Negadon - The Monster from Mars

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Movie
German title Negadon - The Monster from Mars
Original title 惑星 大 怪 獣 ネ ガ ド ン
wakusei daikaijū Negadon
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2005
length approx. 25 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jun Awazu
script Jun Awazu
production Kazuki Sunami
music Shingo Terasawa
occupation

Negadon - The Monster from Mars ( Japanese 惑星 大 怪 獣 ネ ガ ド ン , Wakusei daikaijū Nedadon , German "The great planetary monster Negadon") is a Japanese 3D animated film from 2005 and as a short film the first work by Jun Awazu , who was responsible for character design, Script, animation and direction is responsible. The film, which the science fiction - subgenre Kaiju is to you, was the production studio CoMix Wave made supportive, which also works as Kakurembo and The Place Promised in Our Early Days published.

The film was first shown at the Fantastic Tokyo International Film Festival , then broadcast nationally on the Japanese television station Animax and was released in Germany on DVD at the end of January 2008 . As a label, Anime House has secured the rights to the German release, which releases the film in a dubbed version. The film was previously released on DVD in 2006 by Central Park Media in North America.

action

In a fictional future, Professor Narasaki is responsible for building a gigantic mecha called Miroku . When his little daughter dies in an accident on the construction site, he withdraws from the project and refuses to participate again in this or similar projects for the next ten years. His student Seiji is also confronted with it when he tries to get the professor excited about a terraforming project on Mars that uses the technology that Narasaki helped to develop.

The situation changes radically, however, when the terraforming attempts on Mars bring a monster to life, which then threatens the earth and covers it with devastating attacks. Now it is Narasakis Miroku who represents the last hope of humanity.

reception

The AnimaniA referred in its issue 01-02 / 2008 the first work as a (quote) "Impressive debut work":

“It is simply amazing and impressive what a single artist can achieve cinematically in two and a half years. Jun Awazu has proven beyond any doubt that he moves in the cinematic profession with a sleepwalking certainty. [...] The at first glance short running time of 25 minutes is enough for him to create a stylish and gripping bow to the genre of monster films. "

- Christopher End (ce)

Furthermore, the author of the review is of the opinion that "the supporting characters clearly fall away", which is the level of detail compared to the photo-realistic character design by Professor Narasaki, which "plays in the top league". The dubbing commissioned by Anime House caught the attention of author End negatively:

“Unfortunately, the German dubbing from Studio Wittmann und Endres in no way corresponds to the usual standard and in parts is even frighteningly amateurish. Besides Gerhard Pirske [...] the other speakers seem unmotivated and powerless. "

- Christopher End (ce)

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