Comments on: Fumiko’s Confession (a short animation)

By: Haf

Haf — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:29:50 +0000

Lots of panty shots. ^^ Also lots of 3D, which means not as much of a workload for the animator. Still a nice short film though, although I don’t like the break in the visual style between the 2D and 3D shots so much.

By: Neeti

Neeti — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:29:09 +0000

I agree. Though some of the techniques reminded me of a little short called, “Voodoo.”

By: helical

helical — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:02:12 +0000

That’s an interesting point.
Although, it seems that with the advent of the internet, the people on the lowest end of the income scale now have a means to get their more visible to the public, and some are beginning to receive the same level of attention and adulation as the people on the highest end.

Still, apart from a smart few, the attention doesn’t usually translate into dramatically increased monetary income, so I guess it hasn’t changed all that much yet …

By: James (not that James)

James (not that James) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:13:57 +0000

Too much screaming.. sounded like a retard. Animation was astounding though!

By: dreamingArtemis

dreamingArtemis — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:26:49 +0000

that is one awesome work! for one person! For some reason the flow and vividness gives me the impression of Pixar. I think The way she falls down the stairs! This person will definitely have a very bright future in the animation business!!!!

By: adsasdfdfddfsd

adsasdfdfddfsd — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:43:08 +0000

This is great add to anyones CV.

By: fg

fg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:39:19 +0000

I think “Fumiko’s Crush” would sound natural and convey the light-hearted feel of the clip.

“love profession” lol!

「愛の懺悔」slso sounds like a title from a ロマンポルノ flick。

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:09:22 +0000

“Fumiko’s Admission of Love” seems good to me. “Profession” is good too, though we need to avoid “love profession” as that might not be entirely as innocent….

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:06:15 +0000

Maybe he will get lucky. I will scan the streets for lost winning lottery tickets as well.

There seems to be quite a dichotomy really. Or a scale, rather. The worst salaries are paid to people doing what they love, as they would do it anyway. Then you get better money for doing what you don’t like, which is most of us. And then the top money is for doing what others love. Sports stars, actors, etc.

By: Buster

Buster — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:28:41 +0000

Sounds like the Videogame business…

By: helical

helical — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:59:12 +0000

I see people saying the guy will do great in the business, and I wish I could agree, but it’s a pretty well-known fact that animators in Japan are (recognized to be) one of the most severely overworked and underpaid types of people.
What makes it worse is that the people continuing to work as animators do so only because they love that job, and somehow survive on roughly 1 million yen annual incomes.

For example, what would start out as a project with 50 million yen provided by the sponsors get huge chunks taken out by various middle-men like advertisers and broadcasting stations, until about 10 million makes it to the little studios that actually do the majority of the gruntwork. From there, the going rate for drawings is about a couple hundred yen per frame. If it’s 200, then if one gives a herculean effort and draws 500 pictures per month, that’s 100 k yen per month, taking up all of one’s time. You could even make more working the cash registers at your local 7-11 for a whole month.

Aside from a few exceptions like the people working for Studio Ghibli, most of Japan’s anime industry is supported by anonymous people who hand over their body and soul for a job they love, working in appalling conditions.

By: The Happy Atheist

The Happy Atheist — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:33:15 +0000

One of the most enjoyable things i’ve seen all week.

By: crayonmonkey

crayonmonkey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:54:52 +0000

Those backgrounds are simply luscious!

By: James

James — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:53:59 +0000

That made me laugh. This person will go very far in the world of animation.

By: k

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:44:58 +0000

that or going to fuzoku’s or the notorious ” muryou soudan” places

By: k

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:42:15 +0000

ah, so in that case a completely new title can be made.
How about Fumiko’s love, Fumiko’s crush, or Profession of Love.

By: Milkdrop

Milkdrop — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:07:05 +0000

Awesome… best minutes of my day hehe… and i agree, that artist will do very well in the anime biz. I’m looking forward to see more for sure.

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:06:22 +0000

So what should they be doing instead? Sitting around drinking beers?

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:05:46 +0000

Not in Japanese, no, but we are discussing the English word as a translation.

By: k

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:48:04 +0000

Well, for kokuhaku, confession is the literal translation. It also could mean admission or profession(not as in professional, but as in a profession of love).
In this case it doesnt really sound like it has religious context
罪の告白- confession of ones fault
司祭に告白に行く- go to confession

Just depends on what kind of honyaku your aiming for

By: Yamachan

Yamachan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:41:13 +0000

Some people have way too much time on their hands. LOL

By: Blacknimbus

Blacknimbus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:37:18 +0000

Confession has a somewhat negative connotation, generally speaking. You “confess” to a crime, for example. Or you might “confess” your sins. Confession is good for the soul, or so I’m told, but it brings to mind the idea of unloading or unburdening yourself of something unwanted.

You might rather “express” your love…or perhaps “profess” it.

By: Buster

Buster — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:16:44 +0000

Great technical expertise meets moronic “characters” with just that extra amount of panty shots thrown in for good measure.

That guy will do great in the animation business

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:31:43 +0000

Profess one’s love

By: Claytonian

Claytonian — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:18:52 +0000

Confess one’s love
admit one’s love

these are not uncommon phrases

perhaps proposal is an apt word for this one too

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:11:46 +0000

“Love declaration” might be better. To confess has nuances of admitting a fault. However people do “confess their love.” That is more common, and perfectly acceptable. “Love confession” perhaps has the same sense in English as “愛の懺悔” might in Japanese….

By: fg

fg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:34:49 +0000

Don’t you say “love confession” in the western world? I’m not sure my self.

Maybe it sounds strange because of the religious meaning behind it.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:42:42 +0000

Confession doesn’t sound like a very good translation…

By: Roppongi Health

Roppongi Health — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:33:30 +0000

Very very good animation. Thanks for posting!

By: Sen

Sen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:32:17 +0000

wow, that was awesome..the animator’s very talented.

By: k

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:39:26 +0000

actually he said “ごめん野球に集中したいんだ” lol

By: bradleyjx

bradleyjx — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:23:44 +0000

The whole thing had a bit of FLCL free-flowing feel, and the song just made it more so

By: L33tminion

L33tminion — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:10:15 +0000

“Sorry, I want to concentrate on baseball.”

By: Curious

Curious — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:32:04 +0000

What did he say at the end?

By: jroach

jroach — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:28:57 +0000

Needs more panty shots, there weren’t nearly enough.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:28:41 +0000

That’s not the first time I’ve heard Dimitri Kabalevsky’s Galloping Comedians in anime

By: Rob A

Rob A — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:23:58 +0000

Dude picked baseball over a cute lil’ girl? Loser. Great animation though.

By: k

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:17:27 +0000

That was tight, took a page from Miyazaki’s Spirited Away when Chihiro goes flying down the stairs and brought it to the next level. I thought they were going to explode when they hit each other at the end though