KAI
YEAR: 2016
CLIENT: DAISEN ANIMATION PROJECT
DURATION: 10' 06"
MY ROLE: Director, Animator, Music composer, Illustrator
UPDATES: Kai on facebook
EXTENDED CREDITS
DIRECTED AND ANIMATED BY: STEFANO BURO - MUSIC AND NARRATED BY: STEFANO BURO STORY: STEFANO BURO AND SHIHO OSHITA BEDAY - BACKGROUND ARTIST: JEM MAGBANUA - COMPOSITING AND POST PRODUCTION: STEFANO BURO - MUSIC PERFORMED BY: TAMBOURINE: TAKASHI TAJIMA, JAPANESE HARP: KIKUE YAMAUCHI - VOICES: FOX KID: STEFANO BURO - WOLF: SHIHO OSHITA BEDAY - RABBIT: JEM MAGBANUA - CROWDS: YARAIYA OSAKA - TRANSLATED BY: SHIHO OSHITA BEDAY - OLD JAPANESE ADVISER: AKITOMO KODANI - PRODUCED BY: SHIHO OSHITA (DAISEN LABORATORY) - ORGANIZED BY: DAISEN LABORATORY, TOTTORI PREFECTURE - SPECIAL THANKS: MABUYA TEMA-HIMA, KIZUKI-KAI, YARAIYA-OSAKA, DAISEN GAGAGA SCHOOL, DAISEN TOWN, DAISEN TEMPLE, SANRAKUSO TAIKYU TEMPLE, PIERLUIGI PIANTONI - ENDING THEME "NIGHT" BY: THE RITUALS
ESSAY
"Kai" is an animated video made in Daisen Town during the Daisen Animation Project 2016, based on the character created by Stefano Buro and a story written by Stefano Buro and Shiho Oshita Beday produced by Shiho Oshita Beday.
Following the will of knowledge, a Kitsune Kid will travel trough folk stories about "Mount Daisen".
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Kai was selected and screened in:
- Tentacles Gallery - Tentacles TV - Bangkok (Thailand) - 2018;
- Cape Town International Animation Festival; Cape Town (South Africa) - 2017;
- Cartoon Club - Rimini (Italy) - 2017;
- Everyday Arias - London (United Kingdom) - 2017;
- Daisen Animation Festival - Daisen (Japan) 2016
