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:tags: - anime
- review
:rating: 4
-:original: http://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/short-peace
+:original: https://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/short-peace
-The `Japan Foundation <http://www.jpf.org.uk/>`_ has been, for years,
+The `Japan Foundation <https://www.jpf.org.uk/>`_ has been, for years,
organising many events to promote Japanese culture, including `touring
-film showings <http://www.jpf-film.org.uk/>`_. Sometimes they
+film showings <https://www.jpf-film.org.uk/>`_. Sometimes they
show anime in London at the `Institute of Contemporary Arts
<https://www.ica.org.uk/>`_; last year I watched "Colorful" there,
this year, as part of the "It Only Happens in the Movies?" series, I
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ more than just Akira: he's written Roujin Z (1991), written and
directed Steamboy (2004), designed Freedom (2006). What is more
topical for this review, though, is his work on anthologies. In 1987
he worked an two episodes of `Robot Carnival
-<http://anidb.net/a1163>`_, a set of 9 shorts on the theme of robots,
+<https://anidb.net/a1163>`_, a set of 9 shorts on the theme of robots,
ranging from the surreal, to the whimsical, to the tragic. In 1989 he
directed one of the three shorts of `Neo Tokyo
-<http://anidb.net/a713>`_ (Manie-Manie 迷宮物語), all based on stories
+<https://anidb.net/a713>`_ (Manie-Manie 迷宮物語), all based on stories
written by MAYUMURA Taku (眉村 卓). In 1995 he wrote and coordinated
-`Memories <http://anidb.net/a262>`_, probably the most well-known of
+`Memories <https://anidb.net/a262>`_, probably the most well-known of
his anthologies in the West.
Short Peace is a multimedia project: in addition to the four animated
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fixes them, or prays thanking them for their services. The following
morning, as he is leaving, he finds that the spirits have left him
some of the renewed objects, as thanks for his help. This story builds
on the very Japanese concept of `tsukumogami (付喪神)
-<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukumogami>`_, the spirits of old (or,
+<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukumogami>`_, the spirits of old (or,
sometimes, neglected) objects. The animation is done in rather good 3D
CG, even if it has the usual weirdness of movements. The director,
MORITA Shuuhei (森田 修平) also directed Freedom and Tokyo Ghoul.
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ rocks. In the background, Fuji prepares to erupt.
The ICA screening of Short Peace was accompanied by an introduction
and a Q&A with Helen McCarthy (`Wikipedia page
-<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_McCarthy>`_, `personal website
+<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_McCarthy>`_, `personal website
<https://helenmccarthy.wordpress.com/>`_, `Twitter account
<https://twitter.com/tweetheart4711>`_), an internationally renowned
expert on Japanese anime. I first heard about her back in 1998, on the
`Nausicaa mailing list
-<http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mailing-list/>`_ for fans of Studio
+<https://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mailing-list/>`_ for fans of Studio
Ghibli, but I had never met her before. She's very knowledgeable,
although I may disagree with some of her opinions.
@@ -137,5 +137,5 @@ All in all, Short Peace is a very good anthology, in which different
themes and styles complement each other and produce an artistic whole
that any anime fan should see, together with the other anthologies
already mentioned. In the Q&A, McCarthy also recommended watching
-`Genius Party <http://anidb.net/a2972>`_ (2007) and `Genius Party
-Beyond <http://anidb.net/a6037>`_ (2008), both from Studio 4°C.
+`Genius Party <https://anidb.net/a2972>`_ (2007) and `Genius Party
+Beyond <https://anidb.net/a6037>`_ (2008), both from Studio 4°C.