Author of an animation?

April 3, 2006 6:06 PM

Does anyone knows the author of this little animation ?

Some guy around set it as his avatar

posted by zouhair to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

No idea, but those are definitely Japanese characters which appear at the start.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 7:44 PM on April 3, 2006

I don't know, but I really like it.
posted by atom128 at 7:45 PM on April 3, 2006

人の一生 (Japanese) is maybe something like "the whole life of a person", which makes sense considering the animation. That brings up a ton of results on Google, so I can't help you any more than that.
posted by hototogisu at 7:51 PM on April 3, 2006

This is either part of a genre, or one of several works by the same person I've seen, all .gif, all at least a couple of minutes in duration. The others I've seen have all been identified as Japanese and were done in a similar style. I've seen them at various sites. Sorry I can't help more.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:24 PM on April 3, 2006

Did you ask the guy with the avatar?
posted by Citizen Premier at 9:50 PM on April 3, 2006

They're all made with EasyToon (google it).
It's a simple Japanese animation program that makes nifty animated .gifs in black & white.

There's an English version, with a couple of hacks.

The animations are very distinctive (as stavros said).

Quick googling didn't reveal anything specific for you, but it might narrow it down.
posted by nafrance at 11:50 AM on April 4, 2006

Response by poster: Thanks guys, yep I asked the user of the avatar but he don't kow the author either.

Anyway thanks all of you
posted by zouhair at 12:04 PM on April 5, 2006