'The Apple Incident' and 'Fantasy': from the director of 'The Diary of Tortove Roddle'

Do you remember that little gem The Diary of Tortov Roddle? Apparently, two fantastic animation shorts by the director Kato Kunio (加藤久仁生) are included in the DVD:

The Apple Incident

You may check it out here at Stage6. While I do not purport to understand the idea behind this surreal animation short, my educated guess is that it speaks of how the abnormal gradually becomes normal. The short begins with apples of various sizes falling from the sky and rolling out from nowhere etc. People are amazed. Then they consume the apples. Before long, apples grow on their heads. The apples have become part of their system, so to speak.

Fantasy

A charming little short. I have no word to describe it, except that this is what animation would look like if animation were poetry. You can check it out here on Stage6.

Comments

[Jordan S.]

Does this DVD have English subtitles? Or is it that all the films are wordless, so subtitles are not needed?

[Wabi Sabi]

Good question. I think not...