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Kotonakare Hero Gingerman Flash Anime to Air in Japan
posted on by Egan Loo
Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: The official website for the Kotonakare Hero Jinjāman (Kenji Itoso. The official website has posted a sample short.
The story centers around a spineless, lazy vegetable who becomes a hero in a family refigerator's vegetable bin. The downtrodden "bit player vegetables" — condiments such the green onions, wasabi, red chili pepper, and black pepper — face prejudice from the "lead role vegetables" — main dish vegetables such as the daikon (Japanese white radish), carrot, and sweet potato. A root of ginger names himself Gingerman and stands up for the rights of the bit player vegetables.
winning series uses a combination of computer graphics and pencil sketches to depict the secret nocturnal life of vegetables in a New York kitchen. Not coincidentally, Amano lives in New York City.
Source: Kenji Itoso's Diary of Slapstick Animation Production Work
Image © Komame Yoshizuya/Kenji Itoso/Mz Planning/Amusement Media Sōgō Gakuin
