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冬の日

Winter Days

Fuyu no Hin is a 2003 animated film directed by Kihachiro Kawamoto. It is based upon the renga of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Basho. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material—the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names of animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long). The released film consists of the 40-minute animation, followed by an hour-long "Making of" documentary, including interviews with the animators. Fuyu no Hi won the Grand Prize of the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2003. (Source: Wikipedia)

Names

Original冬の日 (japanese)
RomajiFuyu no Hi
EnglishWinter Days
Chinese冬之日 (unknown · via wikidata)

Facts

FormatFeature film · 1 ep · 39 min · 1h total
Aired2003-11-22 (Autumn 2003)
StatusFINISHED
Studio
SourceUnknown
OriginJapan (Anime)
Genres
ThemesAnthologyNo DialogueClassic LiteraturePuppetry

Reception

Community score5.83 / 10
Bayesian score7.11 / 10
Composite47.2
On lists1,829
Favourited15 (0.8%)
Completion91.9%
Drop rate3.2%
In backlog51.9%
Score spread σ1.92

Score distribution

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Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonAutumn 2003D27 of 41
Year2003D85 of 148
EraEarly 2000sD421 of 687
FormatFeature filmE830 of 997
LengthMovieE830 of 997
Season (all years)AutumnD1,186 of 1,921
OriginJapanD4,269 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorKihachirou Kawamoto, Tatsuo Shimamura, Keita Kurosaka, Maya Yoneshou

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