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Renkan
Nobuo Takahashi
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According to the “2005 metropolis and districts standard price of land” announced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Nagoya has the third highest rate of increase in land prices for commercial areas in Japan.
Nagoya, a quarter of which was destroyed by fire in the Second World War, launched a reconstruction city project quickly after the war. It became a worldwide manufacturing heartland and now has a population of about 2,200,000. The opening of the Central Japan International Airport and the success of the Aichi World Exposition and the like have given it a vibrant economy.
Renkan is a 100-second computer animation describing the vitality of manufacturing in Nagoya. I used procedural animation to abstract the behavior peculiar to the production lines.
Nagoya, a quarter of which was destroyed by fire in the Second World War, launched a reconstruction city project quickly after the war. It became a worldwide manufacturing heartland and now has a population of about 2,200,000. The opening of the Central Japan International Airport and the success of the Aichi World Exposition and the like have given it a vibrant economy.
Renkan is a 100-second computer animation describing the vitality of manufacturing in Nagoya. I used procedural animation to abstract the behavior peculiar to the production lines.
Director / Producer: Nobuo Takahashi. Senior Animators: Hiroshi Hotta, Shota Okamoto, Ayana Shimizu, Kaori Torazawa. Animators: Akemi Domoto, Satoshi Gonokami, Taro Hirano, Jun Kawabata, Yuhei Omiya, Hiroko Ota, Kosuke Sekiya, Yasuhiro Takao, Yukako Watanabe, Shohei Yamaguchi. Music: Nobuo Takahashi
Nobuo Takahashi (JP) is an associate professor at Nagoya City University, Aichi, Japan. His work has won numerous awards including the Siggraph Electronic Theater and the Animation Theater in 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004 and 2006. He has also won other international awards in France, Austria and Germany.