Hyakka Zukan
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Hyakka Zukan

English Title : Japanese-English Pictionary

Japanese-English Pictionary ／ ひゃっかずかん

Description

Hyakka Zukan is a short film by Koji Yamamura. It features parallel word sequences in English and Japanese that progress alphabetically from A to Z and from A to Nn in the Japanese syllabary, with each new word beginning with the last syllable of the preceding one, examples include Ant – Take off – F… and Ari – Ririku – Ku…. As the words evolve, accompanying images transform through a variety of animation techniques, forming a pictorial encyclopedia of those methods.
  • Type:WINTER
  • Date:1989
  • Status:FINISHED
  • Duration:12 min/ep
  • Age Rating:G - All Ages

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