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Little Nemo 1984 animated pilot


A three and a half minute animated pilot/demo of Winsor McCay’s classic comic, Little Nemo in Slumberland, by Yoshifumi Kondà of Studio Ghibli in 1984. It’s pretty spectacular the way the camera swoops through McCay’s universe; it left me wanting more.

Ah, and here’s Winsor McCay’s own 1910 animated film called, Little Nemo aka Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and his Moving Comics.

Also of interest:
Little Nemo in Slumberland, Volume 1 at Amazon
Drawn review of McCay’s Dream of the Rarebit Fiend

  • http://www.studioespinosa.com/ Leo Espinosa

    That made my day. Fluid moves, no cgi in sight!

  • http://www.studioespinosa.com Leo Espinosa

    That made my day. Fluid moves, no cgi in sight!

  • http://artbonnie.com/sketchyblog/ bonnie

    Fantastic! Thanks for posting this.

  • http://artbonnie.com/sketchyblog/ bonnie

    Fantastic! Thanks for posting this.

  • http://kraehe.blogsome.com/ jfml

    Wow, that was awesome! Don’t like the character-design so much but the animation is fantastic!

    Pretty much remembered me of the Marchand/Moebius work on Little Nemo:

    http://tinyurl.com/64huls
    http://www.comic-moebius.de/mediac/400_0/media/little_nemo.jpg

    I want more too!

  • http://kraehe.blogsome.com/ jfml

    Wow, that was awesome! Don’t like the character-design so much but the animation is fantastic!

    Pretty much remembered me of the Marchand/Moebius work on Little Nemo:

    http://tinyurl.com/64huls
    http://www.comic-moebius.de/mediac/400_0/media/little_nemo.jpg

    I want more too!

  • Brandon

    Windsor McCay was notable for his attention to detail. Just look at how beautifully animated his work was! Tireless work, endless drawings, endless frames. All done by himself!

    My hero.