I don’t imagine it’s easy being abandoned. A television set is dropped of rather unceremoniously in a junkyard and basically left to fend for itself. Soon after its arrival, it meets several other abandoned items. There’s a fan, a windup toy, a chair and a bucket. Each has presumably been discarded just like the new arrival.
The television has its only useful part, the CRT, removed by a recycling company. (The TV set appears to be from the 1960s, but what I’ve read indicates that the story takes place in the 1980s.) The TV set is lonely and does try to escape, but does eventually find a new purpose.
The animation is only 21 minutes. While some of that time is taken up with trying to dig under a fence, the five characters do have some interaction. Most of that interaction is between the TV set and the windup toy, which is ostensibly a cat.
There’s no dialogue It’s a fairly simple animation showing the five characters in a junkyard.. There’s nothing that parents would find objectionable. (Netflix has the rating listed as TV-Y.) It is a little sad at first, as we’re aware that the TV wants to get out, but everything seems to end well for the TV set.
I’ve been hoping to find more short films like this. I don’t always want the commitment of a feature-length film. Sometimes, I want something to watch before going to work or just before going to bed. It can be difficult to squeeze a two-hour movie in sometimes.
It’s a shame that this is the director’s only credit. I’d like to see more animation from Takuya Inaba. I’m hoping that more might be forthcoming. The movie was released only a few years ago. It looks like there’s a corresponding book. Amazon has the book release date as April 11, 2014 whereas Netflix has the movie release date as June 15, 2014. Since animation takes so long to make, it’s possible that they were intended to be released together. Information on either is nearly impossible to find. If you come across anything, please leave a comment.
The television has its only useful part, the CRT, removed by a recycling company. (The TV set appears to be from the 1960s, but what I’ve read indicates that the story takes place in the 1980s.) The TV set is lonely and does try to escape, but does eventually find a new purpose.
The animation is only 21 minutes. While some of that time is taken up with trying to dig under a fence, the five characters do have some interaction. Most of that interaction is between the TV set and the windup toy, which is ostensibly a cat.
There’s no dialogue It’s a fairly simple animation showing the five characters in a junkyard.. There’s nothing that parents would find objectionable. (Netflix has the rating listed as TV-Y.) It is a little sad at first, as we’re aware that the TV wants to get out, but everything seems to end well for the TV set.
I’ve been hoping to find more short films like this. I don’t always want the commitment of a feature-length film. Sometimes, I want something to watch before going to work or just before going to bed. It can be difficult to squeeze a two-hour movie in sometimes.
It’s a shame that this is the director’s only credit. I’d like to see more animation from Takuya Inaba. I’m hoping that more might be forthcoming. The movie was released only a few years ago. It looks like there’s a corresponding book. Amazon has the book release date as April 11, 2014 whereas Netflix has the movie release date as June 15, 2014. Since animation takes so long to make, it’s possible that they were intended to be released together. Information on either is nearly impossible to find. If you come across anything, please leave a comment.
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