How come these movies were directly inspired by Jankovics and 'Hungarian folk tales', and they are fairly well known, but Jankovics is not at all?
Is it anglo favoritism? Are the Irish anglos?
How come these movies were directly inspired by Jankovics and 'Hungarian folk tales', and they are fairly well known, but Jankovics is not a...
It comes down to lack of availability/awareness - a lot of Eastern Euro animation rarely aired in the West, and when it did it was usually through festival screenings or used as filler between shows on TV.
It's weird because he was well known in animator circles, he even got hired to work on Disney's 'Emperor's New Groove' before it got changed.
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/marcell-jankovics-interview-feherlofia-why-would-one-imitate-reality-112926.html
Marketing
>Every Cartoon Saloon film is nominated Best Animated Feature
>Wolfwalkers headlined Apple TV with a bang
>GKIDS never lets you forget that THEY distribute Cartoon Saloon
>easy availability on platforms like Netflix
>the Star Wars Visions short
gets it. Jankovics wasn't well known unless you looked for him.
>>the Star Wars Visions short
Which short did they make
Screecher's Reach
there are some Romanian cartoons airing on Canada during the 80s
Tragedy of Man> The Enrite Irish folklore trilogy
I've always heard Samurai Jack, that Toei Orochi anime movie that inspired Wind Waker, and Thief and the Cobbler were the inspiration points for Kells.
Allegedly, Genndy Tartakovsky was also inspired by Jankovics, although i couldn't find an official confirmation or anything:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2020/08/21/son-of-the-white-mare-released-in-america-after-39-years/
"While White Mare is only reaching American shores now, viewers in the U.S. may see the film as a forerunner to the atmospheric work of domestic animators like Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack) and Craig McCracken (The Powerpuff Girls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends).
“I have taught animation, it has certainly affected some of my students,” Jankovics said. “I have seen animated films where the effect shows. Young animators from across the world reach out to me occasionally, mostly because of this film.”"
Cartoon Saloon being inspired by him is mentioned in a lot of places, but couldn't find an official source either.
https://www.animationscoop.com/remembering-marcell-jankovics/
"Years later, Cartoon Saloon director Tomm Moore cited White Mare and Marcell’s shorts films on Hungarian folk tales as major influences on his work."
https://maidagan.medium.com/wolfwalkers-the-story-behind-story-96a8ee746911
"None of us, except maybe Giovanna and Louise as studio veterans, would have known where to begin had we not been exposed to stuff like Hungarian Folktales by Marcell Jankovics and The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon by Yugo Serikawa during story briefings."
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/marcell-jankovics-giant-of-hungarian-animation-dies-at-79-205690.html
"Many of his works, notably Johnny Corncob (János Vitéz, 1973) and Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia, 1981), have become global cult classics, whose fans include the likes of Roger Allers and Tomm Moore."
https://www.dailyhindnews.com/the-wolf-people-5-things-to-know-about-this-animated-film-inspired-by-irish-folklore/
"From an artistic point of view, Tomm Moore says he was mainly inspired by Eastern European animated films adapted from folk tales, starting with the works of Hungarian director Marcell Jankovics."
Underrated Jank
Another underrated Jank not even Jank fans talk about.
And the most underrated, so underrated noone will know what this is from.
>tfw at 0:17 when it goes all M.C. Escher.
Freaky, man.
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That pic is beautiful. Is there a clean version?
Neat.
I know
these types of art styles are nice like the czech cartoons from the soviet era
I remember I saw Song of the Sea once, it was awesome
>Are the Irish anglos?
there is not a single person who would say so on this green earth