Happy YouTube Day!

[tealin]

The second trailer for Nocturna, which I've been waiting for since seeing the first one about five years ago. Apparently it's actually coming out this year. I'll believe that when I see it.

Their next project ... looks kind of Iron Gianty but more about the 'giant' than what happens around it.

Pretty demo reel. Preeettyyyy.

Another pretty demo reel, though this guy really likes his girls, and some of them may be a bit too undressed for the more sensitive viewers.

Comments

[jesskat.livejournal.com]

El Cid must've been released in the States somehow because my DVD has an English language track (American English, from what I remember) as well as the original Spanish one. I can't seem to find it on Amazon, though, maybe it only had a limited release or something.

I've been looking forward to Nocturna ever since first hearing about it, too. It's about damn time they start bringing it out.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Maybe they recorded the English track because they were planning to release it Stateside, and then they didn't ... who knows? I bet the DVD is just in the European region code.

I think I remember hearing something about it being too politically sensitive or something (omg msulims!!!1) ... dunno if that was official or just someone theorizing. It makes sense, though. It's on IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315000/), which Nocturna isn't, but it doesn't have a US rating. I love the plot summary, though. Oh, the character design...

[jesskat.livejournal.com]

Don't know about the muslims, it could be one reason, I suppose. Another might be that they thought it wouldn't quite find an audience there. I bought the movie solely because I missed pretty traditional animation, but frankly I thought the film was boring. Too melodramatic and heavy-handed for kids to follow yet they had a useless animal sidekick put in which adults don't care for. I think they were being slightly too ambitious. I really hope Nocturna will be better, as I like some of the character designs and there seem to be some original ideas in it.

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

All region DVD available on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/EL-CID-A-LENDA-EL-CID-THE-LEGEND-2003-DVD_W0QQitemZ190067676022QQihZ009QQcategoryZ617QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem