Water is extremely versatile in the real world and the same can be said for its place in animated filmmaking. In this episode of Get In The Mecha I take a look at how anime makes use of water as a device for telling profound stories, from Attack On Titan to Heike Monogatari. I also discuss why it is worth loooking into these tools for yourself when engaging with a piece of art.

Video Version of this Episode: https://youtu.be/64IWFKvyNCA

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:50 - The Iceberg
4:11 - The Great Passage
7:32 - March Comes In Like A Lion
11:57 - Attack On Titan
15:48 - Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
18:40 - Heike Monogatari
24:23 - 'Over-reading' & Intentionality
27:14 - Outro + Music Credits

Show Notes for this episode: https://getinthemecha.home.blog/2022/06/12/studying-water-visual-storytelling-in-anime-gitm-podcast-ep-114/

Staff & Creators Mentioned: Shion Miura, Takuya Sato, Toshimasa Kuroyanagi, Naoyuki Asano, Ryousuke Nakamura, Nobutaka Yoda, Kazuya Shiotsuki, Hajime Isayama, (AOT S3 P2 #10 Staff: SB - Daizen Komatsuda / ED - Tetsuya Wakano, Shintaro Itoga & Tetsuro Araki), Tokuyuki Matsutake, Mamoru Hatakeyama, Nobukage Kimura, Naoko Yamada

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Music In This Episode:

Synth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch:
https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex

Chill by Alex McCulloch:
https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1

On The Road Again by Alex McCulloch:
https://opengameart.org/content/on-a-monday-night

Adventure Time:
https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised