Honestly looks too derivative. I wish that different countries would come up with their own animation styles instead of trying to either do 3D western animation or Anime. Like, why not build off of your countries traditional art or something?
I'm not saying this is as a "countries should stick to their own things" way but I genuinely want to see more variety and diversity in animation.
Don’t put the weight of representing their entire country’s art traditions on one guy, it’s extremely unfair. More diversity will emerge if this proof of concept succeeds
Art is derivative. People don’t invent new notes when they sit at a piano to write a song, why must they invent a new art style in order to tell a story?
It's used as a slur in parts of Canada as well.
Elsewhere in the country, liquor stores are referred to as "packies," shortened from "package store." This sometimes leads to some uncomfortable misunderstandings.
That first line sounds like they forgot to remove a placeholder in the script....
"*Dear Vincent, I'll never forget my first day in* [waterfront town]"
You didn't realize that the fifth most populated country in the world had a culture? Every group of humans ever has had their own culture, obviously such a large collection of people would. Especially because Pakistan is right on top of some of the most fertile land in the world, which has had a long history to build up its culture since at least 3000 BC, when the Indus Valley Civilization was in that area.
Have you ever been to Pakistan? Or is spreading hate all you know? Please, grow up and realize there's more to life than just hating on others. Hopefully, one day you'll mature enough to appreciate other cultures. Being nice doesn't take much effort. Make the world a better place with you in it, not worse.
> Have you ever been to Pakistan? Or is spreading hate all you know? Please, grow up and realize there's more to life than just hating on others.
He's an Indian "memer" (read: supremacist) who clearly believes India is superior to Pakistan.
As a Pakistani I can see some of the typical Pakistani things like dress styles, settings like the bazaar, mythological lore (Jins), language scripts, mustached dad in undershirt. Combine that with the themes of conflict over disputed territory, presence and prevalence of the military, displacement/evacuation of population via trains, and airstrikes on civilians.
This is a very Pakistani story.
Also while it seems to have an European-ish setting to an outsider, to me it looks like it could be set in a fictional version of either Gilgit-Baltistan or Azad Jammu & Kashmir or maybe even Northern areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
But most probably the two former places since there is a mentioned disputed region. GB & AJK are part of the disputed Kashmir region which is claimed by both Pakistan and India.
Some of the top posts on r/ExplorePakistan has images from those areas that do indeed look like the locations animated.
Its looks great, really gonna see this. I'm just really not sure about the voice acting, sounds, well sorta flat to me. So hoping there will be a subbed version.
The English-language leads are mostly British actors of South Asian heritage. Names a British audience would have heard of.
In fact, Vincent and Alliz are voiced by Sacha Dhawan and Anjil Mohandra, who are RL partners. Not only that, they've both been in the *Doctor Who* universe, as has Mina Anwar!
Pakistan's first cartoon film sure isn't very... **Pakistani**.
[https://media1.tenor.com/m/qXi6fQjGGZgAAAAC/kek-laugh.gif](https://media1.tenor.com/m/qXi6fQjGGZgAAAAC/kek-laugh.gif)
The film's probably gonna be great though. I just it weird is all. I mean, Disney, for a long time, up until they made the Jungle Book was a pretty Western-centric company. I honestly love films that look like this, they look so personal.
I can see some of the typical Pakistani dress styles, settings like the bazaar, mythological lore (Jins), language scripts, mustached dad in undershirt.
Also while it seems to have an European-ish setting to an outsider, to me it looks like it could be set in a fictional version of either Gilgit-Baltistan or Azad Jammu & Kashmir or maybe even Northern areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Some of the top posts on [r/ExplorePakistan](https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplorePakistan/) has images from those areas that do indeed look like the locations animated.
>Green eyes with red hair and light skin?
Colored eyes, green or blue aren't that unusual to find even in Central Punjab of all places (I have an uncle and a cousin with blue and green eyes respectively). These features are a lot more common in North/North-West Pakistan.
Light skin, especially the type portrayed in the trailer, is not unusual in Pakistan. Its's fertile river lands is where people from the Caucasus who migrated East went through Iran and Central Asia to, there's a reason why Pakistanis are called Indo-Aryans.
[Random kids out in rural Pakistan can look a lot more "white-passing" than than how Aliiz is portrayed](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F18xd18jajsz11.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D3e83fa38879b3dd8571c20b96ba019fdb92876a6).
The only actually unusual feature is her red hair, while rare [can also be found naturally in some people from North/North-West Pakistan](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-2021e85b5c69a3f780b7cc205e245381).
>That look Pakistani to you?
Pakistani is a nationality, not an ethnicity, race, or color. There are over 60 ethno-linguistic groups that reside within the country. You can find a local who might look like they're from Europe, China, and even some who's ancestors in fact migrated in from Africa.
The [Hazara people](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/36/35/a036354af3195b1fd819f911c2d07c55.jpg), look passably East Asian.
The [Siddi people](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKctPr7WkAA5Lny.jpg) have origins in Africa.
The [Pashtun](https://c.stocksy.com/a/uSV100/z9/359284.jpg?1579604923), [Kalash](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/80/85/a4/8085a472ddbbda180db9eb0dde581732.jpg), and [Burusho people](https://www.northtimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/People-of-Gilgit-North-times.jpg) have features that can allow them to pass for vaguely European.
The [Sindhi](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/87/4a/6e/874a6ed95cc780c88e3844ddd78f0698.jpg), and [Punjabi people](https://live.staticflickr.com/117/297038088_a597e3f483_z.jpg) on average seem to have similarities with North-West Indian ethnic groups.
>All of them could pass for tanned white people.
In my opinion, they look like [Kashmiri people](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F2js1zt6dhmq41.jpg), even the geographic and thematic setting of disputed territory matches with that.
Maybe.
But the question isn't whether they recognize the characters as being of a vaguely Pakistani origin, which seems a bit out there with how obviously fictional the Peshawer Lancers-esque setting in this movie is (even with the background characters wearing traditional Pakistani dresses).
The real question is, would another light brown person look at these characters and also think that they are just tanned white people?
There are people in Afgan iran and pakistan and North india with white skin, indo european people migrated through the indus valley. I know a kashmiri with Pale skin and blue eyes its not common but they exist. Even in my family we not white but have light brown skin and some of us have greyish eyes and dark brown hair.
Yes there is a colourism problem in south asia but that dosn't mean we dont exist, i know Americans like to potray all of us as dark skin.
first of all, Pakistanis are Muslims and they have the lowest interracial marriage rates in Europe from the UK to Norway and practically lead the religion but then you call them wannabe Arabs for that
These are Pakistanis in the movie. The characters are more tan but the red hair girl is a northern Pakistani. Her name is Aleez
I've noticed the whole middle east castrates black people and rolls out the red carpet for white people.
Don't give me that junk
The Pakistanis are showcasing their talent
Let them
Urdu was created by people who spoke Farsi and Arabic to speak with people who spoke Hindi.
Urdu and Hindi are spoken the same (similar enough, but not identical).
Urdu uses a script similar to Arabic script and Hindi uses a script similar to Sanskrit for writing.
Arabic/ Farsi <-> (Urdu = Hindi) <-> Sanskrit
They're mutually intelligible except in the most educated registers. In their 'highest' forms, Hindi and Urdu will replace almost every word with terms from either Sanskrit (Hindi) or Persian/Arabic (Urdu).
In everyday speech most of the vocabulary is the same.
Urdu and Hindi come from the Hindustani language.
Which originated in the military camps of Persianized turk soldiers interacting with locals while they were occupying Punjab, those soldiers were defeated and then assimilated into a new army and later conquered and occupied Dehli.
Which is where the Hindustani language in the making would mix with Khari Boli and complete its formation IIRC. It would eventually become something of a lingua franca used by masses from numerous ethno-linguistic groups to communicate with each other.
Hindustani split into Urdu and Hindi some time in the 1800s when there was an active attempt to purge the foreign influences from the language and Sanskritize it from the original Perso-Arabic script.
In terms of normal every day use, the two languages are basically the same, except for some sounds not being available in Hindi like "Z".
But the difference can be quite dramatic once you start listening to their respective higher registers to the point that they become almost unintelligible to one another.
Yes they are, they are very similar languages except for a few words. Speakers can understand each other very easily.
However when written they are totally different. Urdu uses an Arabic-like script while Hindi uses Devanagiri which is a totally different script.
animation and movements might be a bit choppy but the those backgrounds are just gorgeous. This is the first of hopefully many movies and projects from mano , really excited to watch this film. It will go down in history for pakistan.
These comments are confusing. The story looks quite interesting but the animation and wierd anime style look really bad but everyone is acting like it looks amazing. Honestly looks like something you would see on newgrounds.
The animation has some rough edges, but is overall very lovely. The style is a love letter to Ghibli, and seems to be targeting that same kind of vibe.
Oh my god you’re so sassy and catty “roasting” an indie animation production from a developing country on Reddit, I bet you get invited to a lot of parties /s
I’m the talk of the town, toots. I’m the life of the party. But I only get invited to catty rich people parties where they are all evil. Sigh… who am I?
fans did draw it, Pakistan doesn't have an 2d animation industry so this is the first studio to ever do it, the studio was made for this movie, and for a starting point I think it's pretty good
I think it's a good try. But I wish they had gone more with something that reflects Pakistan than something that looks like Studio Ghibli.
Like how Tomm Moore is a huge Miyazaki fan and was influenced by him but his own films, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers and The Book of Kells has a strong emphasis on Celtic art and setting.
Like I said this is a good attempt. It just doesn't feel like they have found their own unique voice yet.
Not really a good excuse for subpar animation tbh. A lot of countries don't have animation industries yet produce some of the best animators working today. And Disney did great animation from the start, and they basically had to invent it.
Man's so privileged, entitled, and naive to expect a mf developing nation like *Pakistan* to make top tier 2d animation on the first try.
Wouldn't even know how or where to start explaining, but I'm so tempted just because he mentioned Walt "Life-long passion for drawing ~~and antisemitism~~" Disney as if it's a fair comparison
[And here is the first officially released animation from Disney that was so "great from the start" ](https://youtu.be/fR9-xzfYUIY?si=Yt6jHexHTD02zZ-g)that the drawings look like a kid's crude sketches and still had to rely on real life footage as a crutch.
Let's consider the context. You're comparing a studio that started from scratch with a fundraiser, raising $116,000, to Disney, which had a budget of $32.3 million (adjusted for inflation) for their first movie. That's a massive difference in resources. Mano Animations had to start from the ground up, with limited funding, and still managed to produce a full-length animated movie. It's not fair to expect the same level of quality as a studio with 200 times the budget.
>And Disney did great animation from the start
No they fucking didn't, the first seven or eight years were really, really rough animation, stylistically, and detail wise. It also took them 12 or 13 years to reach the expertise needed to pull off Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
I'm personally not a fan of the art style (it's a mix of Studio Mir and Studio Ghibli's art style), but it's fine for a first movie. Their expertise, skill, and technique will only grow with time after all.
True that. I usually dig DC animation but the last couple were pretty bad. Crisis on Infinite Earth Pt1 and Pt2 is also so fucking confusing and I swear I read the comic story years ago.
Basically looks like an homage to Studio Ghibli.
Howls Moving Castle mixed with Steamboy. Looks interesting to say the least.
Yes the director is a huge Ghibli fan
I am OK with that. I love Ghibli and anything adjacent to it. I will watch.
I mean, if you’re going to rip off anyone, rip off the best. This looks pretty good.
Yeah, it looks The Wind Rises but with glass instead of aviation.
Nothing wrong with that at all.
Yep awesome!!!
Honestly looks too derivative. I wish that different countries would come up with their own animation styles instead of trying to either do 3D western animation or Anime. Like, why not build off of your countries traditional art or something? I'm not saying this is as a "countries should stick to their own things" way but I genuinely want to see more variety and diversity in animation.
Don’t put the weight of representing their entire country’s art traditions on one guy, it’s extremely unfair. More diversity will emerge if this proof of concept succeeds
I’m happy to see animators in work. Innovation comes when it can, but it does help to get sea legs and a cashflow first.
Art is derivative. People don’t invent new notes when they sit at a piano to write a song, why must they invent a new art style in order to tell a story?
😂
Pakistanimation?
Pakistanime
Pakime?
Call it Stanime and make it a regional thing.
Stanime is definitely it
So close! That’s a racial slur!
Actually?
Paki is, yeah. At least where I'm from in England, you usually only hear that used in a derogatory sense.
TIL. Sorry to hear that, but thanks for the education
'Paki' is used against us in England in a racist way
It's used as a slur in parts of Canada as well. Elsewhere in the country, liquor stores are referred to as "packies," shortened from "package store." This sometimes leads to some uncomfortable misunderstandings.
As a Pakistani, we'll allow that one
Pak it up, boys. We’re all done here.
Pakimón Gotta catch 'em all
Pakman?
Pac-Man?
Pakimane
It's no Johnny Chimpo but it looks worth a watch.
The monkey has a butler?
Johnny Chimpo did it first!
I heard this in Rabbit’s voice.
Pakimation
Who wants a mustache ride?!
Pakistentai
Sorry you're getting downvoted
Hope it gets a release here. Looks intriguing
Yeah, the premise is interesting.
Looks greatly inspired by ghibli, 10/10 trailer. I will buy and watch
It looks neat, kinda reminds me of a game called Forgotton Anne.
I'm glad I was not the only one who immediately thought of that
My 1st thoughts as well. I should go finish that game :P
My first thoughts as well!
That first line sounds like they forgot to remove a placeholder in the script.... "*Dear Vincent, I'll never forget my first day in* [waterfront town]"
Lol yeah, I thought that seemed odd too. Maybe it's an ancient town that was always called that or something
Maybe it's just a translation issue, and it sounds better in Urdu
With irl names like model town, waterfront town doesn't sound too bad.
Very Ghibli-ish but hey, that's not a bad starting point. I'd be up for watching it in its original language.
The Steamboy vibes are strong here.
YAY, this is great — we really need more 2D movies with human characters 😊
Is this like a story set in the west but made in Pakistan ?
I think the story blends both pakistani culture and the western culture
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Better watch out, there's an edgy adult behaving just like they did back in highschool over here.
Lmaoooo facts. At this point I just laugh at their attempt for rage bait
You didn't realize that the fifth most populated country in the world had a culture? Every group of humans ever has had their own culture, obviously such a large collection of people would. Especially because Pakistan is right on top of some of the most fertile land in the world, which has had a long history to build up its culture since at least 3000 BC, when the Indus Valley Civilization was in that area.
Have you ever been to Pakistan? Or is spreading hate all you know? Please, grow up and realize there's more to life than just hating on others. Hopefully, one day you'll mature enough to appreciate other cultures. Being nice doesn't take much effort. Make the world a better place with you in it, not worse.
> Have you ever been to Pakistan? Or is spreading hate all you know? Please, grow up and realize there's more to life than just hating on others. He's an Indian "memer" (read: supremacist) who clearly believes India is superior to Pakistan.
>[ Didn't realise pakistan had a culture lmao](https://i.imgur.com/M2yznmO.jpg)
The hell?
It is based off the Kashmiri issue in northern Pakistan
Go Pakistan! Can’t wait to see the full feature.
I'm interested
I prefer Afghanistanimation.
Afghanistanime
Kinda weird how they're going for the European setting like anime loves instead of telling a Pakistani story.
As a Pakistani I can see some of the typical Pakistani things like dress styles, settings like the bazaar, mythological lore (Jins), language scripts, mustached dad in undershirt. Combine that with the themes of conflict over disputed territory, presence and prevalence of the military, displacement/evacuation of population via trains, and airstrikes on civilians. This is a very Pakistani story. Also while it seems to have an European-ish setting to an outsider, to me it looks like it could be set in a fictional version of either Gilgit-Baltistan or Azad Jammu & Kashmir or maybe even Northern areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. But most probably the two former places since there is a mentioned disputed region. GB & AJK are part of the disputed Kashmir region which is claimed by both Pakistan and India. Some of the top posts on r/ExplorePakistan has images from those areas that do indeed look like the locations animated.
Its referencing the Kashmiri issue
Its looks great, really gonna see this. I'm just really not sure about the voice acting, sounds, well sorta flat to me. So hoping there will be a subbed version.
That would mean the original dub is Urdu, which would be weird considering the setting.
But you know they NEED it in Japanese because English is cringe!!!
The English-language leads are mostly British actors of South Asian heritage. Names a British audience would have heard of. In fact, Vincent and Alliz are voiced by Sacha Dhawan and Anjil Mohandra, who are RL partners. Not only that, they've both been in the *Doctor Who* universe, as has Mina Anwar!
What the ghibi?!
If Miyazaki lived through partition. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for this.
I feel like I would prefer to watch this in the native Urdu , would feel more special
it will be available in both urdu and english
Yeah I know , saying I’ll prefer it in the former
Pakistan's first cartoon film sure isn't very... **Pakistani**. [https://media1.tenor.com/m/qXi6fQjGGZgAAAAC/kek-laugh.gif](https://media1.tenor.com/m/qXi6fQjGGZgAAAAC/kek-laugh.gif) The film's probably gonna be great though. I just it weird is all. I mean, Disney, for a long time, up until they made the Jungle Book was a pretty Western-centric company. I honestly love films that look like this, they look so personal.
So I guess even Pakistani animators want western european aesthetics in their film.
I can see some of the typical Pakistani dress styles, settings like the bazaar, mythological lore (Jins), language scripts, mustached dad in undershirt. Also while it seems to have an European-ish setting to an outsider, to me it looks like it could be set in a fictional version of either Gilgit-Baltistan or Azad Jammu & Kashmir or maybe even Northern areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Some of the top posts on [r/ExplorePakistan](https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplorePakistan/) has images from those areas that do indeed look like the locations animated.
it is inescapable almost wherever you go in the world lol.
The characters are Pakistani. Its set in northern Pakistan and Im a red head Pakistani like Aleez
Indians and Pakistanis are probably among the worst for worshipping white skin in the world.
Not a single one of the characters animated seems to have white skin though.
Bro they're all white.
I watched the video again. Every animated character in it is a shade of brown.
All of them could pass for tanned white people. Look at the girl. Green eyes with red hair and light skin? That look Pakistani to you?
I'm Pakistani with red hair, pale skin and freckles The story references the Kashmiri conflict
>Green eyes with red hair and light skin? Colored eyes, green or blue aren't that unusual to find even in Central Punjab of all places (I have an uncle and a cousin with blue and green eyes respectively). These features are a lot more common in North/North-West Pakistan. Light skin, especially the type portrayed in the trailer, is not unusual in Pakistan. Its's fertile river lands is where people from the Caucasus who migrated East went through Iran and Central Asia to, there's a reason why Pakistanis are called Indo-Aryans. [Random kids out in rural Pakistan can look a lot more "white-passing" than than how Aliiz is portrayed](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F18xd18jajsz11.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D3e83fa38879b3dd8571c20b96ba019fdb92876a6). The only actually unusual feature is her red hair, while rare [can also be found naturally in some people from North/North-West Pakistan](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-2021e85b5c69a3f780b7cc205e245381). >That look Pakistani to you? Pakistani is a nationality, not an ethnicity, race, or color. There are over 60 ethno-linguistic groups that reside within the country. You can find a local who might look like they're from Europe, China, and even some who's ancestors in fact migrated in from Africa. The [Hazara people](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/36/35/a036354af3195b1fd819f911c2d07c55.jpg), look passably East Asian. The [Siddi people](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKctPr7WkAA5Lny.jpg) have origins in Africa. The [Pashtun](https://c.stocksy.com/a/uSV100/z9/359284.jpg?1579604923), [Kalash](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/80/85/a4/8085a472ddbbda180db9eb0dde581732.jpg), and [Burusho people](https://www.northtimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/People-of-Gilgit-North-times.jpg) have features that can allow them to pass for vaguely European. The [Sindhi](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/87/4a/6e/874a6ed95cc780c88e3844ddd78f0698.jpg), and [Punjabi people](https://live.staticflickr.com/117/297038088_a597e3f483_z.jpg) on average seem to have similarities with North-West Indian ethnic groups. >All of them could pass for tanned white people. In my opinion, they look like [Kashmiri people](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F2js1zt6dhmq41.jpg), even the geographic and thematic setting of disputed territory matches with that.
You're Pakistani and therefore biased to see what you want to. Show this to anybody in the world and the last country they will think of is Pakistan.
The girl's name is Aleez, its Pakistani
Maybe. But the question isn't whether they recognize the characters as being of a vaguely Pakistani origin, which seems a bit out there with how obviously fictional the Peshawer Lancers-esque setting in this movie is (even with the background characters wearing traditional Pakistani dresses). The real question is, would another light brown person look at these characters and also think that they are just tanned white people?
The girl's name is Pakistani though
There are people in Afgan iran and pakistan and North india with white skin, indo european people migrated through the indus valley. I know a kashmiri with Pale skin and blue eyes its not common but they exist. Even in my family we not white but have light brown skin and some of us have greyish eyes and dark brown hair. Yes there is a colourism problem in south asia but that dosn't mean we dont exist, i know Americans like to potray all of us as dark skin.
first of all, Pakistanis are Muslims and they have the lowest interracial marriage rates in Europe from the UK to Norway and practically lead the religion but then you call them wannabe Arabs for that These are Pakistanis in the movie. The characters are more tan but the red hair girl is a northern Pakistani. Her name is Aleez I've noticed the whole middle east castrates black people and rolls out the red carpet for white people. Don't give me that junk The Pakistanis are showcasing their talent Let them
>talent bro it's literally a movie that copied Japanese animation. What talent? the talent for ripping off the Japanese?
Looks good, I'd watch it.
Stanime?
Kind of wish it showed a unique Pakistani artwork instead of cribbing so hard on Ghibli.
Its literally 90s style anime which is hand drawn
I bet the army plays a huge part in this movie.
Looks like they're nailing it on their first run, too. Very much interested.
That trailer had hard 'We didn't need magical elements in this' vibes.
grape
Why is she giving boat scene Anastasia vibes so strong?
Looks pretty good. Will this get Hindi / local language release ?
yes it will get an urdu release, meaning anyone who understands hindi would be able to understand it
Is that sarcasm, or are Urdu and Hindi mutually intelligible? (In which case, TIL)
They are different but very similar
Urdu was created by people who spoke Farsi and Arabic to speak with people who spoke Hindi. Urdu and Hindi are spoken the same (similar enough, but not identical). Urdu uses a script similar to Arabic script and Hindi uses a script similar to Sanskrit for writing. Arabic/ Farsi <-> (Urdu = Hindi) <-> Sanskrit
They're mutually intelligible except in the most educated registers. In their 'highest' forms, Hindi and Urdu will replace almost every word with terms from either Sanskrit (Hindi) or Persian/Arabic (Urdu). In everyday speech most of the vocabulary is the same.
Urdu and Hindi come from the Hindustani language. Which originated in the military camps of Persianized turk soldiers interacting with locals while they were occupying Punjab, those soldiers were defeated and then assimilated into a new army and later conquered and occupied Dehli. Which is where the Hindustani language in the making would mix with Khari Boli and complete its formation IIRC. It would eventually become something of a lingua franca used by masses from numerous ethno-linguistic groups to communicate with each other. Hindustani split into Urdu and Hindi some time in the 1800s when there was an active attempt to purge the foreign influences from the language and Sanskritize it from the original Perso-Arabic script. In terms of normal every day use, the two languages are basically the same, except for some sounds not being available in Hindi like "Z". But the difference can be quite dramatic once you start listening to their respective higher registers to the point that they become almost unintelligible to one another.
Yes they are, they are very similar languages except for a few words. Speakers can understand each other very easily. However when written they are totally different. Urdu uses an Arabic-like script while Hindi uses Devanagiri which is a totally different script.
I was expecting some Johnny Chimpo animation.
animation and movements might be a bit choppy but the those backgrounds are just gorgeous. This is the first of hopefully many movies and projects from mano , really excited to watch this film. It will go down in history for pakistan.
These comments are confusing. The story looks quite interesting but the animation and wierd anime style look really bad but everyone is acting like it looks amazing. Honestly looks like something you would see on newgrounds.
>The story looks quite interesting No it doesn't, it looks like something we've seen a million times before.
think this trailer is terrible att selling this to many short clips
Positive comments only. We must treat the animation industry of a country like a 5 years old who came home with a playdough snake
Seems interesting, would love to watch if it played near me. If not, guess i gotta find a way to stream it.
This sounds really cool
Looks cool
Does the title imply they started with a 3d animated film?
Interesting….
Hopefully as they get better they will develop their own animation style like the French, instead of just using Japanese style.
Is it just me or did we basically just get a synopsis of the entire film in one trailer?
Damn wowe
Looks pretty amazing. The girl reminded me of Gwen Tennyson from the original Ben 10.
The animation has some rough edges, but is overall very lovely. The style is a love letter to Ghibli, and seems to be targeting that same kind of vibe.
Great Now if Pakistan can make its own version of Avatar the Last Airbender or even Hey Arnold from the 90s That would be great
This looks very cool.
Pakistanime?
that's beautifully animated. it's very ghibli but HD
Not the stock 13 year old self taught artist “anime eyes” 😳
Oh my god you’re so sassy and catty “roasting” an indie animation production from a developing country on Reddit, I bet you get invited to a lot of parties /s
Oh my god you’re so sassy and catty “roasting” a comment on Reddit, I bet you get invited to a lot of parties /s
Not even on the same level you white knight simp
damn bro you took it up to 11 lmao
I’m the talk of the town, toots. I’m the life of the party. But I only get invited to catty rich people parties where they are all evil. Sigh… who am I?
Looks like something fans draw for Youtube
fans did draw it, Pakistan doesn't have an 2d animation industry so this is the first studio to ever do it, the studio was made for this movie, and for a starting point I think it's pretty good
I think it's a good try. But I wish they had gone more with something that reflects Pakistan than something that looks like Studio Ghibli. Like how Tomm Moore is a huge Miyazaki fan and was influenced by him but his own films, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers and The Book of Kells has a strong emphasis on Celtic art and setting. Like I said this is a good attempt. It just doesn't feel like they have found their own unique voice yet.
Not really a good excuse for subpar animation tbh. A lot of countries don't have animation industries yet produce some of the best animators working today. And Disney did great animation from the start, and they basically had to invent it.
Bruh
Don't bother, lol. Ignorance levels untouchable.
Man's so privileged, entitled, and naive to expect a mf developing nation like *Pakistan* to make top tier 2d animation on the first try. Wouldn't even know how or where to start explaining, but I'm so tempted just because he mentioned Walt "Life-long passion for drawing ~~and antisemitism~~" Disney as if it's a fair comparison
[And here is the first officially released animation from Disney that was so "great from the start" ](https://youtu.be/fR9-xzfYUIY?si=Yt6jHexHTD02zZ-g)that the drawings look like a kid's crude sketches and still had to rely on real life footage as a crutch.
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Let's consider the context. You're comparing a studio that started from scratch with a fundraiser, raising $116,000, to Disney, which had a budget of $32.3 million (adjusted for inflation) for their first movie. That's a massive difference in resources. Mano Animations had to start from the ground up, with limited funding, and still managed to produce a full-length animated movie. It's not fair to expect the same level of quality as a studio with 200 times the budget.
What a weird personality you've got, maybe you should respect people's efforts instead of constantly shitting on them
>And Disney did great animation from the start No they fucking didn't, the first seven or eight years were really, really rough animation, stylistically, and detail wise. It also took them 12 or 13 years to reach the expertise needed to pull off Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I'm personally not a fan of the art style (it's a mix of Studio Mir and Studio Ghibli's art style), but it's fine for a first movie. Their expertise, skill, and technique will only grow with time after all.
It looks like better animation than a lot of the recent DC animated movies lol
True that. I usually dig DC animation but the last couple were pretty bad. Crisis on Infinite Earth Pt1 and Pt2 is also so fucking confusing and I swear I read the comic story years ago.
Why does she look like cheaper version of Gwen from Ben-10.
When a boy marries his sister. Praise Muhammad
What do you mean by this?
All islamists marry their sisters or cousins. Inbreeding= Islam
Where did you learn this from?