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| My Neighbors the Yamadas |
Cover of the English DVD |
ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん
(Hōhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun) |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Animated film |
| Director |
Isao Takahata |
| Studio |
Studio Ghibli |
| Released |
July 17, 1999 |
| Runtime |
104 Min |
My Neighbors the Yamadas (ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん, Hōhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun?) is an anime film directed by Isao Takahata and released by Studio Ghibli on July 17, 1999. The movie is a family comedy that is presented in a comic strip style which is unusual since all the other Studio Ghibli movies are presented in the anime style. Based on the yonkoma manga Nono-chan by Hisaichi Ishii, it was the first completely digital Studio Ghibli movie. Takahata wanted Yamada-kun to have the art style of watercolor pictures rather than cel pictures. To achieve that, the traditional paint-on-cel techniques were replaced with digital technology, making Yamada-kun the first Ghibli movie to be painted and animated entirely on computers.[1] Despite decent reviews, the movie did not fare well at the box office in Japan. It was released on DVD in America in August 2005. Produced by Toshio Suzuki.
The story featured the lives of a Japanese family and their crazy life happenings. The movie is funny but possesses a tone of sincerity like many movies by Isao Takahata.
My Neighbors the Yamadas received an Excellence Award for animation at the 1999 Japan Media Arts Festival.
[edit] Characters
- Takashi Yamada (山田たかし Yamada Takashi) - Father
- Matsuko Yamada (山田まつ子 Yamada Matsuko) - Mother
- Noboru Yamada (山田のぼる Yamada Noboru) - Son
- Nonoko Yamada (山田のの子 Yamada Nonoko) - Daughter
- Shige Yamano (山野しげ Yamano Shige) - Matsuko's mother
- Pochi (ポチ) - family dog
[edit] Japanese Cast
- Hayato Isobata - Noboru
- Masako Araki - Shige
- Naomi Uno - Nonoko
- Touru Masuoka - Takashi
- Yukiji Asaoka - Matsuko
- Akiko Yano - Fujihara-Sensei
- Kosanji Yanagiya - Haiku Reader
- Special Appearances - Tamao Nakamura, Miyako Chouchou, and more.
[edit] English Cast
[edit] Cultural Notes
- When Takashi and Matsuko are in a boat on a river, and pick a peach out of the water and Noboro pops out from it, it is making a reference to the Japanese folk tale Momotarō or Peach Boy. When Takashi cuts the bamboo and inside is Nonoko, it refers to another Japanese folktale - Kaguya.
- The short paragraphs written in calligraphy in between each sections are haikus which include authors such as Matsuo Bashō, Busho, Taneda Santoka, Buson.
- When Takashi and Matsuko dance, they are dancing the tango.
- Moonlight Rider is in reference to Japan's first TV superhero of the 1950s. The alternative English name is Moonlight Mask. The black and white suits imply they are yakuza or Japanese gangsters.
- In winter, when the family sits around the table and place their legs under a blanket, it is called a kotatsu.
- During the scene where the family sits in a circle and Takashi sorts cards saying "Takashi, Takashi, etc." (after narrator says "Takashi Family Chronicles"), those are New Year's cards and they are called nengajō, see Japanese New Year.
[edit] External links
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The Works of Hisaichi Ishii |
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B-gata Heiji Torimonochō • • Baito-kun • • Bungō Junjū • • Chiteijin • • Comical Mystery Tour • • Daimondai • • Dotabata Party • • Doughnuts Books • • Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! • • Ganzen no Teki • • Gendai Shisō no Sōnanja-tachi • • Gokiburi Shinbun • • Hmph! • • Hon no Issatsu • • Hon no Hondana • • Ishii Hisaichi's CNN • • Ishii Hisaichi no Keizaigairon • • Ishii Hisaichi no Mondaigairon • • Ishii Hisaichi no Taiseikai • • Kagami no Kuni no Sensō • • Makamaka Mangaman • • Ninja Mugeichō • • Non-Career Woman • • Nono-chan • • Odoru Taisekai • • Ojamanga Yamada-kun • • Ōsaka 100en Seikatsu Baito-kun Tsūshin • • Scrapstic • • Shin Ninja Mugeichō • • Tonari no Nono-chan • • Wai wa Asashio ya • • Watashi ni wa Mukanai Shokugyō • • Watashi wa Neko de Aru • • Watashi wa Neko de Aru Satsujin Jiken
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