0:57 for those who don't know, blind people will clap their hands and listen for the echo to get a sense of how big a space they are in, if it's wide open or a tightly enclosed space.
In the alley after the smoker. The trash can only appeared after a ball of fluff landed on it. It could have been any fluffy animal. It only turned into a cat after the meow.
A perfect example of show don't tell,they never come right out and say the girl is blind but you can just tell. And the way she discovers everything is just brilliant,truly moved
Exactly, most people would think that if your blind, u miss out on everything the world has to offer, but what this one video proves is that the world is what u make it(literally in this case) and that u can make the world with your own senses and imagination 😊
The moment you rewatch the video and realize at the very beginning the hint was right there all along as she was walking on one of those altered sidewalk textures for the blind to navigate the streets.
This animation is so cute. One of my favorites now. When she first hit the fence, I wondered why she didn't just immediately notice the hole and climb through it. Children normally do in things like this. Then she ducked down and carefully felt along it, staring blankly the entire time, and it clicked. It became instantly obvious to me she was a blind child who'd just lost her seeing-eye dog. It was so much fun to see her discover the world as she went along, with her "magic wand". Gogo is such a good dog. As long as she has him, she'll be okay.
@@Nicole-bj4dv It actually sounded like Coco to me, too, on the first pass! But it specifically calls the dog Gogo in the credits, and if I remember right from the other comments, calling a dog Gogo is basically like an American saying "doggy". I could also clearly hear Gogo when I rewatched it and was listening more closely. Part of hearing is actually what our brains expect to hear, and they'll autocorrect, sometimes to really weird things, when what we hear doesn't quite match with the words we know.
As soon as I found out she was blind I was so worried that she was going to walk out onto the street or something. This really warmed my heart, glad it didn't end like that
Not going to lie, I legit teared up at the end. My dog died recently and I grew up with him. Seeing that kid still having a sense of wonder and innocence while being blind... then that ending... man
+YujinXshadow That's the soul of animation right there. Stuff of this level was a lot more common before animated TV series and movies became a common thing. Studio Ghibli and people like this are people who remember what animation was all about before it became commercialized.
Everybody is talking about how cute and charming this is, meanwhile all I can think about is how a dude who steals purses from little blind girls needs to be locked up for life.
Had me balling in under two minutes without a word spoken. Kept me that way for a solid ten minutes after I finished watching. That's incredible. But the imagery and allegory is so brilliant, subtle, and speaks for itself so well, not a single word needed to be spoken. I would consider this a masterpiece.
This feels like a real nice mix of Ghibli and Charles M Schulz's Peanuts. Also the lack of using any language except for a simple and relatively universal name for a dog like "Koko/Coco" makes this very accessible for anyone. Brilliant piece of work
I know this might be weird, but this would be a curiously interesting video game if they ever made one: controlling a blind character and the world starts off black, dark and dreary, but using a variety of different senses, you slowly build a world full of colour and life. I'd play that :)
There is actually a game about a blind girl where you see all in white and when you walk there are colors and buildings. The name is "Beyong Eyes" if I remember it well...
There is "A blind Legend" too. This is a phone game. The screen is completely black and you're guided by the daughter of the main hero who is blind. You must navigate by sliding your finger on the screen and the game is only done with sounds, no pictures. It's really a great experience ! (Sorry for my bad English, I'm French!)
My brother programmed a full game where you navigate the map purely through sound. With stereo headphones, You use the joystick to run away from bad noises, such as attacking digs, and listen for a tune. As you get closer it get louder until it dings as you hit the end point of the level. It was a demonstration, 30 lvls, to display different tech for companies searching for new varieties of interactive tech primarily for education, but I'd like to see it available to the public someday. It was immensely enjoyable.
I realised by the title my first time watching. But if I didn't figure it out I probably would have thought it was just a crazy childhood imagination, or on a darker note, schizophrenia.
I know kids bring about 20- 30 dollars at most. Then again, at average it could be about 5-15. To buy Starbucks coffee and lunch with vending machines snacks and sodas.
I kinda figured it out when she was feeling around after running into the fence. But I have no room to brag. The ending of "The Sixth Sense" caught me completely by surprise and I had to immediately re-watch it to see all of the tricks they pulled to make you think that everything was normal.
I legitimately couldn't piece it together that she was blind until right near the end when she was looking past the dog instead of at it. Such a neat animation and story.
@@imadeanaccountjustforthisc9987 everyone's perception is different because they build different expectations around what they're watching, you must be s*upid yourself not to know that.
CDRom11 - some comments here, though,..... you must read it Have a view of everyone's point of view How different and how a nice little movie can become a Tragedy with a capital t . Sad. Maybe in New York.
It took me a second to figure out she's blind. At first I was wonder why she ran right smack into the fence, (I do that too) but then when I saw her feel the fence itself I was like *Oh she's blind* Tis be a fascinating life this girl will lead
Can artists these days just get some fucking recognition for their work without being relentlessly compared to fucking Studio Ghibli and without people just going “oh it’s like Ponyo” every time there’s a cute main character?! It’s so goddamn insulting to all the hard work and passion they put in to something unique and special.
@@dildonius How can an honest reaction like that be insulting? If that's what they feel, I think its fine. There's no reason that being compared to ghibli should be insulting. Its short-sighted, and very surface-level, but that's what you're going to get from 99% of the people who view this kind of content, people who aren't really looking that far into things. Just look at the Oscars. I don't think its insulting when, despite the efforts put in, others don't care enough to notice or highlight the nuance. If anything, its just apparent that people gloss over the details in general unless its a subject that they're particularly passionate about. I can't tell one sports-ball player from another, and I think that's a fair exchange. No direct attack was made. Its not like this work was admonished or called a clone or anything. Regardless, I think OP is completely off. I don't get a ghibli vibe from this at all.
@@dildonius if I was a student making an animation and they compare me to Ghibli... Hell, I'd be honored. It's like they tell you you are very talented... I don't even see what's wrong with that. You need to chill, or buy a boxing bag and punch it.
+Kim Arundale Seriously? How can you see the scene where she is touching the sides of the hole in the fence before going through it without catching that? Sorry, I don't mean to be belittling or anything, I am just genuinely unable to grasp how anyone could not get it with that scene.
***** Because she's obviously afraid to enter, as any child - blind or not - would be. They didn't make it blatantly obvious. To me, she was a scared little girl dipping her toe in the metaphorical ocean. Because the animation was done in such a way that showed everything around her until she went through the hole, it made it seem like she was entering a magical place or playing a game while finding her dog. The short was supposed to drop hints, but I believe they did not want to make it blatantly obvious because a blind girl walking through her own little world is similar to any child walking through the world playing pretend. THAT is why I didn't picture her blind throughout the short. 😒
Kim Arundale I don't know, maybe it is because my sister works with children with disabilities and I have interacted with a lot of her deaf friends, but I caught on instantly when she didn't actually look at the hole and the way she traced the edges with her fingers. If I went in to explaining the reasons why the way she touched the edges of the hole were so distinctive, it would sound belittling again. (really not my intention.) I guess though that anyone who knows she is blind now can tell what I saw the first time when they watch that scene again.
***** Exactly. You don't know unless you are experienced in determining such things. Just the other day, a blind man got on the same bus as me with his service dog. I didn't see him while he got on, but I saw him find a seat and sit (which was difficult because no one would get up for him). I didn't realize he was blind til I spoke with him at our final stop in Chicago. I assumed his service dog was for a disability, but I didn't know which one til I spoke to him and he had his eyes closed and didn't look my way. If someone is blind all their life, they usually are pretty good at getting around fairly normally. He seemed to move well, but in the big city of Chicago I understand why he would want a seeing eye dog instead of a walking stick.
Mack Ayache Did you not read the comments where I explain in detail the way I viewed this short story? Based on your comment, I'm guessing you didn't. People don't understand that the beauty of art is that it can be seen in many ways. In no way did this story "depend" on you knowing she was blind the entire time, as I show in a previous comment.
Razzle Dazzle - maybe the artist who drew this cartoon did not watch Kiki's delivery service cartoon and therefore couldn't be accussed of plegarism Ok fair point We can comment on it since we watched Studio Gibli's Kiki ...
destinyawaitsx3 plus I wanted to say Shuut uup (like in a voice of that horror movie in parts) when a clown or a scary person is a killer between friends and kills everyone in sight It's strage No one found him out Scary movie 1, 2, 3, 4
destinyawaitsx3 whith that mind and that point of view (lets say twisted) you'll enjoy it Yeah I get your point - not everyone is normal (decent) human being Quite scary though (you could prevent it ?) From happening It could happen And that's scary to see in Your mind . Plus what a stupid dissccussion and stupid comment . Thanks for thinking that far ahead . What a waste of time . Am dissapointed that anyone would think that (forsee such dissatraous thing that could happen) Oh my God. I hope not. Better not. We never know.
Yea, it wasn't til the end that I noticed that she was blind, and once i did, my heart just melted, now every time I watch it, now that I know she is blind, I am just amazed...
Travel through the open darkness, A canvas to paint no less, Here she is without an aid, To explore the world upon her visage. And where she trail to greater hue, All imagine, so small, not view. What little that shroud her sight? When all the colors within such might.
It has been 11 years since the upload, and I'm glad that I still have found this today. Of all short videos I've seen on UA-cam, this is my most favourite and loved.
my problem was who let a blind child wander on her own, i know she has a dog, but still and people just walked passed this child bumping into things and calling for her dog, other tha that it's very very pretty ad a nice animation
Blind people must have a beautiful vision of their own about things.. they SEE things differently!! And surely with a beautiful approach than people who can see...
+Namrata Panjre unfortunately, an originally blind person do not see anything. They cannot even see black (seriously). Only to those who had their eyesight before can imagine this.
A very good example of empathetic media, which I love. The kind of stories/music/etc. which attempt to make you feel the emotions/worldview of the characters/concepts more viscerally than just showing them to you. This short shows us how a blind girl might “see” and experience the world around her; we are left with the same clues she is- the sounds, smells, and feelings- and are forced to make our own conclusions about her world just as if we too were blind. In that way, it tries to impart sone small aspect of what it is like to be blind. Another great example imo would be the song Bach (Again), in which a choir sings firstly a Bach chorale entitled “Come Sweet Death”, before repeating the chorale, but each singer sings at their own pace as they see fit, not following the tempo of any other singer nor the conductor. The result is an eery and elongated, stretching sound which slowly settles into a warm and fading final chord. Imo, it evokes in the listener the feeling of dying; time slowing to a standstill, colors blending and melting together, and finally fading away with a final release. I’m fascinated by this “empathetic media” I’d call it. I know I have seen other examples but can’t recall any right now. Anyone else know of any?
You should close your eyes when playing this, and then you get to imagine what the sounds would be like in your perspective! That would actually be interesting! X)
I like how the low gurgle of an old bus sounds like a big fish to her or a low soaring plane sounds similar to whale noises. Such an imaginative kid; I’m glad I watched this ❤️
Hey. Someone stole your work and your video. “How a blind girl sees the world” animation” they just renamed it and didn’t give you any credit. This video is great and I HATE it when people don’t give the original artist credit.
Well, the guy wouldn’t know she was blind just from looking at her. Could have been a normal girl walking her dog and not being aware of surroundings. Also it looked to be Japan inspired (In the beginning she was walking on special sidewalks for blind people to navigate) and it’s not uncommon in Japan for kids to walk alone. Maybe not that young but regardless
Everytime I see this, I cry a lot. It's so beautiful and full of positive feelings, it gives me hope. It makes me feel truly happy to know that in this world there are people who can think and make stuff like this.
My nephews LOVE this animation, I discovered it some years ago and I show them when they were very little. Is fantastic watching them grow while learn about how others "seen" the world, also is so cute hear them yell "Coco" (that's how we understand the dog's name) at the screen every time they watch it. Amazing job, draws and story, thank you so much for make this and show it to the world!!
Very inspiring and creative work. It made me sad once I realized that the girl was blind, but at least the world she envisions is more beautiful than what we could ever accomplish in reality :)
If you love this, try out Beyond Eyes... It's an almost identical animation and style, similar plot (she is also blind, and you've got to move around to see more around you, but touch something scary and it can get really dark) and a brand new game for 2015. I don't really think it's truly a "game" but more a journey you're experiencing...
This entire piece reminds me of Studio Ghibli. Not only is this animation and coloring divine in how smooth and beautiful it was, but it was able to convey so many unique and well designed aspects that help tell the story of this one moment in that little girl's life. The flow was so well done, giving the viewer enough time to not only understand how the girl sees, but the process in which she does it. Not only that, but just the imagination put behind the visuals her mind creates, keeping in consideration her age and how the mind of a youth works, was beautifully executed. Even the designs of the characters themselves reflect so much on how Ghibli would have done it. The girl is simple in her design as well as cute and innocent. You can just tell from the very second her and her dog show up exactly who she is. The music is also very well done, keeping in pace with the story while also changing and shifting with not only the scene in front of us, but with how the girls mind perceives the world around her. These are amazing qualities to have, and though this animation is now nine years old, its execution from all areas makes it so this little short film is essentially timeless. I can see people ten years from now stumbling upon this piece and being able to enjoy it to the fullness of those who watched it the day it was released. Simply beautiful work
not to be rude or anything, but how did people not know she was blind throughout the entire video? The whole entire film's plot was about how she was blind and had to use her imagination and other senses to get around town!
Her imagination is why people probably thought she wasn't blind. She once at least knew what stuff looked like. People who are actually blind couldn't imagine like that. So she lost her sight, wasn't born blind it seems. I was first confused too because she made up a world she shouldn't have been able to make up, it's really sad though that she had to lose her sight...
Cantimule dude I didn't catch on until the dog came back and she was looking the wrong way and didn't know what she was holding until she started touching it! I thought it was about the girl finding a magic portal like in My Neighbor Totoro
At some point, I was thinking "Maybe it's called Out Of Sight because her imagination stops her from seeing the messed up stuff going on around her. Out of sight, out of mind. Wait... Maybe she can't see." Right then, the cat showed up & she was clearly not looking at it.
I'm seeing a lot of inspiration drawn from Miyazaki's films. Specifically Spirited Away and Totoro. It was really beautiful. Well done! (Anyone else feel a sudden pang of sadness and shock when you realized that she was blind? It took me till the lady walked out of the bakery to realize it.)
The question wasn't about her knowing what stuff is. It was about her knowing what stuff looks like. Touch something won't tell you what something looks like unless you've seen it before. Still, I'd go with the idea that she used to be able to see.
+Kewyn You do realize that touch can't tell you what a color is, or how it looks.... plus touching something won't tell you exactly how it looks. of corse it probably depends on the item
I always love it when I find myself in that part of UA-cam full of student short films. It's nice.
Better than the weird side but yeah I love these they're so heartfelt XD
Same
agreed. great way to spend and hour
+Caravan of Noobs Yeah me too :)
accurate. and im new to this, it feels like lottery
0:57 for those who don't know, blind people will clap their hands and listen for the echo to get a sense of how big a space they are in, if it's wide open or a tightly enclosed space.
Huh, and I thought that was just a way of calling the dog.
Are you sure? I thought the bats do that, and they have better ears than us
@@mofel9967Not as accurately as bats, but yes, humans use the same principle.
@@beppo2814 interesting
@@mofel9967 some people just click their tongues
wild
Woah! I loved how the shapes were only revealed as she understood them! The cat was brilliant. (:
In the alley after the smoker. The trash can only appeared after a ball of fluff landed on it. It could have been any fluffy animal. It only turned into a cat after the meow.
This film is gorgeous!! What seeing looks like to the sightless. Stunning!!
Totally agree, that was a great detail.
@@madpinoy5683 !
A perfect example of show don't tell,they never come right out and say the girl is blind but you can just tell. And the way she discovers everything is just brilliant,truly moved
I love how we also discover what's next with her... we are also blind to what is gonna happen next
really.. I'm in love with the idea. This is amazing.
Was she blind ?
@@albina6419 obviously
@@leeyounghee9786р. Ї
I still love 2D animations...
Me too!
me three
PK Coffee Creamer me 4
who doesnt? it looks so fluid and nice
They are way better than 3D in my opinion
I often wonder where these students are now.
agreed
More like 6
Based on amazing work like this, they probably got themselves jobs :p
+The Turtle Bros same, I hate when I come late ;-; Its the third time this year!
g43654 i wonder too
that was so cute. a little blind girl can hear, feel, and smell all these things and she made her own world and how she viewed it.
For all we know she could be in east LA or Calcutta.
Yeah, I thought the animation was really cute ^^
Exactly, most people would think that if your blind, u miss out on everything the world has to offer, but what this one video proves is that the world is what u make it(literally in this case) and that u can make the world with your own senses and imagination 😊
That One Raindrop
Beautiful isn't it
Lu Lu - this is in Japan
Love how the fluffy ball only turned into a cat after she heard the meow. Such a clever and adorable short 🤍
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You can’t be kidding right
Im
bc she can not see she is blind
v30 the hous IV nftw bt
Her cute little witch costume just makes me smile.
Mai Art
Same
Me to
This is truly magical. It reminds me of a Studio Ghibli film.
Thought the same thing!! The animation resembles if.
well i wouldn't be surprised if it did
same , thought it was the same style or close to it , might of been a inspired style from ghibli.
is the girl blind
Jowell Hyatt I think so yeah
The moment you rewatch the video and realize at the very beginning the hint was right there all along as she was walking on one of those altered sidewalk textures for the blind to navigate the streets.
I honestly didn't know that was a thing, cool!
I didn't know that was a thing, thank you!
That was a thing?,i didnt knew it. thank you!
I didn't notice till she was feeling for the hole in the fence.
Could you please let me know what you want to explain? I couldn't understand since english isn't my first/primary language. Thank you
This animation is so cute. One of my favorites now. When she first hit the fence, I wondered why she didn't just immediately notice the hole and climb through it. Children normally do in things like this. Then she ducked down and carefully felt along it, staring blankly the entire time, and it clicked. It became instantly obvious to me she was a blind child who'd just lost her seeing-eye dog. It was so much fun to see her discover the world as she went along, with her "magic wand".
Gogo is such a good dog. As long as she has him, she'll be okay.
Gogo sounds as 狗狗, means dog.
I heard Coco not Gogo.
Coco is a common dog name, infact, we had a little brown Chihuahua named Coco when I was a child.
@@Nicole-bj4dv It actually sounded like Coco to me, too, on the first pass! But it specifically calls the dog Gogo in the credits, and if I remember right from the other comments, calling a dog Gogo is basically like an American saying "doggy".
I could also clearly hear Gogo when I rewatched it and was listening more closely. Part of hearing is actually what our brains expect to hear, and they'll autocorrect, sometimes to really weird things, when what we hear doesn't quite match with the words we know.
@@Nicole-bj4dv sounds more like gougou to me
It's Coco not Gogo ❤
I was at the edge of my seat praying that this wasn't going to have a sad ending.
Thank God and great video
Yes I find it weird I was concerned for her.She's adorable.
When I saw her go into the dark hole I was scared of a sad ending
Praying to whom? The animator?
As soon as I found out she was blind I was so worried that she was going to walk out onto the street or something. This really warmed my heart, glad it didn't end like that
I like the way she says koko ..😍😍
lol it's actually gogo which is just dog in chinese im not even sure if it's the dog's name.
狗狗
I know it's soooo cute ❤️
she said "gou gou", it means doggie in Chinese
It means dog in Chinese
Not going to lie, I legit teared up at the end.
My dog died recently and I grew up with him. Seeing that kid still having a sense of wonder and innocence while being blind... then that ending... man
Aww hope u feel better!!
I read your cmnt in the middle of the vid and thought the dog died 🤦🏻♀️
@@mouneydonuru2769 SAME BRUH I was literally ready with my tissue 💀
@@coralss 😂
Safe journey to your dog from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Feels like a Studio Ghibli talent
+YujinXshadow That's the soul of animation right there. Stuff of this level was a lot more common before animated TV series and movies became a common thing. Studio Ghibli and people like this are people who remember what animation was all about before it became commercialized.
reminded me of ponyo
Yes, all of my yes!!!
my exact thought *0*
YujinXshadow well Ghibli is going to shut down soon
Everybody is talking about how cute and charming this is, meanwhile all I can think about is how a dude who steals purses from little blind girls needs to be locked up for life.
Had me balling in under two minutes without a word spoken. Kept me that way for a solid ten minutes after I finished watching. That's incredible. But the imagery and allegory is so brilliant, subtle, and speaks for itself so well, not a single word needed to be spoken.
I would consider this a masterpiece.
holybutternutsquash Except for "Coco" but that's that
And the beauty of not having words except the dogs name- it can be appreciated to it's fullest in any language
balling?
holybutternutsquash sensitive bitch it’s just a cartoon
Sampack4 they meant bawling
This feels like a real nice mix of Ghibli and Charles M Schulz's Peanuts. Also the lack of using any language except for a simple and relatively universal name for a dog like "Koko/Coco" makes this very accessible for anyone. Brilliant piece of work
gougou means dog in chinese
@@seondeul lol
She Looks Like Peppermint Patty With The Eyes Of Marcie.
This holds a special place in my heart
12 years ago? This is still some of the very well made animations
@@FutureBoyWonder I beg to disagree, there are really good animations done today, however they don't get a spotlight all that often
@@FutureBoyWonder LOL
It was so touching when it first released back then, yet, still touching
I know this might be weird, but this would be a curiously interesting video game if they ever made one: controlling a blind character and the world starts off black, dark and dreary, but using a variety of different senses, you slowly build a world full of colour and life. I'd play that :)
mega sean sounds kinda like undertale. a lot of ppl theorize that the main character is blind.
Unfinished swan is kind of like that
There is actually a game about a blind girl where you see all in white and when you walk there are colors and buildings. The name is "Beyong Eyes" if I remember it well...
There is "A blind Legend" too.
This is a phone game. The screen is completely black and you're guided by the daughter of the main hero who is blind.
You must navigate by sliding your finger on the screen and the game is only done with sounds, no pictures.
It's really a great experience ! (Sorry for my bad English, I'm French!)
My brother programmed a full game where you navigate the map purely through sound. With stereo headphones, You use the joystick to run away from bad noises, such as attacking digs, and listen for a tune. As you get closer it get louder until it dings as you hit the end point of the level.
It was a demonstration, 30 lvls, to display different tech for companies searching for new varieties of interactive tech primarily for education, but I'd like to see it available to the public someday. It was immensely enjoyable.
This short is criminally underrated
この子が見えている世界をふんわり表現されててすごく心が暖かくなりました。
Ohh she was blind. So she was imagining her own world based on her sense of sound.
Well, her senses of sound, smell and touch but yeah
I realised by the title my first time watching. But if I didn't figure it out I probably would have thought it was just a crazy childhood imagination, or on a darker note, schizophrenia.
And touch and smell.
yeah haha that is soooo cool
Anyone could guess that buy the fact that her gaze never changes.
I love watching the cat orb part over and over again.
same
このアニメからは目の不自由な人を助けてあげてというメッセージではなく、目が見えなくても世界をこんなにも楽しく生きているんだよっていうことが伝わってきました。
間違いなく後世に残っていく、残すべき作品です
泣いた
Agreed! Love this takeaway
عميق
すごく同感😊
理屈っぽい性格なのでこのアニメーションを見ているうちに、この子は後天的に視覚を失ってしまったのだと考えました
もちろん創作のメインではない部分を細かく考察することは必ずしも作品を楽しむということに繋がらないということは承知の上で
あの子の美しい想像力が実に現実的な描写であるところに、あの子がどれだけ前向きに自分の形質と向き合っているかが伺えてとても感傷的になってしまいました
What sort of jerk steals a child's bag- i mean really, how much money does he think a kid carries with them? Anyways~ great animation! I loved it
corrections a blind child😤
Michi Artz I know that she is blind, but how much money does any child really carry on them?
2Or5 dollars
I know kids bring about 20- 30 dollars at most. Then again, at average it could be about 5-15. To buy Starbucks coffee and lunch with vending machines snacks and sodas.
jtlol5 Or a roblox card
Once you know she's blind, you NEED to rewatch to see how her imagination work with smells and sounds
it's wonderful
I knew from the start though
I kinda figured it out when she was feeling around after running into the fence. But I have no room to brag. The ending of "The Sixth Sense" caught me completely by surprise and I had to immediately re-watch it to see all of the tricks they pulled to make you think that everything was normal.
@@infernal.. same ez
Im definitely going to watch it again 😊didn't realise she was blind 😁so who was really the "blind"one ?😏😏😏
people didnt understand that almost immidiately?
If you steal a bag from a blind child I hope your hands and butt would fall off D=
if you look closely at 1 of the pictures in the end credits, you see he at least got his pants ripped by coco XD
Jennifer Lawrence yeah seen that! JUSTICE!!! >=3
Ikr
@@chickennuggets3429 maybe money from their parents?
And butt?
I legitimately couldn't piece it together that she was blind until right near the end when she was looking past the dog instead of at it. Such a neat animation and story.
Did you give 3 points to the intelligence in the character creation screen?
@@imadeanaccountjustforthisc9987 harsh but true, how did he not notice?
@@berdyking7967 lmao that was the least harsh way I could find to tell someone they are stupid.
@@imadeanaccountjustforthisc9987 everyone's perception is different because they build different expectations around what they're watching, you must be s*upid yourself not to know that.
@@annabelle3510 why do you censor stupid tho
I can imagine Charlie Brown being redone in an art style like this. Honestly, it would be amazing if it did.
Caillou is the same style lol! Annoying programme but still
CDRom11 - yea, the little blind girl looks like a little which (doesn't she?) Quite scary. 😨
CDRom11 - some comments here, though,..... you must read it
Have a view of everyone's point of view
How different and how a nice little movie can become a Tragedy with a capital t .
Sad.
Maybe in New York.
She protecc
She attacc
But most importantly she get coco bacc
Awesome !
that's not "coco", that should be gou gou which means doggie ,this video is made by Chinese , sorry for bad English
Thanks for clarifying! @@cheungenya8918
It took me a second to figure out she's blind. At first I was wonder why she ran right smack into the fence, (I do that too) but then when I saw her feel the fence itself I was like *Oh she's blind* Tis be a fascinating life this girl will lead
I love how instead of being scared of not having her support she found a way to make her own support and make it fun....
I'm definitely getting studio ghibli vibes from this 😍
Can artists these days just get some fucking recognition for their work without being relentlessly compared to fucking Studio Ghibli and without people just going “oh it’s like Ponyo” every time there’s a cute main character?! It’s so goddamn insulting to all the hard work and passion they put in to something unique and special.
@@dildonius How can an honest reaction like that be insulting? If that's what they feel, I think its fine.
There's no reason that being compared to ghibli should be insulting. Its short-sighted, and very surface-level, but that's what you're going to get from 99% of the people who view this kind of content, people who aren't really looking that far into things. Just look at the Oscars.
I don't think its insulting when, despite the efforts put in, others don't care enough to notice or highlight the nuance. If anything, its just apparent that people gloss over the details in general unless its a subject that they're particularly passionate about. I can't tell one sports-ball player from another, and I think that's a fair exchange.
No direct attack was made. Its not like this work was admonished or called a clone or anything.
Regardless, I think OP is completely off. I don't get a ghibli vibe from this at all.
ikr! especially with they flying whale scene, it's just like those war machines from Howls Moving Castle!
Glad I'm not the only one lol, some of the inspirations are pretty clear
@@dildonius if I was a student making an animation and they compare me to Ghibli... Hell, I'd be honored. It's like they tell you you are very talented... I don't even see what's wrong with that. You need to chill, or buy a boxing bag and punch it.
The Girl reminds me of Ponyo!
Elizabeta Hedervary omg same here and her voice
I hate how so many people these days see a cute anime girl and just say “omg it’s Ponyo .”
dildonius they resemble each other not just cuz she’s cute have you never watched ponyo before..?
Coincidence?
But i heared his name Coco
At first I thought, "Man, at least animate some eye movement."
Man this was so good.
i think the title and her uncertainty at first gave away that shes indeed blind
Crud Muffin
Oh my god, same!
It's sorta going off of ye basis of a normal blind person, they don't/rarely move their eyes around, they normally kinda have a some what blank stair.
she's blind
Nick Eman no way mate
看了好幾次，總是可以每一幀圖上看到溫暖和純真，很喜歡這個影片
OMG That twist ending though! Made me cry, beautiful!
+Kim Arundale Seriously? How can you see the scene where she is touching the sides of the hole in the fence before going through it without catching that?
Sorry, I don't mean to be belittling or anything, I am just genuinely unable to grasp how anyone could not get it with that scene.
***** Because she's obviously afraid to enter, as any child - blind or not - would be. They didn't make it blatantly obvious. To me, she was a scared little girl dipping her toe in the metaphorical ocean. Because the animation was done in such a way that showed everything around her until she went through the hole, it made it seem like she was entering a magical place or playing a game while finding her dog. The short was supposed to drop hints, but I believe they did not want to make it blatantly obvious because a blind girl walking through her own little world is similar to any child walking through the world playing pretend. THAT is why I didn't picture her blind throughout the short. 😒
Kim Arundale I don't know, maybe it is because my sister works with children with disabilities and I have interacted with a lot of her deaf friends, but I caught on instantly when she didn't actually look at the hole and the way she traced the edges with her fingers.
If I went in to explaining the reasons why the way she touched the edges of the hole were so distinctive, it would sound belittling again. (really not my intention.) I guess though that anyone who knows she is blind now can tell what I saw the first time when they watch that scene again.
***** Exactly. You don't know unless you are experienced in determining such things. Just the other day, a blind man got on the same bus as me with his service dog. I didn't see him while he got on, but I saw him find a seat and sit (which was difficult because no one would get up for him). I didn't realize he was blind til I spoke with him at our final stop in Chicago. I assumed his service dog was for a disability, but I didn't know which one til I spoke to him and he had his eyes closed and didn't look my way. If someone is blind all their life, they usually are pretty good at getting around fairly normally. He seemed to move well, but in the big city of Chicago I understand why he would want a seeing eye dog instead of a walking stick.
Mack Ayache Did you not read the comments where I explain in detail the way I viewed this short story? Based on your comment, I'm guessing you didn't.
People don't understand that the beauty of art is that it can be seen in many ways. In no way did this story "depend" on you knowing she was blind the entire time, as I show in a previous comment.
it looks like kikis delivery service when she's near the bakery
XD
no face AYYYYY MY TOTORO TRASH!!
Smol Bean Animations! My naigbour Totoro
I liked that anime 😍💋💖💖
Razzle Dazzle - maybe the artist who drew this cartoon did not watch Kiki's delivery service cartoon and therefore couldn't be accussed of plegarism
Ok fair point
We can comment on it since we watched Studio Gibli's Kiki ...
It could have been a reference
she's the next daredevil
LOL
YES.
destinyawaitsx3 he was joking or and being sarcastic
But ok i see Your point of view
destinyawaitsx3 plus I wanted to say
Shuut uup (like in a voice of that horror movie in parts) when a clown or a scary person is a killer between friends and kills everyone in sight
It's strage
No one found him out
Scary movie 1, 2, 3, 4
destinyawaitsx3 whith that mind and that point of view (lets say twisted) you'll enjoy it
Yeah I get your point - not everyone is normal (decent) human being
Quite scary though (you could prevent it ?) From happening
It could happen
And that's scary to see in Your mind .
Plus what a stupid dissccussion and stupid comment . Thanks for thinking that far ahead . What a waste of time . Am dissapointed that anyone would think that (forsee such dissatraous thing that could happen) Oh my God. I hope not. Better not. We never know.
My art teacher play this in our class today and I love it already
Goated art teacher
天吶太可愛了😍
好喜歡這個風格和故事
溫溫柔柔的水彩筆觸太美了😭✨
感謝演算法帶我看到這美好的作品💕💐✨
I saw this animation years ago and a game called beyond eyes remembered me this and here I'm back again ^-^
Cool
yeah me too
This reminded me of a game about a blind girl and her missing cat... is that called beyond eyes because I really want to play it
b2st__paradise your name tho 😁😁😁 light family hooray
Same
FINALLY I FOUND IT I WAS LOOKING FOR A YEAR TO FIND THIS AGAIN AND FINALLY I FOUND IT I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW NONE OF YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY THIS MAKES ME
Ender ember THAT HAPPENED TO ME TGE OTHER DAY I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL LETS HAVE A COMMENT PARTY
Ender ember wow
YES SAME
OMG!! I'm currently searching for this one illustrated tale as well! Ahhh hope to find it soon
This is really fantastic. I love that things aren't defined or clear until she knows what they are. This is beautifully done.
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that she is blind..
Erza Scarlet (Titania) Yeah, me too.
Yea, it wasn't til the end that I noticed that she was blind, and once i did, my heart just melted, now every time I watch it, now that I know she is blind, I am just amazed...
Rhianna Sade yeah thats when i realized as well
I just thought that she had her eyes closed and couldn't see where she was going...
Erza Scarlet (Titania) SPOILERS!!
Travel through the open darkness,
A canvas to paint no less,
Here she is without an aid,
To explore the world upon her visage.
And where she trail to greater hue,
All imagine, so small, not view.
What little that shroud her sight?
When all the colors within such might.
Thats so... sweet
Who is the author?
Simon Berntsson
Edric L.
Ah, I am impressed, it is a good poem.
Edric L. she blind man
It's been almost 9 years and now I have this on my UA-cam recommendation
I mean I'm glad
Me too! A bit belated. Still with gladness & thankfulness (upon the filmmakers & UA-cam recommendation)! 💗
I can't get enough of how her expression changes when the cat brushes against her
this is like if the people who did charley brown, and the people who made spirited away had a baby.
yes i felt it was close to miyazaki's work from the imaginative perspective
Chaos55t Hi Chaos
Chaos55t Oh hey Chaos :>
The Girl Made Me Think Of A Fusion Between Marcie And Peppermint Patty
I know you commented this is 2014 BUT I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL
Aww this Story is really cute and the Animation is beautiful. It's perfect to see how this blind Child see her World ^w^ Good work
Love it!
Same
Like a banana!
If you think
:P
Beautiful! I love the perspective of the little blind girl, such a fun short :)
I'm pretty sure this was like a pilot for a game called beyond eyes,
It has been 11 years since the upload, and I'm glad that I still have found this today. Of all short videos I've seen on UA-cam, this is my most favourite and loved.
Finally, an animated short that isn't filled with potty jokes or lame parody
Theres a lot of shorts like that, itll just take some time to find them
Here’s the Plan
I loved that one.
What kind of shorts have _you_ been watching?
WhatAreYouBuyen
ua-cam.com/users/gobelins you may like this chanel
Adorable but...
*WAS NO ONE GONNA HELP THIS DARLING OF A CHILD?!?!*
my problem was who let a blind child wander on her own, i know she has a dog, but still and people just walked passed this child bumping into things and calling for her dog, other tha that it's very very pretty ad a nice animation
@@frenchfry55 everybody needs their piece of freedom. Imagine living under someones constant watch. It is horrible.
@@heyhoe168 but a child outside by themselves is fine? ok
@@frenchfry55 in small town or the village it is pretty much fine.
Blind people must have a beautiful vision of their own about things.. they SEE things differently!! And surely with a beautiful approach than people who can see...
+Namrata Panjre unfortunately, an originally blind person do not see anything. They cannot even see black (seriously). Only to those who had their eyesight before can imagine this.
So if you cannot see black, what colour do blind people see?
Keineth 14 sad and tragic. But i wonder what vision their minds must be creating . Im sure it must be beautiful.!!
+Fiona Lee (OODIEDOODLE) OMG, that would be so cool to capture in an animation! Like a surreal piece!
Tasia Boldyreva They see nothing, which, I guess is black, since it’s the absence of light (correct me if I’m wrong)
A very good example of empathetic media, which I love. The kind of stories/music/etc. which attempt to make you feel the emotions/worldview of the characters/concepts more viscerally than just showing them to you. This short shows us how a blind girl might “see” and experience the world around her; we are left with the same clues she is- the sounds, smells, and feelings- and are forced to make our own conclusions about her world just as if we too were blind. In that way, it tries to impart sone small aspect of what it is like to be blind.
Another great example imo would be the song Bach (Again), in which a choir sings firstly a Bach chorale entitled “Come Sweet Death”, before repeating the chorale, but each singer sings at their own pace as they see fit, not following the tempo of any other singer nor the conductor. The result is an eery and elongated, stretching sound which slowly settles into a warm and fading final chord. Imo, it evokes in the listener the feeling of dying; time slowing to a standstill, colors blending and melting together, and finally fading away with a final release.
I’m fascinated by this “empathetic media” I’d call it. I know I have seen other examples but can’t recall any right now. Anyone else know of any?
I DID NOT DESERVE THESE FEELS TODAY.
Lol
You should close your eyes when playing this, and then you get to imagine what the sounds would be like in your perspective! That would actually be interesting! X)
Creative title, concept and visuals. The story is intelligent, heart-warming and innocent. This is honestly what the anime industry needs more of.
天啊我找到我小時候好喜歡好喜歡的動畫了！！！我也才活了16年，卻對他印象超級深刻，現在我也在持續創作插圖，並打算往動畫發展，沒想到在欣賞別人動畫的途中會再次看到他！！！
tfw you realize that she was blind
feels
Accurate
tears
this.
MOOD IT TOOK ME THE ENTIRE TIME
I like how the low gurgle of an old bus sounds like a big fish to her or a low soaring plane sounds similar to whale noises. Such an imaginative kid; I’m glad I watched this ❤️
Her calling koko is my new favorite...😳😄
is "gou gou"
It means dog
@@snyr yeah,I heard about it
@@halfbloodprince2610 "guo guo" means doggie in chinese
Same
I heard poko
너무 이쁘다 ... 너무 잘만들었고 감동이고 디즈니같어 ..❤
Hey. Someone stole your work and your video. “How a blind girl sees the world” animation” they just renamed it and didn’t give you any credit. This video is great and I HATE it when people don’t give the original artist credit.
Empty Empty
I know! It’s terrible
And then artist doesn’t make animation anymore, cause they get nothing or less than their effort.
sad
Well the good news is that it's been taken down
Edit: nevermind I looked it up, it still there
@@Rinesmyth What's the name of the video. I would like to report it.
That dog was busy getting that hand bag while she wonder around blind, and that dog actually got the bag back... what a heroic dog..
Why would some dude want to steal a child's purse? how much money does he think she carries around?
Maybe he was blind too.
Maybe the dude was weak, and a child was the easiest choice, but he still got his ass kicked by her friggin dog XD
Xavier Paris LMFAO 😂😂
ikr
yeah... this video kinda lost me when it did that. like the person has no idea and/or has lived in a bubbly there whole life XD
哇 多年前想找這部找不到，沒想到演算法在今天帶我到這裡
整部動畫真的很美！
That Ghibli feel
I felt the same.
neuropiano i was thinking the same thing.
SAME
omg yaas.
+neuropiano Studio Ghibli! it feels like it!
目の見えない人たちは見えている人より想像豊かな世界があるんですね
Who steals from a blind 4 year old
SeriouslyNotNormal and I wonder why is she in the streets alone? For a four year old
Well, the guy wouldn’t know she was blind just from looking at her. Could have been a normal girl walking her dog and not being aware of surroundings.
Also it looked to be Japan inspired (In the beginning she was walking on special sidewalks for blind people to navigate) and it’s not uncommon in Japan for kids to walk alone.
Maybe not that young but regardless
@@crystalsugar4136 it looks like Chinese... I don't read either Japanese or Chinese but the alphabets look Chinese
Piece of shots.
Nondescript
I was talking about the special yellow walkway in the beginning
What an emotional story✨ You showed us through her eyes 🥺 Love how beautiful it is ❤️
i don't know why but it made me cry a little.
the world is whatever you want it to be
A blind girl opening my eyes to a new world of colour and sound.
4:14
Reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle for some reason.
You’re here too??
Da Dragon Durp you are fucking everywhere
It reminds me of Kiki’s delivery service 😊
@@angelinachristine960 Yes I think so 😂 Ghibli style
You're likely thinking of those giant bombers. They have wings that move similarly to the whale in the video.
Even after years this artstyle is still amazing
Solo fueron 13 años
I think coco strait up killed that guy
+intensity digital I'm sure Coco ain't all about that "asking nicely" shit.
I think it's safe to assume your guess is correct.
he was up in the tree at the end
I don't think coco is the dogs name, gou means dog in Chinese so by saying 狗狗, it's more like saying puppy I'm guessing!
+Milk Cofii yep its 狗狗 in mandarin
I thought she was saying Goko LOL XD
First of all what scumbag stoops low enough to steal a little girls purse? ._.
A little blind girl at that. Actually it is pretty normal.
Agree. what is he hopping is in it?
5 Yen maybe.
Kevin Milla a blind girl at that
XD little kids rarely have money in a purse and if they do its usually just pennies and something special like a snail shell or trash.
Everytime I see this, I cry a lot.
It's so beautiful and full of positive feelings, it gives me hope.
It makes me feel truly happy to know that in this world there are people who can think and make stuff like this.
My nephews LOVE this animation, I discovered it some years ago and I show them when they were very little.
Is fantastic watching them grow while learn about how others "seen" the world, also is so cute hear them yell "Coco" (that's how we understand the dog's name) at the screen every time they watch it.
Amazing job, draws and story, thank you so much for make this and show it to the world!!
gou gou means dog in chinese
@@seondeul Thank you! I didn't know
Omg. This is the positivity I need in my life.💗
The way she say's KOKO
She says "Gogo", that means dog.
@@the_gabodiaz I think that is koko
@@komal9438 _exactly, _*_you think._*
😅😅but that was cute..
@@komal9438 i guess
Very inspiring and creative work. It made me sad once I realized that the girl was blind, but at least the world she envisions is more beautiful than what we could ever accomplish in reality :)
過13年回頭看還是淚目，你們真的創作了非常棒的作品
動畫產業真的很辛苦😢
今日回頭看仍然是喜歡的一部作品
I have watched this 6 or 7 times now. No shame, this is one of my favourite pieces of animation, I have ever had the pleasure of encountering.
Joe, thanks for posting this. I really like it. Is the creator a disciple of Hayao Miyazaki, do you know?
not really sure but I can see the influences
If you love this, try out Beyond Eyes... It's an almost identical animation and style, similar plot (she is also blind, and you've got to move around to see more around you, but touch something scary and it can get really dark) and a brand new game for 2015. I don't really think it's truly a "game" but more a journey you're experiencing...
This entire piece reminds me of Studio Ghibli. Not only is this animation and coloring divine in how smooth and beautiful it was, but it was able to convey so many unique and well designed aspects that help tell the story of this one moment in that little girl's life.
The flow was so well done, giving the viewer enough time to not only understand how the girl sees, but the process in which she does it. Not only that, but just the imagination put behind the visuals her mind creates, keeping in consideration her age and how the mind of a youth works, was beautifully executed.
Even the designs of the characters themselves reflect so much on how Ghibli would have done it. The girl is simple in her design as well as cute and innocent. You can just tell from the very second her and her dog show up exactly who she is. The music is also very well done, keeping in pace with the story while also changing and shifting with not only the scene in front of us, but with how the girls mind perceives the world around her.
These are amazing qualities to have, and though this animation is now nine years old, its execution from all areas makes it so this little short film is essentially timeless. I can see people ten years from now stumbling upon this piece and being able to enjoy it to the fullness of those who watched it the day it was released.
Simply beautiful work
not to be rude or anything, but how did people not know she was blind throughout the entire video? The whole entire film's plot was about how she was blind and had to use her imagination and other senses to get around town!
Her imagination is why people probably thought she wasn't blind. She once at least knew what stuff looked like. People who are actually blind couldn't imagine like that. So she lost her sight, wasn't born blind it seems. I was first confused too because she made up a world she shouldn't have been able to make up, it's really sad though that she had to lose her sight...
It took me until about halfway through for that to click.
Cantimule dude I didn't catch on until the dog came back and she was looking the wrong way and didn't know what she was holding until she started touching it! I thought it was about the girl finding a magic portal like in My Neighbor Totoro
At some point, I was thinking "Maybe it's called Out Of Sight because her imagination stops her from seeing the messed up stuff going on around her. Out of sight, out of mind. Wait... Maybe she can't see." Right then, the cat showed up & she was clearly not looking at it.
Sinnamonie
Ikr 😂😂😂
One of my all time favourite animation shorts. I keep returning to it. Makes me misty eyes and gives me a smile each time.
I'm a 31 year old man and this made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Feels bro.
I thought the weird pupil motion was a mistake in the animation, until the very end. Everything about this was plain beautiful.
this animation deserve more than oscar
kudos to the team
これって…名作ですよ？（感動）
そうですよ。
I didn't realize the twist till the very end, but when I did...
Speechless
I'm seeing a lot of inspiration drawn from Miyazaki's films. Specifically Spirited Away and Totoro. It was really beautiful. Well done! (Anyone else feel a sudden pang of sadness and shock when you realized that she was blind? It took me till the lady walked out of the bakery to realize it.)
Oooh now I see. It’s about a blind girl that was finding her dog. She is in a imaginary world base on her senses.
It’s is so cute!
wait... she's blind now, but she does know what all these various things look like.. doesn't that mean she lost her sight recently? ;;"
oh shit that makes a lot of sense
maby
Maybe that's why some things she touches are imaginary and others are realistic. Losing sight at a young age, so she has a small frame of reference.
The question wasn't about her knowing what stuff is. It was about her knowing what stuff looks like. Touch something won't tell you what something looks like unless you've seen it before. Still, I'd go with the idea that she used to be able to see.
+Kewyn
You do realize that touch can't tell you what a color is, or how it looks....
plus touching something won't tell you exactly how it looks.
of corse it probably depends on the item