From The Animation Workshop.

Second-year students at The Animation Workshop have created five short films that, each in their own way, open up the world of the samurai warrior to the audience, drawing inspiration from Krigsmueet’s (The Danish War Museum) samurai armors.

The films explore themes of the brutality of war, the aesthetics of combat, mythology, and the beautiful craftsmanship of the armor.

The students were divided into five groups, each consisting of 4–5 animators, 4–5 3D artists, and 2–3 sound designers. The work began with a blank sheet of paper and, ten weeks later, ended with a finished film. It was an intensive and exciting process in which the students used all their creative energy and technical skills, making many difficult choices along the way.

JOROGUMU – Japanese yokai myth with a samurai duel!

According to the group behind it, JOROGUMU is a tribute:
“The short is a love letter to the Japanese art culture and cinema. It is inspired mainly by the Bunraku theater with the protagonist being a puppet like those from this specific theater style and the animation resembles stop motion to reinforce the theatrical element. All that, combined with the very influential Japanese horror cinema strive to create a unique little short that showcases the armor of the Danish War Museum and captures the charm of the culture it is representing.”

𝗝𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗨𝗠𝗨 is created by:
Angeliki Ioekeimidou – Director and Animation Generalist
Ulrikke Bastian – Art Director and Animation Generalist
Len Quaranta – Technical Director and Rigging
Mihka Mäntynen – Animation Lead
Halfdan With – Production Manager and CG Generalist
C. Rosini – Pipeline Manager and CG Generalist
Adriana Kacalova – CG Generalist and Rigging
Line Schmidt – CG Generalist
Yihan Liu Overgaard – Rigging
Theodor Ellegard Borch – Animation Generalist

Sound and music by Sonic College