1971 Anime
Good-by Elvis and USA
Music video inspired by Elvis created by Keiichi Tanaami in 1971.
Good-by Marilyn
Music video created by Keniichi Tanaami in 1971 inspired by Marilyn Monroe.
Commercial War
In a mixture of cut-out and hand-drawn animation techniques, Tanaami jumbles together symbols of American consumer culture –such as Coca Cola, Superman, Space Age astronauts and hamburgers– with occasional Japanese iconography, such as the squat toilet. The frenetic pace of the animation, the catchphrases and songs on the soundtrack as well as the hand-drawn CRT television monitor that occasionally frames the images makes reference to television commercials.
(Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)
FLICKER LOVE NO.1
After seeing Velvet Underground perform in Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitables in New York, Tanaami became interested stroboscopic effects. This flicker film was conceived as the first of many but this was the only one that was realized.
(Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)
Fuukei no Shimetsu
This animated documentary is derived from footage shot at the site of the Sanrizuka struggle opposing the construction of Narita Airport. In addition to scenes evidently shot before and after the Nihon Genyasai Festival in Sanrizuka, it features time-lapse sequences showing abandoned houses and construction equipment leveling requisitioned land.
(Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)
Lightning Atom
The story of a young boy who uses his electric super powers to help the innocent.
12-gatsu no Uta
Short film by Tadanari Okamoto originally projected on three screens, and re-edited for domestic release many years later, set to a poem by Noriko Ibaraki of the same name.