffling through a small little abode, reading books, dreaming, hallucinating, and being visited by strange figures. Visually, it's compelling enough and consists of various animation techniques and 3D modeling—on the audio side, there's effective sound design and piano music.

I suppose there's some specific concept or themes explored, though to really grasp what is being said—if anything—one will have to pay attention to visual cues. With the dreamlike lapses into temporal, strange worlds, it is reminiscent of Alice and Wonderland or some other fairytale.

The element ...
Mar 1, 2017
Rate 3/4
no vocals/art piece

Story
No clear path to follow. The patch jumped in and out. Since the path was not clear neither could the message be. It could be a say on imprisonment or amnesiac but i thought it was a take on development. Development the stage where we grow in our mind and on whom we are. Books are engraved as fountains of knowledge. So, it is a no wonder we turn to them in times of troubles. Alas, in terms of defining our individual paths the books can't help. For books are general. With such a wide spread of knowledge it is hard to ...

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