NY Salad
By Dyske July 13th, 2007
My father in Japan has been sending me DVDs of Japanese children shows for my daughter. There were some interesting animations in there which were stylistically distinct from what we are used to in the States. Here I’m posting a trailer for one called “N.Y. Salad” (strange name, I know.). At first I thought it was a traditional cell animation, but then there were certain movements that were so perfect in terms of physics that (e.g. the movement of the hair) it had to be done in a 3D program.
After some research on the web, I found this page that explains how it was done. It’s in Japanese, but you can see the computer screen shots and hand-drawn sketches. I love the style, but unfortunately, I’m not so impressed with the content/story.
Ashley says:
August 11th, 2007 at 4:32 amHi Dyske,
I am in Japan right now for a short visit and I saw a few shorts of N.Y. Salad. I think the show is very adorable and was wondering how I could get it in the U.S. I don’t speak much Japanese so I cannot understand the exact content, but I think it would be great for introducing my future children to Japanese language. I just started my research and saw your post so I thought I’d leave the comment. Have a great day.
Sam says:
February 28th, 2009 at 8:06 pm‘Ello Dyske,
I know why that show’s called NY Salad (always a method to the madness). The creator of that show Yoshitaka Amano (famous for the old Final Fantasy art), has a studio in New York. Once in a while Mr. Amano comes across a fruit or vegetable that he has never seen before in Japan. From the inspiration of these exotic plants in New York, Mr. Amano created NY Salad. The sketchiness, water colored, detailed work in the vege characters are his trademarks.
Hope you thought this was interesting,
Sam