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New York International Children’s Film Festival Presents Osamu Tezuka:
PART 1: Astro Boy and Kimba
Sat, Nov 28 at 11 am + Sun, Nov 29 at 11 am
Full Price: $11 Adults/$9 Children, Members: $8
Japan, Osamu Tezuka, 1963, 80 minutes
Recommended ages: all ages
The hugely influential comic artist and animator Osamu Tezuka literally invented the genre of Japanese anime. Tezuka’s archetypal characters and bold, highly stylized designs have reverberated with a massive pop culture impact that continues to this day. Presented by the New York International Children's Film Festival, part one of this two-part retrospective includes his best known and best loved early works (which parents of a certain age will remember from Saturday morning television).
Full Price: $11 Adults/$9 Children, Members: $8
Japan, Osamu Tezuka, 1963, 80 minutes
Recommended ages: all ages
The hugely influential comic artist and animator Osamu Tezuka literally invented the genre of Japanese anime. Tezuka’s archetypal characters and bold, highly stylized designs have reverberated with a massive pop culture impact that continues to this day. Presented by the New York International Children's Film Festival, part one of this two-part retrospective includes his best known and best loved early works (which parents of a certain age will remember from Saturday morning television).
Astro Boy(Animation, Osamu Tezuka, 1963, Japan)
One of the most iconic animated figures of all time, Astro Boy is the adventure of a robot boy who, although a product of technology himself, sets out to combat those who would exploit technology for evil.
Kimba the White Lion
(Animation, Osamu Tezuka, 1967, Japan)
A plucky lion cub with a cute lioness girlfriend...his father is killed and he must take over as king...but first he must vie for power with his evil usurping uncle who is supported by a band of hyena lackeys. Sound familiar? Well, it’s not Simba, it’s Kimba, the original 1966 lion king.
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6134-astro-boy-and-kimba
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New York International Children’s Film Festival Presents Osamu Tezuka:
One of the most iconic animated figures of all time, Astro Boy is the adventure of a robot boy who, although a product of technology himself, sets out to combat those who would exploit technology for evil.
Kimba the White Lion(Animation, Osamu Tezuka, 1967, Japan)
A plucky lion cub with a cute lioness girlfriend...his father is killed and he must take over as king...but first he must vie for power with his evil usurping uncle who is supported by a band of hyena lackeys. Sound familiar? Well, it’s not Simba, it’s Kimba, the original 1966 lion king.
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6134-astro-boy-and-kimba
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New York International Children’s Film Festival Presents Osamu Tezuka:
PART 2: Legend of the Forest
Sat, Nov 28 at 1 pm
Full Price: $11 Adults/$9 Children, Members: $8
Part two of the New York International Children’s Film Festival’s retrospective includes three of Tezuka’s most beautiful and imaginative films. Tales of a Street Corner and Legend of the Forest come from opposite ends of his career, yet both use classical music as the backdrop for epic battles of good and evil, while the third film Jumping offers a humorously wry commentary the state of the world.
Legend of the Forest
(Animation, Osamu Tezuka, Japan, 1987, 29 min)
In his career-capping masterpiece Legend of the Forest, Tezuka traces the stylistical evolution of animation from 19th-century etchings, through Disney and Fleischer, the UPA style of Mr. Magoo, all the way to contemporary anime, in a Fantasia-like tale of forest faeries, sprites, wizards, and animals defending themselves against greedy industrialists bent on destroying nature.
Tales of the Street Corner
(Animation, Osamu Tezuka, Japan, 1962, 39 min)
A girl who has lost her teddy bear and a family of Leo Lionni-esque mice inhabit this otherwise empty streetscape with walls plastered in posters. But the posters come to life, and their characters tell the story of an era—and of a descent from playful optimism to war as the images of art and advertising are covered over with the face of a fascist dictator.
Jumping
(Animation, Osamu Tezuka, Japan, 1984, 6 min)
In this highly entertaining short, we take the point of view of a bouncing ball, whose ever higher bounds land us farther and farther afield, and give us a series of two-second snapshots of the human condition.
Due to the films containing brief shots of animated breasts as well as a couple of racially insensitive poster images, they are recommended for ages 8 to adult.
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6135-legend-of-the-forest
Sat, Nov 28 at 1 pm
Full Price: $11 Adults/$9 Children, Members: $8
Part two of the New York International Children’s Film Festival’s retrospective includes three of Tezuka’s most beautiful and imaginative films. Tales of a Street Corner and Legend of the Forest come from opposite ends of his career, yet both use classical music as the backdrop for epic battles of good and evil, while the third film Jumping offers a humorously wry commentary the state of the world.
Legend of the Forest(Animation, Osamu Tezuka, Japan, 1987, 29 min)
In his career-capping masterpiece Legend of the Forest, Tezuka traces the stylistical evolution of animation from 19th-century etchings, through Disney and Fleischer, the UPA style of Mr. Magoo, all the way to contemporary anime, in a Fantasia-like tale of forest faeries, sprites, wizards, and animals defending themselves against greedy industrialists bent on destroying nature.
Tales of the Street Corner(Animation, Osamu Tezuka, Japan, 1962, 39 min)
A girl who has lost her teddy bear and a family of Leo Lionni-esque mice inhabit this otherwise empty streetscape with walls plastered in posters. But the posters come to life, and their characters tell the story of an era—and of a descent from playful optimism to war as the images of art and advertising are covered over with the face of a fascist dictator.
Jumping(Animation, Osamu Tezuka, Japan, 1984, 6 min)
In this highly entertaining short, we take the point of view of a bouncing ball, whose ever higher bounds land us farther and farther afield, and give us a series of two-second snapshots of the human condition.
Due to the films containing brief shots of animated breasts as well as a couple of racially insensitive poster images, they are recommended for ages 8 to adult.
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6135-legend-of-the-forest
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