The end of the episode has the mans child saying something to the effect of "When I grow up I want to be the one firing the cannon". The point being that perpetual war begets perpetual war.
Wasn't there ambiguous blue light shining through curtains of boy's bedroom in the end along with sounds of siren? It probably shown someone got into the city
One of the best details, which I rarely see called out, is that the animation goes to great lengths to show that the commander who fires the gun is both completely unnecessary and a hindrance to their efficiency. His role is purely ceremonial, it slows down the firing a lot, *and yet* he is the highest-status member of the crew. The loader’s son looks up to him, he wants to be “the guy who fires the gun, not just a loader like my dad”. He’s a portly drag on the entire system.
That's true. But I'll at least give the guy credit, at the end of the video loaders are punished by being forced to stay next to the cannon when it fires, yet the officer does it without a hint of fear or injury. Unnecessary and dangerously pointless as he is, he's got balls for standing in that blast radius at the very least.
His lack of expression, stiff robotic movement and adherence to ceremony likely conveys a sense of bureaucracy burden, along with a 'useful idiot' vibe, for me at least. To me, he's the uber patriot locked into the motions no matter how useless or unnecessary, and to the system that elevated him to that position, he's expendable and just an overdressed tool.
This extremely long loading procedure creates a really intense mood. Seeing all the steps taken to launch a massive cannon only makes the viewers appreciate the firing scene even more
La Guerra se transforma en la razón única de ser de las sociedades patriarcales. Este corto metraje está basado en una novela de Verne, me contaron. Es el futuro de Europa, tras la derrota en Ucrania, debido, precisamente a su incapacidad de producir suficiente munición de artillería. Ironías de La Historia. 22-12-2023 Valparaíso. b
@@daibo0neI think that kind of the point it is a wasteful, authoritarian, militaristic society that stuck in a perpetual war with could be a none existent enemy and the higher ups keeping this way to remain in power and kept the populace in control kinda like George Orwell 1984 where we not sure Oceania fought actual war or it is just all propaganda to kept the miserable populace in control.
Oh, if you were there, you knew it was. Growing up with stuff animated like this makes you see right though all the cheap tricks and lack of skill and talent in A LOT of modern day productions. I'm not hating on newer stuff. There's a plenty of great works. But a lot of stuff these days is animated like garbage.
@🗡️The Missing Link🗡️ To be fair, technology has evolved a fairly large amount since then. As a result, the skill ceiling has been vastly lowered, and I do find that a lot of anime do look the same. Then you have fucking Chainsaw Man, which is probably one of the best animated series since stuff along the lines of Spriggan, with that famous little unloading a handgun scene running around on Shorts.
@@OrificeHorus Well Chainsaw Man is certainly one of the examples, but there are many anime and non-anime series that lately have almost excellent qualities at least in the technical sector, One Piece himself after years and years of mediocrity (2005 to 2019), is now having certain episodes which are technically outstanding. Speaking of commercial productions, this spring season of anime has series like Heavenly Delusion and Oshi no Ko. Or in that last autumn season we had in addition to Chainsaw Man , two jewels like Mob Pscyho and Bocchi the Rock .
Honestly I don't agree with the second sentence, there are many animation works, especially niche ones, that are unique. Even speaking of more popular things, to say almost all the works of the 4°C studio are worthy, such as "Children of the sea". The point is that unlike in the past , now a lot more stuff comes out and many times the most mediocre stuff obscures the rest , and even the public itself sometimes doesn't like the most unique stuff , I won't forget the criticisms that there have been at the episode 6 ( if I'm not mistaken ) or another ep of season 3 of Mob Psycho , saying it was a "low budget" episode because the lines of the characters weren't clean or because sometimes you couldn't see the face etc...
I’d just like to say I 100% agree. Though there are works today that come close, nothing has really topped the technical prowess of late 80s and 90s 2D animation. It really was the peak. Akira, The Thief and the Cobbler, Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, The Iron Giant. So many beautiful animated masterpieces You’d think computers would have made it easier for beautiful 2D animation to be created, but it seems like studios used computers to save money rather than push the medium further. Colors look so flat and plastic compared to watercolors on cel animation, though they seem to be slowly fixing that in anime like One Piece
Dunno if you'd be okay standing in a cloud of superheated steam, thousands of decibels roaring around you. It would basically shatter your skull, ear to ear.
You should look up "Le roi et l'oiseau" by Paul Grimault. Thing is from the 80's and has that very unique style to it. Dw it's possible to find in english, there isn"t much talking in it anyway ^^
I think it's interesting just how sickly the gunner looks. Being that close to that big of an explosion can't be good for you, and it's obvious that they know that seeing that being forced to stand next to the gun when it fires is a punishment for loaders who screw up, and yet he's standing just feet away from it every single time.
I am sure there are alot of burns on site. Its mention in there they use steam pressure to move that thing around so you know its like a furnace in there.
Sailors weren't even allowed on deck when the Iowa's 16" cannon were fired due to risk of physical trauma, I can't imagine what this would do. That looks like maybe 2m bore given the people standing by the shells?
Always assumed the sickliness stemmed from gluttony. All the hard dangerous and dirty work done before he arrives, even to such a degree that they have to evacuate not ot be in his pressence when he makes a big deal of pulling the tiny string to fire. Which seems like an apt metaphor for army command. Get the medals, food and prestige on the back of the people working themselves sick for him.
Love how quickly and efficiently the rank and file load the cannon only for the commander to slowly make his way over to actually fire the cannon just shows how pomp his job is
I suspect it's based in Imperial Japanese Navy protocols. Or at least they do that exact same pattern of command and response in the films featuring them I've seen. Likely intentional. Or rather, they're evoking that sort of mien.
My job employs a lot of veterans and while it’s not necessarily high stress, I think they search for veterans not only to support veterans, but also because soldiers are very organized and do their jobs well.
Good to see minds alike that know about that masterpiece of mobile gaming. I still remember the excitement on my first playtrough as a kiddo when I first got the Alastor :D
It's the same ancient ai autigenerated tech used to create stuff today just without the filter I bet. Same as black an white films an photos. Ai today is showing 2 things : ai isn't allowed to exist. But it's artifical ignorance replacement can recreate earth in a second.
@@Sourman1545I’m pretty sure modern animation are still made by human and not AI, unless you mean the CGI which is yes… it doesn’t look good but it still cost a lot. But AI animation are funny as hell bro, check it out it’s so bad it loop around to become so good
The fact that you believe it's cheaper to hand draw animation like this compared to modern standards just shows the internet is full of people who talk shit and don't know what the hell they're talking about, @@Mynameisnotjoe. If you don't know something then keep your mouth shut, or better yet read a book and stop spreading misinformation. Take some responsibility.
Ciertamente. Tenía un estilo más pictórico. La Guerra se transforma en la razón única de ser de las sociedades patriarcales. Este corto metraje está basado en una novela de Verne, me contaron. Es el futuro de Europa, tras la derrota en Ucrania, debido, precisamente a su incapacidad de producir suficiente munición de artillería. Ironías de La Historia. 22-12-2023 Valparaíso.
Everyone is praising the animation and rightly so. But the sound design is amazing. There’s a lot of percussion and brass to emphasise how heavily mechanised this operation is. A lot of strings and woodwinds are eliminated very early on but a small bit is still kept because they provide the anxiety of the scene because everything needs to be precise. The minor scales add rising tension near to when the cannon is fired and there’s that excellent tension relief seconds before the moment of truth when the canon is fired.
I love the complexity and tiny minutiae in this scene for the loading procedure. The fact it takes plenty of people just to set it up hits home for me as someone who has worked with military aircraft where it can take 40 bodies on the ground just to catch a single jet coming from a sortie.
@@ShortArmOfGodtakes about 2 minutes to load what looks like an 800mm shell. An Iowa class battleship could put over 40 400mm shells downrange in the same time
Just watched a nearly 10 min video of a cannon being loaded and fired and it was damn _intense_ . Seriously the interesting art direction, smooth animation and fantastic panning shots. This is the kind of crap I live for and I was genuinely shocked I'd never heard of or even seen a still/screenshot from this until now.
Fondo y Forma. La Guerra se transforma en la razón única de ser de las sociedades patriarcales. Este corto metraje está basado en una novela de Verne, me contaron. Es el futuro de Europa, tras la derrota en Ucrania, debido, precisamente a su incapacidad de producir suficiente munición de artillería. Ironías de La Historia. 22-12-2023 Valparaíso.
Damn this gives me 40K vibes with: 1. The absurdity of the size of this cannon. 2. Seeing all those kids cheering the blast while working in a factor for making more shells.
I love the musical difference between the theme for the loading crew working diligently, and the farce that is the Gunner, who at the end of the day gets all of the credit and accolades. A pompous, corpulent man deafening himself for the glory of his country, after all of the actually hard work has been done. I also like how you see the real Gunner first, before the scene with the kid's fantasy, and finally the big portrait, which is just as realistic as the child's doodles.
From what I remember of this movie, the gunner is ceremonial and dies every time the cannon is fired. It's never the same guy firing it. It's why all the workers leave the operating area every time the cannon is fired. I seem to remember a scene where they are cleaning up the pieces of the last guy's body.
I’ll always feel that at the end when the kid asks his dad who they are fighting he simply says “someday you’ll understand.” And to me it kinda felt like the dad obviously didn’t like war but can’t really say anything against it to his son either maybe the father fears that his son will have to live a life full of war as well
the visuals at 7:40 are so solid: it’s a very provocative image and it works perfectly to the message of “the people born in this city are born as cannon fodder just like the shells they create”
The realism and detail they approached the actual cannon reloading and firing is so respectable to me as a huge cannon fan. In hindsight it would have taken even longer to fire its shots (The largest cannon of all time, Schwerer Gustav, at 800 millimetres, took about 45 minutes to fire a single shot, and this cannon looks even larger!), but I do understand not devoting 75% of a feature length movie's runtime to a single cannon shot. Also I absolutely love this phenomenal shot of this super dystopian looking city-structure with all those cannon barrels poking out *9:35**.*
@@tsm688 Yes, I know that it is not about the weapon itself; I just gave a mention to how respectfully they animated it and noted a couple of technical details.
For all the redcon fans this is probably what inspired hexage the cannon number is 17 the soldiers look like state soldiers and the man who fires it is would be grim also the ost with the crowd is probably when the workers are screaming
This is the first thing you see when you look up Redcon on wikipedia: Redcon - Strike Commander (styled as REDCON) is a 2016 real-time strategy video game developed by Hexage. It is inspired by the Japanese anime film Memories - Episode 3 : "CANNON FODDER"
This is just pure dieselpunk: the lack of automation, the overly complex mechanisms, the obligatory full-face gasmask inclusion, the massive city flattening cannon
Eh, personally I'd say it feels more steampunk, but I guess it depends on whether you'd consider the WW1 aesthetic to be steampunk or dieselpunk. Personally, I think dieselpunk would be based more on the 30's or 40's, while this has more of a late 1910's aesthetic.
@lolmeme69_ I think the core aesthetics of whatever "punk" is the feeling of alternate history that advanced far more than the technology they have, and somehow, they achieved advanced techs with their limited assets. So that a supercomputer made of supermassive differential engines is steampunk, and by extension, overcomplicated and overwhelming usage of gears without proper transmissions, chains, or other advanced power transfer mechanisms is also steampunk; it suggests they hadn't developed more powerful combustion engines which need such mechanisms. By my perspective, this is not steampunk since they obviously have petroleum tech. This can be dieselpunk tho, since they have no better techs than early 20th century petroleum tech, but somehow made such colossal thing without any magical advanced techs.
@@HOSAS_Gaming That's not just true, I'm pretty sure that's the textbook definition of the "punk" aesthetic. I'd still consider it steampunk, as it has the hallmarks of steampunk technology and primarily use Industrial Revolution style weaponry. You don't have the semiauto rifles and heavy bombers of the 40's, you have something more akin to WW1. Dieselpunk contains steam technology and even may have primitive computers, but that doesn't change it. Fallout may have computers but it's still atompunk, not cyberpunk. It's about what technology is most prominent, and back in WW1, despite having some early planes, it was still very steam-centric. I'm really not sure how this uses petroleum technology, this seems pretty steam-y to me. There's a certain brute brutality to steampunk machines compared to the more sleek look of dieselpunk, and that stereotype implies steam technology.
@@necrosteel5013 That's why he's protected with a thick layer of shock absorbing blubber. Obviously the result of some form of multi-generational selective breeding system.
Probably because most games and movies aren’t trying to faithfully recreate IRL cannon loading. In fact most games and movies are normally within a genre where this wouldn’t even make sense like seriously what do you expect?
@@connormclernon26 with the technology of this story, they can totally do the firing remotely without any high ranking person to waste so much time to do it
Quick estimation of the round being fired: Caliber: 1750mm, Shell weight: about 50 metric tons depending on type of munition, thin walled HE filled would be more like 35tons, thick walled AP shell would be much heavier.
I saw this years ago in a print comic, can't remember where. The narrator was a kid of one of the loaders, talking about how proud he was of his dad and how one day he hoped to be the one who fire the cannon. I distinctly remember the guy who made a mistake being made to stand there and endure the last shot without ear protection as punishment.
about what you said about it being a single flowing scene, in the Memories making-of documentary they showed that the background, the phisical background sheet was this huge super complicated single piece with all the settings of the short painted onto xD
When i first watched this, my jaw dropped at 3:50 and 5:24. This kind of animation is really hard to pull off. But there was something at the back of my head that made me watch it again at 2x speed. And then my jaw fell off completly. This entire sequence is done without a single cut. How? Just How?
3:50 is done by animating different 'layers', in the physical sense. By shifting them over top of eachother (and possibly by angling the capture camera towards the left over the duration) you get that 3D looking turning motion on the visuals.
Yeah it looks like they didn't draw each frame of the canon at 3:50 but slightly deformed the whole canon and moved its parts on separate layers to give a 3D feel (like in 2D rigging animation). But knowing it was made in 1995, I am not sure there were a lot of software already able to do this.
@@Heide_Knight I doubt this is done with any computer use; This has all the hallmarks of classic animation. It's essentially literal physical layers of plastic with partial drawings on them. It was widely used by Disney since the 30s(?). If you search for it on YT you'll find some fantastic videos on it, and how the techique got more intricate and complex with the movies' progressing.
7:01 that little belly jiggle they animated is great. The entire loading and firing sequence is so ridiculous, and this pompous little man covered in medals comes out to push the button.
@@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat Not a button, pull cord. And on the old time artillery this cannon clearly is emulating it really couldn't be in a controll room, did you ever try pulling a wire that has several meters? it gets exponentially harder due to drag.
This looks very realistic, like ww1 tech if electronic progress was stunted, the gasmasks so you dont inhale steam or fumes directly, helmets just in case things go wrong, the evacuation, the loading, it is incredible, talent is evolving backwards however and this sequence in a similar scene would just be replaced by aim and fire lazershooteegun
The gasmasks are because the gunpowder they use in the lore of this video is extremely toxic. In the setting, they show people protesting, demanding the government use non-toxic gunpowder. It's meant to be a tribute to how dangerous the job is of the man who fires the gun is, and why that man is shaking so much as he's next to the gun as it fires. The entire point of this is that his child wants to be the next person who fires the gun, thus dooming himself to poisoning.
i saw this, and i instantly remembered the capital destroyer cannons from Redcon, even the dudes being in suits with gas masks and giant forts makes it even more better. what a great scene.
The only really ridiculous thing I see is the guy pushing the button right next to the cannon. In WW1 the Germans had Siege Mortars which where no where near as big as this gun, and they had to remotely fire it from 300 yards away while laying on the ground with their mouths open to not rupture their internal organs. Other than that it's a really well animated sequence that shows firing a large scale artillery piece.
That probably has more to do with the shortness of the barrel meaning you're closer to the muzzle and thus closer to the blast. With this long barreled gun it's not as bad so long as you don't stand near the muzzle. There's several ww2 footage videos showing sailors standing on deck or at the railings of battleships as the guns were firing over the side and being fine. If the guns were to be fired over the deck and they were standing underneath the muzzle they'd be killed guarenteed. You can even see this with normal 105/122mm howitzers of the us, if you're behind them its fine but if you were right underneath the muzzle the blast would kill you or at least very much harm you
I thought it was a different officer each time...a "sacrificial" role. The stoic ceremonial motion, full regalia, the only one on the cannon floor, walking past the condemned, etc. showed that it was his "last action" in service to the "war." They look similar, but so do the countless workers.
you can look for the 220mm( i think, maybe little bit bigger) arty made by the soviet and still use nowday( both russian and ukrainian use them in the war) its has a long barrel so its fine
I do recall seeing photos of the backgrounds; they were long enough that they were glued on walls and even ceiling of the studio when animating the camera pans. Absolute mad lad craftsmanship.
I love the similarity between this and the other Memories short. Both feature armed forces wasting incredible amounts of effort and resources to solve a Problem that would be already nonexistent if they tried a peaceful approach. Also, the soldiers here look a lot like the ones from the other short too
No, but maybe there were at some point. They follow orders regardless of how pointless it is. Quite like North Korea, everyone celebrating the cannon firing as if it is a religión.
@@aniquinstark4347 Its an old anime trilogy the whole release of Memories. This is the last story of all three, althought they are not connected. It never explains why they have a cannon at each house but you have to assume certain things. The extensive use of olive green against red, the fear in the operators, the mustache of the main character, the seemingly forced cheering after firying, the picture hanging like they had with Stalin. I watched it about 5 years ago so i dont remember everything.
The end of the Movie kind of led me to believe that this was an allegory for Civilian life in WW2 Imperial Japan. Told the Enemy was near defeat, never seeing the enemy- Then *SPOILER* Nuked at the end.
I dont know if anyone can answer, I haven't seen the movie - the kaiser guy who fires the cannon, is he killed? They make and it seems like the cannon floor is deadly if you're there, and they evacuate each sequence, so is it just simply not as fatal as I'm thinking? Is he just like, permanently deaf, or is my theory that they have a sacrificial lamb to actually fire the cannon, to put more weight and life behind each shot, symbolically correct? Is the crew that had a shell slip and punished by remaining on the floor dead? That guy was super terrified so that was my assumption.
@@stormtempterf8058 I think, they are forced to stay here because if something went wrong because of shell falling (like cannon explosion) their death will be their punishment for this mistake.
Maybe it is the only time a commadant of such rank is there to fire the great cannon (special occasion?). The workers on the other hand have to work there every day. It is for their saftey over time that they evacuate the hangar. Alteast that is what i think. In any case, the films are ment to show off the animators artistical prowess, more then story. The stories are there for the visuels.
I think it's one of those things that you decide for yourself. Ultimately, these works are meant to be interpreted. If the authors wanted to communicate a precise idea, they would've picked different methods.
The size difference between the barrel and the actual shot and powder charge is so large that It really ticks me off when I see it. Otherwise; a good looking artillery piece.
Jesus Christ animes were so different back then, there is so much fucking detail it’s amazing. These old animes always make me sad because it gives me nostalgia of a time I never got to live during.
That was my assumption. They've been 'at war' for so many generations, none remember who they fight, if they still live, or anything other than make shells, load shells, fire shells, live another day, repeat. They are cogs in a perpetual war machine that exists to keep existing. None question why things are the way they are, or why they do what they do. They make the shells, load the shells, fire the shells and get to live another day, for the glory of the State. That was my impression anyway.
I'm pretty sure the nondescript "enemy" had already been shelled to oblivion some time ago, and they're just going through the motions because it's all they know.
I’m pretty certain they based it off the Gustav yeah, you see a lot of German ww2 vehicles repurposed in Japanese animation for some reason like the gold hetzers in nausicca
That was honestly really impressive from an animations and storytelling standpoint, I felt it all the way through, the music, the audio everything about loading the cannon was a well tuned machine that was impressive and awe inspiring due to the work of all those involved in operating it, and then comes the guy that fires it and it crumbles that professional and impressive façade and it shows what it really is, it is just a circus with the one firing as the main clown, the music shifts so suddenly and you realise how pointless it is.
How does this only have 44 thousand views? This is a great scene from what I felt was a pretty decent anthology. Meanwhile some absolute crap that people still call anime gets millions of views on RUclips.
The anime industry’s quality has been declining for 15 years now (probably longer, but the peak was certainly the mid 90s). Sad that they’ve focused more and more on fanservice instead of purposeful art
The purpose is different, throught is the same type of art. Otomo is a more reflexive art, it's what we call (with some arrogance, is true) "high culture", it's art with a social purpose. Demon Slayer, Spy x Family and similars are entertainment, it's still art, but it's other purpose and it's not realistic to expect they have the same spread. It's like to expect that Tchaikovsky is more listened than Lady Gaga or Kubrick is more watched than Scary Movie series. And no, you are not better than anyone for consuming "high culture", you're just consuming a different kind of art.
@@raquelpardal5343 I never said I was better than anyone else. But it was clear a lot of hard work was put into this anime short. It’s a piece that every aspiring film student, especially those who go into animation, should watch.
This reminds me of REDCON, a game that's based on this animation, especially this huge ass cannon in this animation which is the last thing you'll unlock in the game Addendum: even the personnel's uniform is also the same as in this animation
@@HATE-ALL-HUMANS also Alder Grimm's comment on the gun seventeen, when he said that he's the first to fire the gun is a reference to this exact clip Also the fact that REDCON's Omega Capital Destroyer #17 is also inspired of the same gun in this animation The devs of REDCON do be loving this animation
@@Gabriel-he6ih well technicaly this is not the anime we've known and used to see today. Back in the 1970's or 1980's this is actually a high quality tv show. And damn that gave me nostalgia when I used to play redcon. Imma re-download it and fight some monsters of concrete and steel!
This really reminds me of the Redcon game by Hexage. The "workers" look like them and the giant cannon looks like the one here. Maybe this was their inspiration when they made it. EDIT: I was actually right!
I like how they have an massive number of people who are all extremely well disciplined and practiced in order to load and aim the cannon quickly, and then they double the time it takes by having the officer walk in by himself and fire the gun prim and proper instead of having him standing in place from the beginning.
It reminds me about my favourite mobile game when I was a kid... It's called "REDCON" by HEXAGE... You guys should check it out... The gameplay is similar with this scene
I bet you the window business in that city is absolutely booming
Ha-ha.
Literal I bet
Like the cannon
Everyday they have an explosion of sales.
I see what you did there
I appreciate the ambiguity of whether there actually IS a war or if it's a military-based society fighting a non-existent enemy.
And it doesn't even make that much difference. War is equally stupid either way
The end of the episode has the mans child saying something to the effect of "When I grow up I want to be the one firing the cannon". The point being that perpetual war begets perpetual war.
@@LittleJohnnyBrown wrong, war always benefits somebody.
Wasn't there ambiguous blue light shining through curtains of boy's bedroom in the end along with sounds of siren? It probably shown someone got into the city
@@tarektechmarine8209 And it always fucks somebody else over, hence why it’s equally stupid
I like how the job for 3 of the guys is literally just to stand by and salute as things enter the breech
They're there to assist in case of injury.
@@devaneyjohn5349 and to take over if somebody does get injured.
@@tabula_rosa
just three people to replace god knows how many others... yeah.
/j
The machine gods must be honoured
@@Howlrunner82appease to make it work
One of the best details, which I rarely see called out, is that the animation goes to great lengths to show that the commander who fires the gun is both completely unnecessary and a hindrance to their efficiency. His role is purely ceremonial, it slows down the firing a lot, *and yet* he is the highest-status member of the crew. The loader’s son looks up to him, he wants to be “the guy who fires the gun, not just a loader like my dad”. He’s a portly drag on the entire system.
That's true. But I'll at least give the guy credit, at the end of the video loaders are punished by being forced to stay next to the cannon when it fires, yet the officer does it without a hint of fear or injury. Unnecessary and dangerously pointless as he is, he's got balls for standing in that blast radius at the very least.
His lack of expression, stiff robotic movement and adherence to ceremony likely conveys a sense of bureaucracy burden, along with a 'useful idiot' vibe, for me at least. To me, he's the uber patriot locked into the motions no matter how useless or unnecessary, and to the system that elevated him to that position, he's expendable and just an overdressed tool.
You could say the same with the English king ( or the Japanese emperor ).
@@reynaldoflores4522Or an American or Russian president with their nuclear launch codes.
@@DocHellfish people **wish** they would **stop** doing things...
Considering the size of the cannon, it's impressive how they fired a round in less than 4 minutes.
its because they were smart enough to paint it red
The loading crew is a well oiled machine.
Da boss says if wez quick at loadin wez gets to krump em fastea@@paille-boy
@@paille-boyNice reference
@@paille-boy
Well duh, painting things red makes it goes faster
the fact they animated the whole reloading is honorable
Most of it.
thats cause classic japan animation had the balls to do animation the right way
Consider un-aliving
@@MagnumPierce why so mad lmao
@@MagnumPierce
what did the animation do to you bro
This extremely long loading procedure creates a really intense mood. Seeing all the steps taken to launch a massive cannon only makes the viewers appreciate the firing scene even more
The shot itself is quite underwhelming, though :(
Yea, but from a strategig standpoint is such a big weapon stupid.
Just think about the Gustav.
La Guerra se transforma en la razón única de ser de las sociedades patriarcales. Este corto metraje está basado en una novela de Verne, me contaron. Es el futuro de Europa, tras la derrota en Ucrania, debido, precisamente a su incapacidad de producir suficiente munición de artillería. Ironías de La Historia.
22-12-2023 Valparaíso. b
@@daibo0nea large weapon doesn’t have to be effective, but merely powerful, it’s like flexing military muscle.
@@daibo0neI think that kind of the point it is a wasteful, authoritarian, militaristic society that stuck in a perpetual war with could be a none existent enemy and the higher ups keeping this way to remain in power and kept the populace in control kinda like George Orwell 1984 where we not sure Oceania fought actual war or it is just all propaganda to kept the miserable populace in control.
The 1990s were the the peak of artistic animation and we didn’t know it. Nothing today looks this spot on and gritty
Oh, if you were there, you knew it was. Growing up with stuff animated like this makes you see right though all the cheap tricks and lack of skill and talent in A LOT of modern day productions. I'm not hating on newer stuff. There's a plenty of great works. But a lot of stuff these days is animated like garbage.
@🗡️The Missing Link🗡️ To be fair, technology has evolved a fairly large amount since then. As a result, the skill ceiling has been vastly lowered, and I do find that a lot of anime do look the same.
Then you have fucking Chainsaw Man, which is probably one of the best animated series since stuff along the lines of Spriggan, with that famous little unloading a handgun scene running around on Shorts.
@@OrificeHorus Well Chainsaw Man is certainly one of the examples, but there are many anime and non-anime series that lately have almost excellent qualities at least in the technical sector, One Piece himself after years and years of mediocrity (2005 to 2019), is now having certain episodes which are technically outstanding.
Speaking of commercial productions, this spring season of anime has series like Heavenly Delusion and Oshi no Ko.
Or in that last autumn season we had in addition to Chainsaw Man , two jewels like Mob Pscyho and Bocchi the Rock .
Honestly I don't agree with the second sentence, there are many animation works, especially niche ones, that are unique.
Even speaking of more popular things, to say almost all the works of the 4°C studio are worthy, such as "Children of the sea".
The point is that unlike in the past , now a lot more stuff comes out and many times the most mediocre stuff obscures the rest , and even the public itself sometimes doesn't like the most unique stuff , I won't forget the criticisms that there have been at the episode 6 ( if I'm not mistaken ) or another ep of season 3 of Mob Psycho , saying it was a "low budget" episode because the lines of the characters weren't clean or because sometimes you couldn't see the face etc...
I’d just like to say I 100% agree. Though there are works today that come close, nothing has really topped the technical prowess of late 80s and 90s 2D animation. It really was the peak. Akira, The Thief and the Cobbler, Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, The Iron Giant. So many beautiful animated masterpieces
You’d think computers would have made it easier for beautiful 2D animation to be created, but it seems like studios used computers to save money rather than push the medium further. Colors look so flat and plastic compared to watercolors on cel animation, though they seem to be slowly fixing that in anime like One Piece
"One little mistake will end in death"
As a kid I thought he meant he'd get court martialed, but as an adult he's just concerned for everyone's safety
No I think its the opposite
Dunno if you'd be okay standing in a cloud of superheated steam, thousands of decibels roaring around you. It would basically shatter your skull, ear to ear.
I mean, both is possible. One mistake could kill people and, depending on the society, result in the person taking responsibility being executed
@@atmosquake3090 I do like the ambiguous nature of it, yes.
One guy dropped an explosive shell in ammo areas on a ship caused everyone to get killed
It was US Navy men
“Your hearing loss isn’t service related.”
That close to the shock wave I wonder if you would have any bones left, as I expect they would all be broken, along with your internal organs.
Bruh, that service related jab, savage
WHAT??
@@user-nu8in3ey8cThe human body is extremly resistent to show waves.
Drink water, change your socks, get some sleep, you'll be fine in the morning.
This short is an artistic masterpiece. Deserves to be watched by every student of film and animation.
there also a game base from this anime, it name Redcon
You should look up "Le roi et l'oiseau" by Paul Grimault. Thing is from the 80's and has that very unique style to it. Dw it's possible to find in english, there isn"t much talking in it anyway ^^
Every fine single detail was drawn in the building and on the people
The style for the characters looks like Dr Seuss but with a bleak and grim setting instead.
The whole Memories compilation, and Neo-Tokyo, and Daicon-IV
I think it's interesting just how sickly the gunner looks. Being that close to that big of an explosion can't be good for you, and it's obvious that they know that seeing that being forced to stand next to the gun when it fires is a punishment for loaders who screw up, and yet he's standing just feet away from it every single time.
Probably why he is seemingly very well compensated.
I am sure there are alot of burns on site. Its mention in there they use steam pressure to move that thing around so you know its like a furnace in there.
Sailors weren't even allowed on deck when the Iowa's 16" cannon were fired due to risk of physical trauma, I can't imagine what this would do. That looks like maybe 2m bore given the people standing by the shells?
Always assumed the sickliness stemmed from gluttony. All the hard dangerous and dirty work done before he arrives, even to such a degree that they have to evacuate not ot be in his pressence when he makes a big deal of pulling the tiny string to fire.
Which seems like an apt metaphor for army command. Get the medals, food and prestige on the back of the people working themselves sick for him.
Apparently there is small zone around a firering Canon where there is no sound at all, as reported from napoleon's time.
I love how the animators made the loading sequence look like one continuous take.
Really reminds me of 1917 and Oldboy 2005, hallway fight scene
That's actually how the entire short is, you shoudl give it a watch it's fantastic
they only been doing that animation style 100 years or more now, you must be new
Love how quickly and efficiently the rank and file load the cannon only for the commander to slowly make his way over to actually fire the cannon just shows how pomp his job is
The communication and call back between these team members would make any manager in a high stress job proud
I suspect it's based in Imperial Japanese Navy protocols. Or at least they do that exact same pattern of command and response in the films featuring them I've seen. Likely intentional. Or rather, they're evoking that sort of mien.
My job employs a lot of veterans and while it’s not necessarily high stress, I think they search for veterans not only to support veterans, but also because soldiers are very organized and do their jobs well.
"Gun Number 17. Commander, do you know who fired the first shot in the Unification War?"
"I did! From this very gun!"
Redcon... My favorite game
@@KaiserPalpi I wish it had a sequel.
And I wish it has a world map so I could visualize the world by then
All Cannons,
Redcon One!
Truly a magnificient game. Both it and this are truly inspired.
Good to see minds alike that know about that masterpiece of mobile gaming.
I still remember the excitement on my first playtrough as a kiddo when I first got the Alastor :D
@@aureusknighstar2195 i too
Early 90s animation just hits different, love the look of it and how gritty and real it feels.
It's the same ancient ai autigenerated tech used to create stuff today just without the filter I bet. Same as black an white films an photos. Ai today is showing 2 things : ai isn't allowed to exist. But it's artifical ignorance replacement can recreate earth in a second.
back when animation was an art lovingly done by human not a soul-less computer just because its cheaper
@@Sourman1545I’m pretty sure modern animation are still made by human and not AI, unless you mean the CGI which is yes… it doesn’t look good but it still cost a lot.
But AI animation are funny as hell bro, check it out it’s so bad it loop around to become so good
The fact that you believe it's cheaper to hand draw animation like this compared to modern standards just shows the internet is full of people who talk shit and don't know what the hell they're talking about, @@Mynameisnotjoe. If you don't know something then keep your mouth shut, or better yet read a book and stop spreading misinformation. Take some responsibility.
Ciertamente. Tenía un estilo más pictórico. La Guerra se transforma en la razón única de ser de las sociedades patriarcales. Este corto metraje está basado en una novela de Verne, me contaron. Es el futuro de Europa, tras la derrota en Ucrania, debido, precisamente a su incapacidad de producir suficiente munición de artillería. Ironías de La Historia.
22-12-2023 Valparaíso.
Looks like something from warhammer 40k. Like a hive city under siege.
THE IMPERIAL FISTS STAND READY TO FORTIFY!!! FOR THEE EMPRAAHH!!!
Only in 40k they'd be less safety equipment.
@@matthewallen2273 unless your with the steel legion or krieg
Kreig be like
@@HazmatUnit krieg my beloved
Everyone is praising the animation and rightly so. But the sound design is amazing.
There’s a lot of percussion and brass to emphasise how heavily mechanised this operation is. A lot of strings and woodwinds are eliminated very early on but a small bit is still kept because they provide the anxiety of the scene because everything needs to be precise. The minor scales add rising tension near to when the cannon is fired and there’s that excellent tension relief seconds before the moment of truth when the canon is fired.
0:18 some dude in the bottom center teleports into frame
Daym, good eyes
I love the complexity and tiny minutiae in this scene for the loading procedure. The fact it takes plenty of people just to set it up hits home for me as someone who has worked with military aircraft where it can take 40 bodies on the ground just to catch a single jet coming from a sortie.
The loading procedure is very realistically shown
aside from the weight of the machinery being heavily understated
I felt like they tried their best. I noticed a short cut was taken with closing the breach.
Several major inefficiencies in the process.
No no it's not
@@ShortArmOfGodtakes about 2 minutes to load what looks like an 800mm shell. An Iowa class battleship could put over 40 400mm shells downrange in the same time
Just watched a nearly 10 min video of a cannon being loaded and fired and it was damn _intense_ . Seriously the interesting art direction, smooth animation and fantastic panning shots. This is the kind of crap I live for and I was genuinely shocked I'd never heard of or even seen a still/screenshot from this until now.
brony
@@-alexpoe8394 ew you're right
The other 2 shorts in the movie are incredible too
@@albertoandrade9807*other short
Fondo y Forma. La Guerra se transforma en la razón única de ser de las sociedades patriarcales. Este corto metraje está basado en una novela de Verne, me contaron. Es el futuro de Europa, tras la derrota en Ucrania, debido, precisamente a su incapacidad de producir suficiente munición de artillería. Ironías de La Historia.
22-12-2023 Valparaíso.
Damn this gives me 40K vibes with:
1. The absurdity of the size of this cannon.
2. Seeing all those kids cheering the blast while working in a factor for making more shells.
It's the wives, not kids. Those factory workers were women
I was thinking about the Krieg the whole time :)
Krieg vibes
40k fans when they see gas masks:@@kicsilaci
this gives me vibes of 1940s germany. they had the same gun
I love the musical difference between the theme for the loading crew working diligently, and the farce that is the Gunner, who at the end of the day gets all of the credit and accolades. A pompous, corpulent man deafening himself for the glory of his country, after all of the actually hard work has been done. I also like how you see the real Gunner first, before the scene with the kid's fantasy, and finally the big portrait, which is just as realistic as the child's doodles.
From what I remember of this movie, the gunner is ceremonial and dies every time the cannon is fired. It's never the same guy firing it. It's why all the workers leave the operating area every time the cannon is fired. I seem to remember a scene where they are cleaning up the pieces of the last guy's body.
@@TehButterflyEffectwhere did you find that? I’d love to see
Let's face it this cannon is the inspiration for redcon
It actually is the very baises of with they made the game.
@@nuke7777 alongside the canon yep
Destructor 17
Не только пушка, но и весь город
Totally!
I’ll always feel that at the end when the kid asks his dad who they are fighting he simply says “someday you’ll understand.” And to me it kinda felt like the dad obviously didn’t like war but can’t really say anything against it to his son either maybe the father fears that his son will have to live a life full of war as well
It doesn't matter who they're fighting. Just that there is a shared "adversary".
Oceania was always at war with Eurasia
At the end wasn’t there a nuke or something flying towards the city?
Thus confirming the enemy existed
@@codybrox4693 it's the same shell hitting them from the other side
They are their own adversary
@@11metalfan wait so the cannon fires and the round travels around the world just to hit them?
the visuals at 7:40 are so solid: it’s a very provocative image and it works perfectly to the message of “the people born in this city are born as cannon fodder just like the shells they create”
Hmmmmm...... Redcon oversized omega
The realism and detail they approached the actual cannon reloading and firing is so respectable to me as a huge cannon fan. In hindsight it would have taken even longer to fire its shots (The largest cannon of all time, Schwerer Gustav, at 800 millimetres, took about 45 minutes to fire a single shot, and this cannon looks even larger!), but I do understand not devoting 75% of a feature length movie's runtime to a single cannon shot. Also I absolutely love this phenomenal shot of this super dystopian looking city-structure with all those cannon barrels poking out *9:35**.*
it is not about the cannon. it is about the way the people serve it. the children's forced cheering from the factory is haunting
@@tsm688 Yes, I know that it is not about the weapon itself; I just gave a mention to how respectfully they animated it and noted a couple of technical details.
@@NickAndriadze My comment appeared on the wrong comment. I was answering someone who complained that they spent too long loading the cannon.
For all the redcon fans this is probably what inspired hexage the cannon number is 17 the soldiers look like state soldiers and the man who fires it is would be grim also the ost with the crowd is probably when the workers are screaming
I love working for the good guys
In game they just use 4 guy to reload this fking big gun
@C H A D M A R I N E in the game you dont even need people to load the gun in auto loads humans just speeds it up
I KNEW IT!
This is the first thing you see when you look up Redcon on wikipedia: Redcon - Strike Commander (styled as REDCON) is a 2016 real-time strategy video game developed by Hexage. It is inspired by the Japanese anime film Memories - Episode 3 : "CANNON FODDER"
This is just pure dieselpunk: the lack of automation, the overly complex mechanisms, the obligatory full-face gasmask inclusion, the massive city flattening cannon
Eh, personally I'd say it feels more steampunk, but I guess it depends on whether you'd consider the WW1 aesthetic to be steampunk or dieselpunk. Personally, I think dieselpunk would be based more on the 30's or 40's, while this has more of a late 1910's aesthetic.
@lolmeme69_ I think the core aesthetics of whatever "punk" is the feeling of alternate history that advanced far more than the technology they have, and somehow, they achieved advanced techs with their limited assets. So that a supercomputer made of supermassive differential engines is steampunk, and by extension, overcomplicated and overwhelming usage of gears without proper transmissions, chains, or other advanced power transfer mechanisms is also steampunk; it suggests they hadn't developed more powerful combustion engines which need such mechanisms. By my perspective, this is not steampunk since they obviously have petroleum tech. This can be dieselpunk tho, since they have no better techs than early 20th century petroleum tech, but somehow made such colossal thing without any magical advanced techs.
@@HOSAS_Gaming That's not just true, I'm pretty sure that's the textbook definition of the "punk" aesthetic.
I'd still consider it steampunk, as it has the hallmarks of steampunk technology and primarily use Industrial Revolution style weaponry. You don't have the semiauto rifles and heavy bombers of the 40's, you have something more akin to WW1.
Dieselpunk contains steam technology and even may have primitive computers, but that doesn't change it. Fallout may have computers but it's still atompunk, not cyberpunk. It's about what technology is most prominent, and back in WW1, despite having some early planes, it was still very steam-centric. I'm really not sure how this uses petroleum technology, this seems pretty steam-y to me. There's a certain brute brutality to steampunk machines compared to the more sleek look of dieselpunk, and that stereotype implies steam technology.
@@lolmeme69_trenchpunk? If that exists?
No, this is clearly artillery punk.
Somehow this loading procedure is more accurate than what Hollywood or even Video Games can do.
insert redcon here
Except the dude firing the cannon right next to the damn thing would probably instantly die due to the collosal shockwave such guns generate.
@@necrosteel5013 That's why he's protected with a thick layer of shock absorbing blubber. Obviously the result of some form of multi-generational selective breeding system.
@@barrackhusseinobamareal
Probably because most games and movies aren’t trying to faithfully recreate IRL cannon loading. In fact most games and movies are normally within a genre where this wouldn’t even make sense
like seriously what do you expect?
Love how the most important job is who’s going to push the big red button
In this case, it’s a pull string, but yes.
@@connormclernon26 with the technology of this story, they can totally do the firing remotely without any high ranking person to waste so much time to do it
Don’t think the Gustav Railway Cannons were this large scale-wise but still crazy that massive guns like that have existed
Actually based on the shell size it’s within the same ball park of size
"For the sake of all humanity, May the best general win. All cannons, *REDCON 1"* - some dead traitor, I'll show him how to be a *REAL* traitor
For fuher grim
never ending war
This scene reminds alot of redcon players😂. We always get the feeling of being a general
Yeah.
Yep I wish redon got a sequel or atleast a damn spiritual successer
Quick estimation of the round being fired: Caliber: 1750mm, Shell weight: about 50 metric tons depending on type of munition, thin walled HE filled would be more like 35tons, thick walled AP shell would be much heavier.
Fun fact: 1750mm is the same as 1,75m!
Brings tears to a Redconer's eyes.
The music actually matches a battle in redcon.
@zionoffiong9937 Yeah, the whole game is sort of a spiritual adaption of the short film.
@@alexernst9448 I see you are a man of culture.
Tu si sabes
Glad to see another redconer here
Really seamless transitions that made it looked like a one take is one thing, but animating the entire loading process? Next level.
Golden age animation right here. I don't mind newer stuff but this is up there with Spriggan and MD Geist. Robot carnival too.
I saw this years ago in a print comic, can't remember where. The narrator was a kid of one of the loaders, talking about how proud he was of his dad and how one day he hoped to be the one who fire the cannon. I distinctly remember the guy who made a mistake being made to stand there and endure the last shot without ear protection as punishment.
about what you said about it being a single flowing scene, in the Memories making-of documentary they showed that the background, the phisical background sheet was this huge super complicated single piece with all the settings of the short painted onto xD
Oh so thats how Redcon got created :D
Hah. Yea)
Redcon 100%
*SPOILERS*
It has a nice ending, but I like to believe we absolutely dominate and stop the cycle our way
@@Stonecargo21 a continuation of the story would be great from Hexagon, cuz they really left us at a cliffhanger there
@@Stonecargo21 yeah that why i tries kill myself in past like 20 times
i love how the entire scene made without any crop, in my opinion it's truly awesome
6:28
Divine work to paint this camera angle in one background.
Crazy and awesome!
When i first watched this, my jaw dropped at 3:50 and 5:24. This kind of animation is really hard to pull off.
But there was something at the back of my head that made me watch it again at 2x speed. And then my jaw fell off completly. This entire sequence is done without a single cut. How? Just How?
3:50 is done by animating different 'layers', in the physical sense. By shifting them over top of eachother (and possibly by angling the capture camera towards the left over the duration) you get that 3D looking turning motion on the visuals.
Yeah it looks like they didn't draw each frame of the canon at 3:50 but slightly deformed the whole canon and moved its parts on separate layers to give a 3D feel (like in 2D rigging animation). But knowing it was made in 1995, I am not sure there were a lot of software already able to do this.
@@Heide_Knight I doubt this is done with any computer use; This has all the hallmarks of classic animation. It's essentially literal physical layers of plastic with partial drawings on them.
It was widely used by Disney since the 30s(?). If you search for it on YT you'll find some fantastic videos on it, and how the techique got more intricate and complex with the movies' progressing.
@@Heide_KnightWas probably as simple as just pushing/moving the celluloid layers frame by frame
It has the appearance of one cut but I don't think it is. There are a couple of places where there are extremely clever cuts.
7:01 that little belly jiggle they animated is great. The entire loading and firing sequence is so ridiculous, and this pompous little man covered in medals comes out to push the button.
Circus Clown Theme
@@timwells637 "Entry of the Gladiators"
@@hellacoorinna9995 Otherwise known as circus music which is fitting. Thank you good sir or mam
When the button could just be in the controllers room
@@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat Not a button, pull cord. And on the old time artillery this cannon clearly is emulating it really couldn't be in a controll room, did you ever try pulling a wire that has several meters? it gets exponentially harder due to drag.
This looks very realistic, like ww1 tech if electronic progress was stunted, the gasmasks so you dont inhale steam or fumes directly, helmets just in case things go wrong, the evacuation, the loading, it is incredible, talent is evolving backwards however and this sequence in a similar scene would just be replaced by aim and fire lazershooteegun
I was thinking more WW2 but I can see how WW1 tech can be seen
The gasmasks are because the gunpowder they use in the lore of this video is extremely toxic. In the setting, they show people protesting, demanding the government use non-toxic gunpowder. It's meant to be a tribute to how dangerous the job is of the man who fires the gun is, and why that man is shaking so much as he's next to the gun as it fires.
The entire point of this is that his child wants to be the next person who fires the gun, thus dooming himself to poisoning.
It’s amazing that they did all this in one long shot. Planning out all the backgrounds must’ve been so challenging and fun
i saw this, and i instantly remembered the capital destroyer cannons from Redcon, even the dudes being in suits with gas masks and giant forts makes it even more better. what a great scene.
This is one of the most impressive animations I've ever seen.
Скованны-е А-дной цепью
Связанны-е А-дной целью
Я тоже нашел это видео после Нау:)
Хахахаха, Наутилусовским ветром нас сюда занесло)
а что, вполне подходяще
Песня ни о чём жалко
@@gnom8668 в этой песне любой здравомыслящий человек поймёт смысл
The only really ridiculous thing I see is the guy pushing the button right next to the cannon. In WW1 the Germans had Siege Mortars which where no where near as big as this gun, and they had to remotely fire it from 300 yards away while laying on the ground with their mouths open to not rupture their internal organs. Other than that it's a really well animated sequence that shows firing a large scale artillery piece.
That probably has more to do with the shortness of the barrel meaning you're closer to the muzzle and thus closer to the blast.
With this long barreled gun it's not as bad so long as you don't stand near the muzzle.
There's several ww2 footage videos showing sailors standing on deck or at the railings of battleships as the guns were firing over the side and being fine.
If the guns were to be fired over the deck and they were standing underneath the muzzle they'd be killed guarenteed.
You can even see this with normal 105/122mm howitzers of the us, if you're behind them its fine but if you were right underneath the muzzle the blast would kill you or at least very much harm you
I thought it was a different officer each time...a "sacrificial" role. The stoic ceremonial motion, full regalia, the only one on the cannon floor, walking past the condemned, etc. showed that it was his "last action" in service to the "war." They look similar, but so do the countless workers.
you can look for the 220mm( i think, maybe little bit bigger) arty made by the soviet and still use nowday( both russian and ukrainian use them in the war) its has a long barrel so its fine
@@noscwoh1yup, my interpretation too
Well, he did put on his gas mask.
Damn, these new upgrades the Schwerer Gustav just got are amazing
The way it was animated like it was being filmed in one shot really keeps me immersed
This is the best old Warhammer animation I ever watched.
I mean this literally could be a day on Krieg.
@@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankindor cadia. Before it blew up at least.
But it as nothing to do with W40K 😂 Even if I totally understand where you come, for said that 😉
The episode is entirely composed of giant long takes. Amazing.
According to the description they were stitched together and transitioned
I do recall seeing photos of the backgrounds; they were long enough that they were glued on walls and even ceiling of the studio when animating the camera pans. Absolute mad lad craftsmanship.
This animation FEELS right. The 3D Expression on 2D content is impressive.
I love the similarity between this and the other Memories short. Both feature armed forces wasting incredible amounts of effort and resources to solve a Problem that would be already nonexistent if they tried a peaceful approach. Also, the soldiers here look a lot like the ones from the other short too
Cannon Fodder is my favorite short from Memories. It's haunting.
0:18 some guy just pops into existence.
Lmao.
😂😂😂
Welcome to earth lmao
My fort upon activating the "Volunteers" perk:
Bro joined the server
the question is, are they really fighting any real enemies?
No, but maybe there were at some point. They follow orders regardless of how pointless it is.
Quite like North Korea, everyone celebrating the cannon firing as if it is a religión.
@@persezyra I'm gonna have to watch the whole thing. Sounds like 1984.
@@aniquinstark4347 Its an old anime trilogy the whole release of Memories.
This is the last story of all three, althought they are not connected.
It never explains why they have a cannon at each house but you have to assume certain things.
The extensive use of olive green against red, the fear in the operators, the mustache of the main character, the seemingly forced cheering after firying, the picture hanging like they had with Stalin.
I watched it about 5 years ago so i dont remember everything.
The enemy nukes the city in the end
The end of the Movie kind of led me to believe that this was an allegory for Civilian life in WW2 Imperial Japan.
Told the Enemy was near defeat, never seeing the enemy- Then *SPOILER*
Nuked at the end.
改めてこの作品のカット無しで全部連続して写す表現の素晴らしさを感じる。装填の場面から司令室の場面に移るところとか3次元空間のリアリズムでは空間が歪まない限り不可能な表現をアニメーションで実現している感じ。3次元空間の任意の座標に視点を自由に設定してそれを行き来して映像にしていると言った方が良いのかな？
Power: 9/10
Caliber:10/10
Absolutly Badass:11/10
Practicality:2/10
Reload Time: -10/10
for a cannon that size it's a phenominal reload rate... but they missed. the weather adjustment was suppose to be -0.2, they put in +0.2
@@tsm688please tell me what ia a weather adjustment? The purpose?
@@stanislav7411 Probably compensation for wind
I dont know if anyone can answer, I haven't seen the movie - the kaiser guy who fires the cannon, is he killed? They make and it seems like the cannon floor is deadly if you're there, and they evacuate each sequence, so is it just simply not as fatal as I'm thinking? Is he just like, permanently deaf, or is my theory that they have a sacrificial lamb to actually fire the cannon, to put more weight and life behind each shot, symbolically correct?
Is the crew that had a shell slip and punished by remaining on the floor dead? That guy was super terrified so that was my assumption.
In the full length amination, the guy on the floor is later shown at home.
Oh good, that makes me feel a little better. Guess its bad, but non-fatal.
@@stormtempterf8058 I think, they are forced to stay here because if something went wrong because of shell falling (like cannon explosion) their death will be their punishment for this mistake.
Maybe it is the only time a commadant of such rank is there to fire the great cannon (special occasion?). The workers on the other hand have to work there every day. It is for their saftey over time that they evacuate the hangar.
Alteast that is what i think.
In any case, the films are ment to show off the animators artistical prowess, more then story. The stories are there for the visuels.
I think it's one of those things that you decide for yourself. Ultimately, these works are meant to be interpreted. If the authors wanted to communicate a precise idea, they would've picked different methods.
So this is what the Empire State's Omega Cannon weapons teams look like
To think this could be fitted in your fortress. Damn that's big
Why have hundreds of small people when you can have 4 giants?
But yeah I like to think this too, the soldiers being giants just bugs me
@@Stonecargo21 maybe 1 guy in redcon=10 in game?
The size difference between the barrel and the actual shot and powder charge is so large that It really ticks me off when I see it. Otherwise; a good looking artillery piece.
Да это выглядит как зарядить пистолетную пулю в дробовик
@Shinobu cleaning it would be obnoxious
It's not a documentary
@@amogusimpostero4790 replacing it/maintaining it... cant even imagine...
Every single aspect of how this cannon fires was thought of and I love that level of detail
Jesus Christ animes were so different back then, there is so much fucking detail it’s amazing. These old animes always make me sad because it gives me nostalgia of a time I never got to live during.
Now thats one massive cannon...and pretty accurate procedure, too. nice work from almost 30 years ago
The animation and build up is simply EXQUISITE!!! This is a masterpiece of animation!!! \o/
Never been so excited to see a gun fire in my life.
The enemy dies of old age between shots.
This is so well done
They just don't make animation like this anymore. Incredible.
I think they shoot at the enemy who simply not exist at all, no retaliation whatsoever
Given the way most of these short videos are themed, that is really likely.
That was my assumption. They've been 'at war' for so many generations, none remember who they fight, if they still live, or anything other than make shells, load shells, fire shells, live another day, repeat. They are cogs in a perpetual war machine that exists to keep existing. None question why things are the way they are, or why they do what they do. They make the shells, load the shells, fire the shells and get to live another day, for the glory of the State. That was my impression anyway.
We aren't stopping until the Krux capital is below sea level
@@Stonecargo21 yow,my fuhrer grimm
I'm pretty sure the nondescript "enemy" had already been shelled to oblivion some time ago, and they're just going through the motions because it's all they know.
The gun reminded me of the Schwerer Gustav. Like... the size is literally identical if not a tad bigger.
It reminded me of the omega capital destroyer
I’m pretty certain they based it off the Gustav yeah, you see a lot of German ww2 vehicles repurposed in Japanese animation for some reason like the gold hetzers in nausicca
@@thirdpigeon2676 They resemble Stug III A more than a hetzer if you look closer. With the short study barrels and wider stance.
@@xX_Man_Of_Culture_Xx the capital destroyer is based off this gun.
This video reminds me of an old but gold game called Redcon
Absolutely awesome. Great style, Great content.
That was honestly really impressive from an animations and storytelling standpoint, I felt it all the way through, the music, the audio everything about loading the cannon was a well tuned machine that was impressive and awe inspiring due to the work of all those involved in operating it, and then comes the guy that fires it and it crumbles that professional and impressive façade and it shows what it really is, it is just a circus with the one firing as the main clown, the music shifts so suddenly and you realise how pointless it is.
"Быть скованными одной целью..."
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сюда все пришли после того ролика с этой песней?
I like how the art style utilizes thick hatching to make everything seem a little more intense.
That's some serious Warhammer 40K energy.
The Gustav on steroids
Man i hate reddit.....
@@xedrickOGwhat does reddit have to do with it?
@HB013b if you dont know no level of explanation will make it sink in. Also you likely use reddit given your response
@@xedrickOG I want to know too, i've never use reddit, barely knows what it is about.
How does this only have 44 thousand views? This is a great scene from what I felt was a pretty decent anthology. Meanwhile some absolute crap that people still call anime gets millions of views on RUclips.
ngl you sound like a pretentious hipster
"thing i like has less views than mainstream thing, so mainstream thing is bad"
The anime industry’s quality has been declining for 15 years now (probably longer, but the peak was certainly the mid 90s). Sad that they’ve focused more and more on fanservice instead of purposeful art
Who cares dude, like what you like
The purpose is different, throught is the same type of art. Otomo is a more reflexive art, it's what we call (with some arrogance, is true) "high culture", it's art with a social purpose. Demon Slayer, Spy x Family and similars are entertainment, it's still art, but it's other purpose and it's not realistic to expect they have the same spread. It's like to expect that Tchaikovsky is more listened than Lady Gaga or Kubrick is more watched than Scary Movie series. And no, you are not better than anyone for consuming "high culture", you're just consuming a different kind of art.
@@raquelpardal5343 I never said I was better than anyone else. But it was clear a lot of hard work was put into this anime short. It’s a piece that every aspiring film student, especially those who go into animation, should watch.
I feel bad for the guy who was on the cannon floor with no time to put his mask and helmet back on
he was actually the protagonist's (the fat boy) father, and at the end he goes home safely so don't worry 😁
@@po1ariser
But the father will get cancer because of that gaz
Amazing work. Fantastic
The background music is perfect, i have never been so engulfed in a video so much since a long time ago :)
Holy moly. I think this is one of the best one take scene in anime.
The similitude with REDCON is jawbreaking...
Not only is this clip damn cool, but so is the game that it inspired. (REDCON for those who don't know)
God, this is the source that inspires REDCON? It looked familiar
Greetings fellow strike commanders!
i still hate that traitorous secretary lady
oh cool the OMEGA Capital Destroyer
Somewhere in the Segmentum Pacificus. All it needs are Aquilla and emblems of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
This reminds me of REDCON, a game that's based on this animation, especially this huge ass cannon in this animation which is the last thing you'll unlock in the game
Addendum: even the personnel's uniform is also the same as in this animation
Tip:this was the inspiration of redcon
@@HATE-ALL-HUMANS also Alder Grimm's comment on the gun seventeen, when he said that he's the first to fire the gun is a reference to this exact clip
Also the fact that REDCON's Omega Capital Destroyer #17 is also inspired of the same gun in this animation
The devs of REDCON do be loving this animation
This gives me Redcon Vibes
Its what redcon was based on
*When redcon make anime*
Eh, I wouldn't classify this as anime. The characters don't have the same faces.
And ay, you deserve a veterans badge for remembering the game.
@@Gabriel-he6ih bizarre method of classification you've got there mate
@@Gabriel-he6ih well technicaly this is not the anime we've known and used to see today. Back in the 1970's or 1980's this is actually a high quality tv show.
And damn that gave me nostalgia when I used to play redcon. Imma re-download it and fight some monsters of concrete and steel!
Cyka blyat, wgere my bear and Vodka
@@Gabriel-he6ih it's still an anime movie to me. Lots of things fall under that category
This really reminds me of the Redcon game by Hexage. The "workers" look like them and the giant cannon looks like the one here. Maybe this was their inspiration when they made it.
EDIT: I was actually right!
Ah, so THIS is where the game REDCON got its whole concept and art inspiration.
I like how they have an massive number of people who are all extremely well disciplined and practiced in order to load and aim the cannon quickly, and then they double the time it takes by having the officer walk in by himself and fire the gun prim and proper instead of having him standing in place from the beginning.
Who else found this masterpiece from the game Redcon?
No, I found it 15 years ago.
Me
Redcon was made the devs after see this this
It reminds me about my favourite mobile game when I was a kid... It's called "REDCON" by HEXAGE... You guys should check it out... The gameplay is similar with this scene
Dude i think this is where they found their inspiration for the game, the huge ass Gustav gun, not to mention the men look like the ones in game