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Draft:Golden Time (film)

Golden Time
ゴールデンタイム
Directed byTakuya Inaba [ja]
Written byTakuya Inaba
Screenplay byTakuya Inaba
Produced byEmi Matsumoto
Edited byTatsuhiro Noguchi
Music byHaruna Karasuda
Backgrounds byTakuya Inaba
Production
company
Release date
  • December 26, 2013 (2013-12-26)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryJapan

Golden Time (Japanese: ゴールデンタイム, Hepburn: Gōruden Taimu) is a 2013 Japanese anime short film written and directed by Takuya Inaba [ja] and produced by Robot Communications. Set in the 1980s, the film follows an old television set who becomes miserable as it attempts to escape a junkyard. Production placeholder. Golden Time premiered on Ustream on December 26, 2013. It was screened from 2014–2015 at select Japanese theaters and festivals, sometimes alongside the short films Mr. Tap[a] and La Maison en Petits Cubes. The film received a picture book adaptation published by Hakusensha and won an Excellence Award at the 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Plot edit

In nighttime 1980s Japan, a 1960s television set is disposed at a junkyard.[1] It shoos away a wind-up toy cat who tries to watch a program on it. The toy cat flees, but becomes immobile after running too much. A chair, bucket, and electric fan emerge, and the fan saves the toy cat by winding its key. The next day, the television notices a junkyard magnet above a hill. It tries to dig under, squeeze through, and jump over a fence, but is unsuccessful. Later, the toy cat watches a program on the television, who becomes resentful of a newer television set being advertised. At night, it hides from the rain as the toy cat watches from its cubicle.

The next day, the television tries to improve its poor signal, but only gets noise. In a flashback, a family watches the television after the father fixes it with percussive maintenance. While digging, it notices and approaches a recycling truck, whose driver removes its screen. Distressed, it looks for replacements, covering itself with a thin cloak, to the curiosity of the chair, bucket, fan, and toy cat. The television bashes against a utility pole out of misery as the toy cat tries to stop it, and at night, it lies in the rain as the toy cat watches from its cubicle. The next day, the television climbs the hill to the junkyard magnet. The toy cat realizes it is missing, follows it to the magnet, and tries pulling it away, only removing its cloak. The magnet rips away the television's antenna and cable, and the toy cat falls down the hill out of immobilizing laughter. After descending the hill, the television realizes the toy cat's key is missing. While carrying the toy cat, it eventually finds the key at nightfall. After inserting the key, the toy cat laughs when more of the television's parts fall out. The television revisits its tunnel, where moonlight shines through its panel and over its shadow.

The next morning, a truck picks up the television, still asleep. It tries to escape its tie down straps, but is unsuccessful. The toy cat notices and chases the truck, but becomes immobile after running too much. The chair, bucket, and fan emerge, and the fan winds the toy cat’s key. The television is taken to a farm, where it serves as a chicken coop.

Production edit

Source placeholder.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Release and reception edit

The company Hobonichi premiered Golden Time through two December 26, 2013, screenings on Ustream.[8] The film was then screened on February 9, 2014, at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival award-winning works exhibition,[9][10] from October 11–12 at the Ebisu Cultural Festival,[11] and on November 1 at the 2014 New Chitose Airport International Animation Film Festival [ja].[12] It was also shown from November 28–29, 2015, at the Japanese Film Festival,[13] which was organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and held at a CGV Blitz theater in the Grand Indonesia, a mall in Jakarta. Producer Emi Matsumoto participated in the festival's panel discussion held on November 29.[14] Netflix temporarily gained the rights to Golden Time before adding it to the catalog in late-2017.[15]

Golden Time was screened alongside the short films Mr. Tap[a] and La Maison en Petits Cubes collectively under the name Handwork Animation.[b] Handwork Animation premiered from January 11–26, 2014, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.[8][16] Writing about the premiere, Atsushi Ohara of The Asahi Shimbun indentified charm in the film's visual storytelling and commended the dynamic between the television and toy cat, which he described as playful.[16] Handwork Animation was then screened from April 26 – May 23 at the Rissei Cinema [ja],[9][17] from July 5–11 at the Motomachi Eigakan [ja] theater,[18] and on March 23 at the 2015 Tokyo Anime Award Festival.[19]

Related media edit

A picture book adaptation of the film titled Golden Time Goodbye Mr. Television[c] was released by Hakusensha on April 11, 2014,[4] after being published in a February issue of their magazine MOE.[9] The book was written by Yoshifumi Hasegawa and illustrated by Inaba.[4] A solo art exhibition of its illustrations took place from April 14–19 at the Pinpoint Gallery in Aoyama, Tokyo.[4][9]

Accolades edit

Golden Time won an Audience Choice award in the Short Films category and an Inspiration of Asia award in the Special Competition category of the 2013 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival.[20] It also won an Excellence Award in the Animation Division of the 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival.[4]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Literal translation of "タップ君 (Tappu-kun)", the official title.
  2. ^ Literal translation of "手仕事のアニメーション (Teshigoto no Animēshon)", the official title.
  3. ^ Literal translation of "ゴールデンタイム さよならテレビくん (Gōruden Taimu Sayonara Terebi-kun)", the official title.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "ゴールデンタイム" (in Japanese). Robot Communications. November 29, 2013. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "ROBOTのアニメーション作家集団CAGE所属の稲葉卓也監督が、自分自身を投影して取り組んだ短編アニメーション「ゴールデンタイム」インタビュー！". white-screen.jp (in Japanese). April 4, 2014. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  3. ^ Sawa, Takashi. "稲葉卓也". Wacom (in Japanese). Illustrated by Komoto Mayumi. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e Kanō, Seiji (April 10, 2014). "『ゴールデンタイム』～映画から絵本まで～ アニメーション作家・稲葉卓也インタビュー　「カッコよくないものたちが普通に暮らせる幸せ」を描きたい". webronza.asahi.com (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  5. ^ Takahashi, Kenzi (December 12, 2013). "【後編】恵比寿のROBOTが贈る新作短編アニメーション「ゴールデンタイム」". ebisufan.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  6. ^ Dewey, Matsuda (May 10, 2014). "捨てられた家具調TVの冒険アニメは主役になれないあなたの物語！立誠シネマプロジェクトにて珠玉の短編特集【手仕事のアニメーション】・『ゴールデンタイム』他公開！稲葉卓也監督インタビュー". www3.cinematopics.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  7. ^ "ありのままの自分受け止めて". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). June 6, 2014. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "ほぼ日のネット試写会　新作劇場アニメーション　ゴールデンタイムを　こっそり初公開。" (in Japanese). Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d Makkari, Yūji (April 12, 2014). "「ゴールデンタイム」メディア芸術祭で受賞の短編アニメーションが絵本に　青山で個展も開催". AnimeAnime.jp (in Japanese). IID, Inc. Archived from the original on May 24, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  10. ^ "The 17th Japan Media Arts Festival: The Exhibition of Award-Winning Works, a Reflection of the "Here and Now" of Media Arts, Begins Soon!" (PDF) (Press release). Japan Media Arts Festival. January 31, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  11. ^ "ROBOTのエンタテインメントに触れる3日間　太陽と星空のシアター　@恵比寿文化祭　10/11sat12sun13mon　会場:恵比寿ガーデンプレイス　入場無料" (in Japanese). Robot Communications. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  12. ^ "国内パノラマプログラム". New Chitose Airport International Animation Film Festival (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  13. ^ "Japanese Film Festival 2015". CGV Blitz. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  14. ^ Yuniar, Nanien (November 19, 2015). Burhani, Ruslan (ed.). "Mengenal Negeri Sakura Lebih Dekat Lewat Japanese Film Festival". Antara (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  15. ^ Aguesse, Marc (December 5, 2017). "Sur Netflix : Golden Time & La Maison en Petits Cubes". Catsuka (in French). Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  16. ^ a b Ohara, Atsushi (January 18, 2014). "短編アニメ　手仕事のぬくもり　ノスタルジックな映像". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese) (Evening ed.).[page needed]
  17. ^ "若手監督の短編アニメ京都で3作品の上映会". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese) (Kansai evening ed.).[full citation needed]
  18. ^ "7/5(土)～7/11(金)の上映スケジュール". Motoei Blog (in Japanese). July 2, 2014. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  19. ^ "TAAF2015 上映スケジュール". Tokyo Anime Award (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  20. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 2, 2013). "Anime Mirai 2012 Wins Seoul Int'l Cartoon & Animation Fest Grand Prize". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

External links edit

Category:2013 films Category:2013 anime films Category:2013 short films Category:2013 comedy-drama films Category:2010s animated short films Category:Films set in the 1980s Category:Anime short films Category:Anime with original screenplays Category:Japanese silent short films Category:Comedy-drama anime and manga Category:Animated films without speech

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