I feel like this kind of video isn't really part of the zeitgeist anymore, but boy does it feel amazing to still find people with that kind of determination and passion. My attention span isn't usually that long, but somehow you managed to keep me interested the whole way through. You've really done something special here with the topics you're talking about, the media you're referencing and the overall mood you're creating :) You go girl!
Nemo was one of those fever dreams from childhood, that I didn't know if I had really seen for a time, that and the NES game was impossible for me as a kid.
given how much I rewatch other videos, this shouldn't be a surprise, but other people wanting to rewatch my videos is not something I really thought about. So thank you!
Hey, you uploaded this while i was watching The Last Unicorn with a friend who was seeing it for the first time! I watched it for the first time last summer because of your first video, and it instantly became one of my favorites of all time. I've been thinking about rewatching Akira, and I have always wanted to see Little Nemo but never felt a final push to actually seek it out. I'll definitely be watching this when i get a chance tomorrow!
I was obsessed with Little Nemo (and the Thief and the Cobbler) as a kid, much more than any Disney animated feature until Beauty and the Beast came along. We really need more of a variety of art styles in animation, it engages us and stimulates our imaginations as audience members. Everything is so same looking now that it's depressing.
You are a master storyteller, and excellent researcher, and a wonderful orator. The video is woefully underappreciated. I have always loved the Little Nemo movie! It always seemed so dark and mature for a children's film. Until today, I had not known of the other pilots, which have been on YT this entire time. I cannot thank you enough for making this video!!
Thank you so much! The pilots are absolutely STUNNING, aren't they? Andy Gaskill & Yoshifumi Kondo's pilot (1984) has an almost Disney-ish quality and had the best "movement" imo, but I think Osamu Dezaki's (1987) is my favorite. The intricacy and the colors...it's like being inside a kaleidoscope.
I swear my sister and I thought we were the only people in the states who had this movie as kids. It was simultaneously thrilling and horrifying. We loved it, but we had a hard time getting other people to watch it. This was brilliant! So grateful I found your channel and saw this in your uploads.
👏you done it again, haunting, thought provoking, scary, explorative, completely opposite of the nostalgia critic, wich is familliar and unchallenging. His reach is lime!
I saved for later your last unicorn video ages ago and finally saw this week. Loved it so much that I watched your other two video as soon as I could. Looking forward to seeing what other amazing topics you bring to your next videos! They are extremely interesting and I love all the research you do for them.
Damn, girl. The last Unicorn and Adventures in Slumberland were my favorite movies as a kid. Nemo's movie is why, as an adult, I'm still kind of afraid of the dark
McCay and Otomo are two of my favourite artists to have ever lived. I haven't watched this video in its entirety, but I'm very excited to see this video essay through. Liked and subscribed [edit: This is great. I can't believe this only has 362 views at the time of writing. Looking forward to more! Saved this video; I'm going to be rewatching it over and over again]
I realized someday in my late twenties that what I had always believed to be a nightmare from my early childhood was in fact a memory of watching Little Nemo. That black goo swallowing everything in its path, like some sort of primordial deluge, has been a recurring theme in my dreams untill this day. There were times when it was more prominent and I assumed then, that it was a subconcious archetype that expressed a fear of drowning - drowning in grief, loneliness and uncertainty, essentially death, but one in which you are perpetually engulfed in. There is no relief in this anti-life. It was very strange seeing that movie for the second time in my life. Thank you for your videos. Just last week I watched your first one and wondered, when and if you’d come back. The Last Unicorn has always made me kind of sad and happy at the same time. It’s been one of my favorites, even when I was young and didn’t understand much. And now you show up with that fucking door...
Pointing out the 'dreaming' of Nemo and 'waking up' of Akira really struck a chord. A lot of children's media has a dreamlike quality to it, as no matter what happens during the course of a movie/ep, things will return to status quo or a Happy Ending. Watching childrens media at any age is also like a (largely) stress free escape into a safe dream. Conversely, watching Akira for the first time was like a huge awakening. A giant psychic blast that blew the scales right off my eyes. Those were the days... Congrats on another great vid!
Man, I haven't thought of Little Nemo in years. I saw that as a kid (had a relative who worked at a video store, so we saw a lot of obscure kids' movies). This is a great video! I love the contrast and parallels you drew between Little Nemo and Akira, and advancing technology and dreams/nightmares. Also, you put into words my own anxiety/fear of the sublime; the unknown vastness. Amazing, amazing.
thank you so much!! ahhh yes, the wonder of obscure movies from video stores; i lived in a small town with only 2 really small rental places (Blockbuster was a half hour drive away). my parents had a bargain with me: either i could rent ONE new release (usually Disney), because it was like $2 for a rental for the night, OR i could pick out 2 weird random old movies from the 99 cent section. i almost always took them up on getting 2 movies, which was more enjoyment per hour per dollar imo, even if those old tapes tended to brick our VCR and sputter tape everywhere 😎
I literally spent my childhood having reoccurring dreams of "Little Nemo and the adventures in slumberland" of the black ooze scene where they are all running from the dark liquid flood. I couldn't find where I saw it. I eventually found the movie I saw as a kid and realized that I have seen it and how much it stuck with me. In a good way. I loved growing up in the 90's and all the animation & diverse styles of creations that we had the option & opportunity of enjoying. I would have never assumed that media/games/toys/entertainment would have diverted to the current state we now see... It utterly baffles me... I miss so much from the 90s and wish we could reconnect to all the best aspects of that era
I'm so glad you are back!! I love watching video essays and none has touched me so much as yours. You are very talented and I'm so glad I found your channel, i will keep supporting you from here ❣️Greetings from Mexico
Yesss Little Nemo! I LOVE your videos. I feel like you always choose the most influential movies of my childhood. Balto and The Last Unicorn were literally my favourite movies when I was a kid but sadly nobody knew about them. I love how you depict topics and show depth in the greatest "childhood fever dreams" from a more mature perspective. Also I'm so happy there is more content I can watch from you. Definitely will be checking in for future project's.🥰
You have a nack for trapping into niche childhoid memories I hold dear and giving more context to them. Thank you I loved little Nemo as a kid but no one else has heard of it around me
If I had to name a best animated film solely based on visuals, Akira would easily be it. I’ve never seen anything with so much detail in every movement. The scene where Tetsuo’s powers go haywire and twist his flesh is enough for me to laugh at the idea of a live action adaptation
Totally agree. If any studio seriously released an Akira live-action film, it would have to be like, some kind of total re-imagining or something to get me to see it, with a totally different story, characters, etc. Which at that point would just be another cyberpunk movie, y'know?
Should be noted it’s not my favorite animated film overall. That’s not to say it’s all visual and no substance, far from it, it’s just there are others whose full package I enjoy more. Spirited Away, The Lion King, Princess Mononoke, etc
And just like that, you became one of my favorite video essay channel. Really love the topic, wording, and overall presentation in this video! I didn't even know about Little Nemo and now watching it is high on my to-do-list.
rewarching Akira brought me back to this video. Your essays are excellent. I try and share them whenever I can. I hope you keep making more. I know film crit video seems a crowded field but we always need more work of high quality like yours
Okay, weird connection- when you were discussing the inky, amorphous nightmare behind the giant door in Slumberland, it made me realize I’ve seen that visual before, SHOCKINGLY similarly, in another place: Bojack Horseman, The View From Halfway Down. I wonder if this was a deliberate reference by the animators on that episode
I was very happy to see a new video from you, it was really great!! Ive never seen either film before, though ive heard a lot about Akira, ill have to give them ago. I always loved Balto as a kid it was one of my favs, so i was very happy to find your video and instanly went to check what else you had released. I remember watching The Last Unicorn after watching your video on it for the first time and being completely enchated by the end. Thank you for making such great videos.
this was an incredible video essay. I especially appreciate your soothing narration and allowing enough silence/breathing room, it's helped me recover from an overstimulated anxious day and made my evening a lot more pleasant, can't wait to see what you do next!
Even as a child, I felt that Little Nemo was vastly terrifying, but I seriously loved it. As an adult I thought of Little Nemo as stretching the boundaries of imagination and the bizarre.
I remember reading somewhere that the reason Little Nemo did so poorly was that people criticized the story. How it "didn't make sense" and it "didn't flow naturally like a traditional story". And I feel like these people missed the point in that the whole film is a dream Nemo is having. Dreams aren't supposed to make sense. It makes enough sense to tell a basic story, but still surreal enough to be a dream. Little Nemo honestly feels like a retelling of Alice in Wonderland. Hell even the title of the comics "Nemos Adventures in Slumberland" sounds similar to "Alice in Wonderland". Maybe instead of marketing this film like a standard fantasy film, and tried to market it as a "little boys version of Alice in Wonderland" the film would have done much better. The instant connection and association to Alice in Wonderland could have helped temper people's expectations of the film. Little Nemo has always been one of my favorite films growing up. And it always confused me why adults hated it. As a kid it makes perfect sense.
Ah!! Thank you so much for making a video about Little Nemo! I must have watched it about two decades ago, but I never learned the name of the movie. All I could remember was the young boy learning to properly eat soup and how I wanted to learn elegant lifestyles too, so I could be like a princess, lol! I feel like one of my personal, "seven wonders of the world" has been solved! 🎉
I'm glad I keep stumbling onto smaller video essay channels. Not that I don't love bigger channels. But they all focus on social and politic things of the modern world that can get kinda exhausting and overwhelming. Your thoughts are more unique and delve into things I could never find anywhere else. I love to hear you talk about anything honestly, even media I haven't watched like Akira and Little Nemo. The things you are able to pull from these movies is so logical yet unimaginable for someone with a smol brain like me. I loved your the last unicorn video and it made me realize how little that I thought into the film as a child. I was very NAIVE and thought the film was just cutesy weird unicorn but I was pretty young. You analysis reminds of another used to be much smaller channel called Clark Elieson who covers more philosophy. I love your mix of history and analysis of these movies, their themes, and general philosophy. I hope more people can appreciate the work that has clearly gone into these videos. I hope more people can also find the great value in your work.
commenting because i've been told this is how the algorithm works to get more eyes on your stuff ;) thanks for another wonderfully edited, phenomenally narrated and beautifully (sublimely?) written piece of media. i look forward to the next one!
Omg! I watched little Nemo once when I was about his age! I forgot the title and my grandpa didn't wanna play it again after that because he thought animation was for little kids even though I was a kid!? I'm glad I got the name now because I wasn't even sure if the movie was real! I didn't know it had a comic so I'll definitely check that out too! It's so beautiful! I've been meaning to read and rewatch Akira so I'll add it to the list! Great video I haven't really seen these since I was a kid so I didn't really get anything besides "wow, so cool!" It was great to hear your thoughts on it! Looking forward to the next video!
Thank you for this video, it was really interesting and so were the others on your channels. The Last Unicorn one was especially eye opening. Great job and i hope you make more!
PLz keep making content, your video essays are sublime(ha) and the internet will notice this channel sometime soon, especially if you keep pumping out this high quality content!
Just finished watching every video on the channel and I gotta say, incredible work. I love how much research and care that goes into your videos. Cant wait for what comes next! :)
I HATED Little Nemo as a kid - it scared me. Just seeing it referenced in the title of the video awakened some deeply rooted negative feelings that really surprised me! I even debated if I should watch this video, and it's been DECADES since I banished the VHS to the back of my closet as a child XD The scars of childhood run deep! GREAT video on a very obscure movie. Thanks for your content!!
Wow! Just amazing. I stumbled across your last unicorn video last year and have been hoping for a new one for months. I hope you keep making them because I will keep watching them. If you ever launch a Patreon I would definitely support you. Keep up the great work!
Ludicrous Groovy of fluid this Artístic Style of Animation!! Between the Surrealism Fantasy and the Crafting Logic Scifi!! As in the old days, only for the new generation those times will also be theirs, only different
Honestly loved the video, your stuff gives me a sort of "Late Sunday afternoon" feeling where you can feel the weekend is ending and you hold on just a little longer to appreciate all you've experienced before surrendering to the sunset knowing we'll be going right back to the weekdays. On another note, I'd add that faith and Spirituality though not explicit certainly overlap the topic of dreams and how we view our collective futures.
i like how every time you make a video it makes me want to watch the movies you have talked about. im highly interested in little nemo now lol. you got me to watch the last unicorn and now thats one of my favorate movies
I subscribed to your channel less than a week ago, and was honestly worried that you were already done making videos after your first two. I'm glad I was wrong. I'm glad I had the chance to see this. Thanks.
Truly incredible work here. Thank you so much for sharing. There is some really thought provoking stuff here. I noticed you dropped reference to Susan J. Napier, who was one of the few published authors I know of who writes on Anime criticism at an academic level. Do you have a best of list of Anime criticism or essays? I used to own Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams as well, but lost it in one of my last moves. Would love to know where this discourse has gone over time as Anime/Manga still continues to deliver thought provoking entertainment to this day.
As a society, we need to talk about technology. For so much of it not only I can't seem to find a use, I feel it is actively obstructing my way of life, and I can't be the only one. A society develops its own systems (customs, the "common moral ground", the way of doing business) over time. I think it was as early as Marx that it was stated that technology defines the economy and society at large, so the faster technology changes, the more outdated society will be as it changes over generations not updates. Even the growing average lifespan makes it more difficult for us to change and adapt as you can only go so far in a lifetime. Akira is a good example of SF that really isn't - all the ideas for new technologies in it are more of the same just bigger and better, except for the drugs and mutants that can only be understood as symbols, not literal ideas for a hard SF. It is a product of its time, all bulky hardware and no information systems. Don't takes this as an attack on Akira, it is a monumental work of art as it speaks of what it means to be human and experience change, I'm just saying that so many things are lumped into science fiction that lack any shape or form of science in them. Anyway my point is - this digital sublime as you term it is one of my greatest fears, and it is good to have this essay to help shape my thoughts around it.
do you think theres any correlation of aesthetic or animation or deistn between little nemo and bowies labyrinth? the animation of nemo with the goblins seems similar to the design in labyrinth
i've thought about akira a lot lately. the 2019 it imagined always felt like it was on the precipice of something great and terrible. and while our 2019 definitely was as well, it's almost /not/ shocking that our great and terrible thing was biological, not digital. the digital wasn't what brought on the disaster and in the most 'hindsight is 2020' (haha) way, the digital world could have saved us. and we didn't let it? in the one scenario where technology could have prevented something great and terrible, and instead we wanted life to return to normal as quickly as possible at the expense of millions (six million by the most recent count). and yet somehow i don't find that odd or weird. it's frustrating, horrifying even but i understand it in a strange way. we will never really trust technology to not bring gifts laced with catch-22s. in fact, i think we're starting to see a technological fatigue cropping up. gen z lost its mind when ai art generators starting cropping up, and for the first time in a real life context did i see discussion about whether art created by a program is ethical, or if it's 'real art'. these discussions make me feel like i'm living in blade runner. i don't think these are bad discussions to be having. quite the opposite, i think. but they're interesting because we're trying to draw lines in the sand about what is human, homo sapien and what is beyond that. it's interesting because if you look at paleontology, we've barely defined what separated our ancestors from other hominids, and now we're trying to define if something we've done for thousands of years is truly human if it can be replicated by a program. to me, though, it reads less as us fearing the loss of something we've used to define our own humanity and more that we're afraid that if we acknowledge ai created art as 'real art' we'd have to share our unique humanity with something we don't see as human. and yes, we cannot forget the ethical component of ai art; that these programs are far too often trained on stolen art. this also mirrors tech development in and of itself because so much technology that we utilize today was built on ideas and work that was stolen. hell, even the father of a large portion of modern tech, thomas edison, is accused of stealing like 90% of his contributions to science and technology. the more things change, the more they stay the same. akira's vision of 2019 feels different from other sci fi visions of the future, in my opinion. so many books and films predicted things like flying cars and space travel, which still feel incredibly far away, even at the rate technology is advancing. but akira's 2019 feels weirdly contemporary, like we're still in it or just passing out of it. it feels less like prophecy and more like a thoroughly researched study of human behaviour, and simply connecting the dots in a logical pattern. which is almost ironic. sorry this is so long, i had a lot of thoughts.
Just a suggestion but you might want to create a playlist of your video essay content (only if you find that useful for your purposes). I only whine about it so I can have my way and make it easy for me to add an ever updated playlist linking to your videos inside a multiple playlist.
Honestly, not much! I took a single class on animation in college, along with a number of film classes (I had a film minor for a time but dropped it). My background is in English literature, specifically poetry :)
This is, genuinely, one of the best video essays on media I’ve watched in a long time. Brilliant.
I feel like this kind of video isn't really part of the zeitgeist anymore, but boy does it feel amazing to still find people with that kind of determination and passion. My attention span isn't usually that long, but somehow you managed to keep me interested the whole way through. You've really done something special here with the topics you're talking about, the media you're referencing and the overall mood you're creating :) You go girl!
All of your videos are underrated, but that this one isn’t held up as one of the best of UA-cam’s media analysis essays is nothing short of criminal.
Nemo was one of those fever dreams from childhood, that I didn't know if I had really seen for a time, that and the NES game was impossible for me as a kid.
WOAH HEY I WAS REWATCHING YOUR VIDEOS YESTERDAY, THAT IS SUCH A COOL COINCIDENCE
given how much I rewatch other videos, this shouldn't be a surprise, but other people wanting to rewatch my videos is not something I really thought about. So thank you!
Haven't seen these films and heard Little Nemo got a live action remake on Netflix so I'll be back to watch this video. Hidden gem of a channel!!!
Hey, you uploaded this while i was watching The Last Unicorn with a friend who was seeing it for the first time! I watched it for the first time last summer because of your first video, and it instantly became one of my favorites of all time. I've been thinking about rewatching Akira, and I have always wanted to see Little Nemo but never felt a final push to actually seek it out. I'll definitely be watching this when i get a chance tomorrow!
I was obsessed with Little Nemo (and the Thief and the Cobbler) as a kid, much more than any Disney animated feature until Beauty and the Beast came along. We really need more of a variety of art styles in animation, it engages us and stimulates our imaginations as audience members. Everything is so same looking now that it's depressing.
You are a master storyteller, and excellent researcher, and a wonderful orator. The video is woefully underappreciated. I have always loved the Little Nemo movie! It always seemed so dark and mature for a children's film. Until today, I had not known of the other pilots, which have been on YT this entire time. I cannot thank you enough for making this video!!
Thank you so much! The pilots are absolutely STUNNING, aren't they? Andy Gaskill & Yoshifumi Kondo's pilot (1984) has an almost Disney-ish quality and had the best "movement" imo, but I think Osamu Dezaki's (1987) is my favorite. The intricacy and the colors...it's like being inside a kaleidoscope.
I swear my sister and I thought we were the only people in the states who had this movie as kids. It was simultaneously thrilling and horrifying. We loved it, but we had a hard time getting other people to watch it.
This was brilliant! So grateful I found your channel and saw this in your uploads.
👏you done it again, haunting, thought provoking, scary, explorative, completely opposite of the nostalgia critic, wich is familliar and unchallenging. His reach is lime!
I saved for later your last unicorn video ages ago and finally saw this week. Loved it so much that I watched your other two video as soon as I could. Looking forward to seeing what other amazing topics you bring to your next videos! They are extremely interesting and I love all the research you do for them.
Damn, girl. The last Unicorn and Adventures in Slumberland were my favorite movies as a kid. Nemo's movie is why, as an adult, I'm still kind of afraid of the dark
McCay and Otomo are two of my favourite artists to have ever lived. I haven't watched this video in its entirety, but I'm very excited to see this video essay through. Liked and subscribed
[edit: This is great. I can't believe this only has 362 views at the time of writing. Looking forward to more! Saved this video; I'm going to be rewatching it over and over again]
Thank you so much for watching it! Glad you enjoyed it
I realized someday in my late twenties that what I had always believed to be a nightmare from my early childhood was in fact a memory of watching Little Nemo. That black goo swallowing everything in its path, like some sort of primordial deluge, has been a recurring theme in my dreams untill this day. There were times when it was more prominent and I assumed then, that it was a subconcious archetype that expressed a fear of drowning - drowning in grief, loneliness and uncertainty, essentially death, but one in which you are perpetually engulfed in. There is no relief in this anti-life. It was very strange seeing that movie for the second time in my life.
Thank you for your videos. Just last week I watched your first one and wondered, when and if you’d come back. The Last Unicorn has always made me kind of sad and happy at the same time. It’s been one of my favorites, even when I was young and didn’t understand much. And now you show up with that fucking door...
Pointing out the 'dreaming' of Nemo and 'waking up' of Akira really struck a chord. A lot of children's media has a dreamlike quality to it, as no matter what happens during the course of a movie/ep, things will return to status quo or a Happy Ending. Watching childrens media at any age is also like a (largely) stress free escape into a safe dream. Conversely, watching Akira for the first time was like a huge awakening. A giant psychic blast that blew the scales right off my eyes. Those were the days...
Congrats on another great vid!
Man, I haven't thought of Little Nemo in years. I saw that as a kid (had a relative who worked at a video store, so we saw a lot of obscure kids' movies). This is a great video! I love the contrast and parallels you drew between Little Nemo and Akira, and advancing technology and dreams/nightmares. Also, you put into words my own anxiety/fear of the sublime; the unknown vastness. Amazing, amazing.
thank you so much!! ahhh yes, the wonder of obscure movies from video stores; i lived in a small town with only 2 really small rental places (Blockbuster was a half hour drive away). my parents had a bargain with me: either i could rent ONE new release (usually Disney), because it was like $2 for a rental for the night, OR i could pick out 2 weird random old movies from the 99 cent section. i almost always took them up on getting 2 movies, which was more enjoyment per hour per dollar imo, even if those old tapes tended to brick our VCR and sputter tape everywhere 😎
Little Nemo was one of the few movies my sister and I borrowed from the local library more than once. Gorgeous film.
I literally spent my childhood having reoccurring dreams of "Little Nemo and the adventures in slumberland" of the black ooze scene where they are all running from the dark liquid flood. I couldn't find where I saw it. I eventually found the movie I saw as a kid and realized that I have seen it and how much it stuck with me. In a good way. I loved growing up in the 90's and all the animation & diverse styles of creations that we had the option & opportunity of enjoying. I would have never assumed that media/games/toys/entertainment would have diverted to the current state we now see... It utterly baffles me... I miss so much from the 90s and wish we could reconnect to all the best aspects of that era
I'm so glad you are back!!
I love watching video essays and none has touched me so much as yours. You are very talented and I'm so glad I found your channel, i will keep supporting you from here ❣️Greetings from Mexico
Yesss Little Nemo! I LOVE your videos. I feel like you always choose the most influential movies of my childhood. Balto and The Last Unicorn were literally my favourite movies when I was a kid but sadly nobody knew about them. I love how you depict topics and show depth in the greatest "childhood fever dreams" from a more mature perspective. Also I'm so happy there is more content I can watch from you. Definitely will be checking in for future project's.🥰
You have a nack for trapping into niche childhoid memories I hold dear and giving more context to them. Thank you I loved little Nemo as a kid but no one else has heard of it around me
Akira and Little Nemo are favorites I never thought would have had connecting themes! Wonderful to see an upload. Great as always!
OH MY GOSH NEW VID TO WATCH ASAP!
Thank you so much for yet another phenomenal video.
If I had to name a best animated film solely based on visuals, Akira would easily be it. I’ve never seen anything with so much detail in every movement. The scene where Tetsuo’s powers go haywire and twist his flesh is enough for me to laugh at the idea of a live action adaptation
Totally agree. If any studio seriously released an Akira live-action film, it would have to be like, some kind of total re-imagining or something to get me to see it, with a totally different story, characters, etc. Which at that point would just be another cyberpunk movie, y'know?
Should be noted it’s not my favorite animated film overall. That’s not to say it’s all visual and no substance, far from it, it’s just there are others whose full package I enjoy more. Spirited Away, The Lion King, Princess Mononoke, etc
And just like that, you became one of my favorite video essay channel. Really love the topic, wording, and overall presentation in this video! I didn't even know about Little Nemo and now watching it is high on my to-do-list.
Just want to say that Little Nemo was a fever dream to watch back in the 90s as a kid, but I loved it.
This channel is one of the best I've ran into. Please don't stop making videos. I'd even consider supporting efforts
rewarching Akira brought me back to this video. Your essays are excellent. I try and share them whenever I can. I hope you keep making more. I know film crit video seems a crowded field but we always need more work of high quality like yours
Okay, weird connection- when you were discussing the inky, amorphous nightmare behind the giant door in Slumberland, it made me realize I’ve seen that visual before, SHOCKINGLY similarly, in another place: Bojack Horseman, The View From Halfway Down. I wonder if this was a deliberate reference by the animators on that episode
Oh yeah, I used that clip in my Last Unicorn video - didn't think about that!
What a criminally under-viewed essay. Masterfully done. I've never heard of Little Nemo. Definitely going to give it a watch.
Another quality video from this great channel, hopefully more to come.
I was very happy to see a new video from you, it was really great!! Ive never seen either film before, though ive heard a lot about Akira, ill have to give them ago. I always loved Balto as a kid it was one of my favs, so i was very happy to find your video and instanly went to check what else you had released. I remember watching The Last Unicorn after watching your video on it for the first time and being completely enchated by the end. Thank you for making such great videos.
this was an incredible video essay. I especially appreciate your soothing narration and allowing enough silence/breathing room, it's helped me recover from an overstimulated anxious day and made my evening a lot more pleasant, can't wait to see what you do next!
Even as a child, I felt that Little Nemo was vastly terrifying, but I seriously loved it. As an adult I thought of Little Nemo as stretching the boundaries of imagination and the bizarre.
I remember reading somewhere that the reason Little Nemo did so poorly was that people criticized the story. How it "didn't make sense" and it "didn't flow naturally like a traditional story". And I feel like these people missed the point in that the whole film is a dream Nemo is having. Dreams aren't supposed to make sense.
It makes enough sense to tell a basic story, but still surreal enough to be a dream. Little Nemo honestly feels like a retelling of Alice in Wonderland. Hell even the title of the comics "Nemos Adventures in Slumberland" sounds similar to "Alice in Wonderland". Maybe instead of marketing this film like a standard fantasy film, and tried to market it as a "little boys version of Alice in Wonderland" the film would have done much better. The instant connection and association to Alice in Wonderland could have helped temper people's expectations of the film.
Little Nemo has always been one of my favorite films growing up. And it always confused me why adults hated it. As a kid it makes perfect sense.
A new Chromalore video for Christmas?
Awesome!
Another great bi-annual video from you.
Ah!! Thank you so much for making a video about Little Nemo! I must have watched it about two decades ago, but I never learned the name of the movie. All I could remember was the young boy learning to properly eat soup and how I wanted to learn elegant lifestyles too, so I could be like a princess, lol! I feel like one of my personal, "seven wonders of the world" has been solved! 🎉
I'm glad I keep stumbling onto smaller video essay channels. Not that I don't love bigger channels. But they all focus on social and politic things of the modern world that can get kinda exhausting and overwhelming. Your thoughts are more unique and delve into things I could never find anywhere else. I love to hear you talk about anything honestly, even media I haven't watched like Akira and Little Nemo. The things you are able to pull from these movies is so logical yet unimaginable for someone with a smol brain like me.
I loved your the last unicorn video and it made me realize how little that I thought into the film as a child. I was very NAIVE and thought the film was just cutesy weird unicorn but I was pretty young. You analysis reminds of another used to be much smaller channel called Clark Elieson who covers more philosophy. I love your mix of history and analysis of these movies, their themes, and general philosophy. I hope more people can appreciate the work that has clearly gone into these videos. I hope more people can also find the great value in your work.
Little Nemo adventures in slumberland was my favorite movie growing up.
I used to love Little Nemo as a kid. I had no idea it was a Japanese production!
Among the greatest mistakes I've made in my life, having not seen Akira yet is one of them. I promise I'll be back the second I do 😅
it's on Hulu! (as of right now - in the US)
Yes! Was just showing my girlfriend the Balto video and was wondering when we’d get another upload!
thank you so much! :) Hope this one met expectations!!
The bird chirping was very cute
commenting because i've been told this is how the algorithm works to get more eyes on your stuff ;) thanks for another wonderfully edited, phenomenally narrated and beautifully (sublimely?) written piece of media. i look forward to the next one!
funny how we all talk about the algorithm like this big, unknowable entity with its own whims... (thank you!)
Omg! I watched little Nemo once when I was about his age! I forgot the title and my grandpa didn't wanna play it again after that because he thought animation was for little kids even though I was a kid!? I'm glad I got the name now because I wasn't even sure if the movie was real! I didn't know it had a comic so I'll definitely check that out too! It's so beautiful! I've been meaning to read and rewatch Akira so I'll add it to the list! Great video I haven't really seen these since I was a kid so I didn't really get anything besides "wow, so cool!" It was great to hear your thoughts on it! Looking forward to the next video!
Thank you for this video, it was really interesting and so were the others on your channels. The Last Unicorn one was especially eye opening. Great job and i hope you make more!
PLz keep making content, your video essays are sublime(ha) and the internet will notice this channel sometime soon, especially if you keep pumping out this high quality content!
Hey, I'd just like to say how much I love your videos! Great work! They really got me in a way, so thoughtful and powerful. A big hug from Brazil!
Little Nemo in Slumberland was my first “favorite movie”
Your videos and analysis are amazing and your channel is criminally under subscribed. Can't wait for your next video.
I feel so lucky to have found your channel.
You're so kind! I feel like the lucky one tbh!!
Can’t wait for the next one
Just finished watching every video on the channel and I gotta say, incredible work. I love how much research and care that goes into your videos. Cant wait for what comes next! :)
I HATED Little Nemo as a kid - it scared me. Just seeing it referenced in the title of the video awakened some deeply rooted negative feelings that really surprised me! I even debated if I should watch this video, and it's been DECADES since I banished the VHS to the back of my closet as a child XD The scars of childhood run deep! GREAT video on a very obscure movie. Thanks for your content!!
I just watched all of your videos and I love them!!! Very interesting to think about
Wow! Just amazing. I stumbled across your last unicorn video last year and have been hoping for a new one for months. I hope you keep making them because I will keep watching them. If you ever launch a Patreon I would definitely support you. Keep up the great work!
Ludicrous Groovy of fluid this Artístic Style of Animation!! Between the Surrealism Fantasy and the Crafting Logic Scifi!! As in the old days, only for the new generation those times will also be theirs, only different
Honestly loved the video, your stuff gives me a sort of "Late Sunday afternoon" feeling where you can feel the weekend is ending and you hold on just a little longer to appreciate all you've experienced before surrendering to the sunset knowing we'll be going right back to the weekdays.
On another note, I'd add that faith and Spirituality though not explicit certainly overlap the topic of dreams and how we view our collective futures.
i like how every time you make a video it makes me want to watch the movies you have talked about. im highly interested in little nemo now lol. you got me to watch the last unicorn and now thats one of my favorate movies
Beautiful.
Scary.
Thank you.
Another deeply enjoyable watch, thank you for making this video :D
I really enjoy all of your videos, this one was particularly good.
What a coincidence! Just yesterday I remembered this channel existed and checked to see if any new videos had been made.
i bet that the advertising revenue from the free upload of Little Nemo on UA-cam has made it more money than it ever made in theaters.
I subscribed to your channel less than a week ago, and was honestly worried that you were already done making videos after your first two. I'm glad I was wrong. I'm glad I had the chance to see this. Thanks.
appreciate it! there's more videos I'd like to make in the future
In 1985, going to Japan was like visiting the year 2000. In 2015 going to Japan was like visiting the year 2000.
Do you have any thoughts, feelings or possibly plans about FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)?
You are the Michael Reeves of movies. You post once a year but I love every one.
Hopefully one day I can get a video out that doesn't take me twelve months, haha. Thank you so much!
Truly incredible work here. Thank you so much for sharing. There is some really thought provoking stuff here. I noticed you dropped reference to Susan J. Napier, who was one of the few published authors I know of who writes on Anime criticism at an academic level. Do you have a best of list of Anime criticism or essays? I used to own Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams as well, but lost it in one of my last moves. Would love to know where this discourse has gone over time as Anime/Manga still continues to deliver thought provoking entertainment to this day.
As the great Terry Pratchett wrote in his books: "It's probably because of quantum."
The goopy nightmare juice haunts me to this day.
As a society, we need to talk about technology. For so much of it not only I can't seem to find a use, I feel it is actively obstructing my way of life, and I can't be the only one. A society develops its own systems (customs, the "common moral ground", the way of doing business) over time. I think it was as early as Marx that it was stated that technology defines the economy and society at large, so the faster technology changes, the more outdated society will be as it changes over generations not updates. Even the growing average lifespan makes it more difficult for us to change and adapt as you can only go so far in a lifetime. Akira is a good example of SF that really isn't - all the ideas for new technologies in it are more of the same just bigger and better, except for the drugs and mutants that can only be understood as symbols, not literal ideas for a hard SF. It is a product of its time, all bulky hardware and no information systems. Don't takes this as an attack on Akira, it is a monumental work of art as it speaks of what it means to be human and experience change, I'm just saying that so many things are lumped into science fiction that lack any shape or form of science in them. Anyway my point is - this digital sublime as you term it is one of my greatest fears, and it is good to have this essay to help shape my thoughts around it.
My folks almost named me after Little Nemo, but then that fish movie came out and they named me what my name is now
"King Morpheus"
My brain: DREAM OF THE ENDLESS?? /j
Superb.
Ah yes, more existential dread. How foolish of me to assume I had enough.
Great watch
Are you planning to continue with these amazing videous? Thank you for this , Nemo is my favorite cartoon😊
I've been chipping away at another video in the background, on and off. Unfortunately, all I can offer for an ETA is "when it's ready"!
That’s good to hear! I also love your work. Take your time!
@@chromalore Then, I shalt subscribe with notification always ready. Whenever you are ready for another golden essay, we will watch it.
do you think theres any correlation of aesthetic or animation or deistn between little nemo and bowies labyrinth? the animation of nemo with the goblins seems similar to the design in labyrinth
So good!
Doja clip followed by strongbad. You get me.
Lore of Little Nemo and Akira: Dreaming the Digital Sublime momentum 100
How dare UA-cam tell me that Chromalore posted a new video 4 WEEKS after the fact instead of ON TIME?!!
thanks for the cool video
Nice chromatic abberation effect on the title text at the start.
i've thought about akira a lot lately.
the 2019 it imagined always felt like it was on the precipice of something great and terrible. and while our 2019 definitely was as well, it's almost /not/ shocking that our great and terrible thing was biological, not digital.
the digital wasn't what brought on the disaster and in the most 'hindsight is 2020' (haha) way, the digital world could have saved us. and we didn't let it? in the one scenario where technology could have prevented something great and terrible, and instead we wanted life to return to normal as quickly as possible at the expense of millions (six million by the most recent count).
and yet somehow i don't find that odd or weird. it's frustrating, horrifying even but i understand it in a strange way.
we will never really trust technology to not bring gifts laced with catch-22s. in fact, i think we're starting to see a technological fatigue cropping up. gen z lost its mind when ai art generators starting cropping up, and for the first time in a real life context did i see discussion about whether art created by a program is ethical, or if it's 'real art'.
these discussions make me feel like i'm living in blade runner.
i don't think these are bad discussions to be having. quite the opposite, i think. but they're interesting because we're trying to draw lines in the sand about what is human, homo sapien and what is beyond that. it's interesting because if you look at paleontology, we've barely defined what separated our ancestors from other hominids, and now we're trying to define if something we've done for thousands of years is truly human if it can be replicated by a program. to me, though, it reads less as us fearing the loss of something we've used to define our own humanity and more that we're afraid that if we acknowledge ai created art as 'real art' we'd have to share our unique humanity with something we don't see as human.
and yes, we cannot forget the ethical component of ai art; that these programs are far too often trained on stolen art. this also mirrors tech development in and of itself because so much technology that we utilize today was built on ideas and work that was stolen. hell, even the father of a large portion of modern tech, thomas edison, is accused of stealing like 90% of his contributions to science and technology. the more things change, the more they stay the same.
akira's vision of 2019 feels different from other sci fi visions of the future, in my opinion. so many books and films predicted things like flying cars and space travel, which still feel incredibly far away, even at the rate technology is advancing. but akira's 2019 feels weirdly contemporary, like we're still in it or just passing out of it. it feels less like prophecy and more like a thoroughly researched study of human behaviour, and simply connecting the dots in a logical pattern. which is almost ironic.
sorry this is so long, i had a lot of thoughts.
You dropped three incredible videos and then disappeared 😢
OMG NEW CHROMA!!!
Cool.
Just a suggestion but you might want to create a playlist of your video essay content (only if you find that useful for your purposes). I only whine about it so I can have my way and make it easy for me to add an ever updated playlist linking to your videos inside a multiple playlist.
I like little nemo
Don't forget tms did batman the animated series one of the best interpretations of batman
The Labyrinth and the Never Ending Story the Dark Crystal Black Hole Dune Space Oddisey Interstellar
Do you have an education in animation and psychology or do you simply enjoy them enough to make them the focus of your videos?
Honestly, not much! I took a single class on animation in college, along with a number of film classes (I had a film minor for a time but dropped it). My background is in English literature, specifically poetry :)
Using so many quotes is distracting. I'm more interested in you and your voice than any appeal to authority.
I hate to tell you but you haven't said anything original in this entire video.