FORGOTTEN ISLAND anime inspirations

    โดย Anjali Filmi: Januel Mercado

    Breaking expectations for animated films means opening doors to new inspiration, which is exactly what happens with FORGOTTEN ISLAND. The movie dives into themes of friendship, Filipino mythology, and memories while letting those concepts drive the visual style. Directors Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado tapped into specific 90s anime influences like Street Fighter, Dragon Ball, and Sailor Moon. Their passion was fueled by growing up surrounded by old school arcade games that shaped their creative vision.

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    With Puss in Boots, we learned that if you break the expectations even for yourself of what something's supposed to be, it's an animated film. Ponally, but also style-wise, like the look of it, then you kind of open the doors to new inspiration. And so being able to like, with this movie, go, this is a movie about friendship, a movie about Filipino mythology and memories. And then let that inspire the looks and styles. We have a lot of memories of a lot of different anime styles. Yep, going up in the 90s. Again, we were geeking out earlier about Street Fighter, all of the Capcom 2D games, Dragon Ball, of course, Sailor Moon, and we're in a perfect, you know, surrounded by our old school arcade games. Just the things that we're passionate about and really inspired us growing up.