"Frank" Animated

Jim Woodring's "Frank" is a wonder and a fright to behold. Even better animated. Fuyama Taruto did just that and won an Excellence prize for short form animation at the 7th Japan Media Arts Festival.

"This work gathers the animation works created by the distinctly different styles/methods of several writers who are avid readers of Jim Woodring's original. My version focuses on how to depict the movements of the characters accurately in the CG without doing injustice to the beauty of the pictures and global vision found in the original. At any rate, this work could not have been possible without the greatness of the original. I wish to share the pleasure of receiving this award with Jim who resides in Seattle."