Takena Nagao

wow, this guy is sick, by that i mean sick minded, but Takena is an incredible animator, his film "chainsaw maid" was shown in the Short Film Competition of Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2009, he is only young so a lot of talent still to be shown, but from what i have seen of his work, he is incredible.
This is "chainsaw maid"



The mix of plastacine and zombies isn't something you see everyday, but what a combination it proves to be, it looks disgusting but then its still only plastacine so very fun at the same time. And even though there is a seriousness about the film, there is that Shaun of the Dead type humour included, with the crazy killing of the zombies, and some random parts which amused me, for example go to 1:50 or 3:10, i actually laughed out loud and watched it back several times on 3:10 just because you usually would expect that from a real feature film like Shaun of the dead or other spoof films, and i do love spoof films. This isn't a normal animated short film, it stands out a lot, and if you see any of Takena's other films, he doesn't do normal... for example, this is pussycat, another 1 of his twisted animations



in both of these, the use of zooms and panning is incredible considering the circumstances he is working under, it is a lot harder to try camera movement with a stop motion film. The close up's and wide angled shots really do work well, and the music, as eery and creepy as they are match perfectly with the crazy storylines, they are very brutal and gory clay animations, you have to love it.