Mr. Katsuhisa Yamada Memoirs

I shared Mr. Yamada's answers to my questions.
I asked Mr. Yamada several questions regarding the difference between the scenario/the storyboards and the finished film.
He recollects the actual making procedure taken between Topcraft and Rankin/Bass in his answer.

https://www.academia.edu/107082707/Yamada_Memoir_Answers_to_Kuroda_s_Questions_1

Second part of Mr. Katsuhisa Yamada’s answers to Kuroda’s question. According to Mr. Yamada’s memory, Rankin/Bass made some decisive changes in the course of the making of The Last Unicorn.

https://www.academia.edu/107082893/Yamada_Memoir_Answers_to_Kuroda_s_Questions_2

Those Katsuhisa Yamada Memoirs are now listed in the section "Katsuhisa Yamada Memoirs" of Makoto Kuroda's Academia page.

https://204.academia.edu/MakotoKuroda/Mr-Katsuhisa-Yamada-Memoirs

Mr. Yamada is now preparing for writing about Toei Douga production, the pioneer company of Japanese anime from which most of the present Japanese anime studios were derived. If there were any questions or requests, please notify them to Kuroda.

Katsuhisa Yamada' s Memoir of Topcraft Studio

I shared Mr. Katsuhisa Yamada's memoir relating to the studio Topcraft's activities and its collaboration with Rankin/Bass productions.

Katsuhisa Yamada's Memoir: Studio Topcraft
https://www.academia.edu/106795372/Katsuhisa_Yamadas_Memoir_Studio_Topcraft

Mr. Katsuhisa Yamada's memoir he wrote in response to Makoto Kuroda's request to furnish for the propulsion of the research of the animated film The Last Unicorn. This section described the foundation of the legendary studio Topcraft introducing its main staff.


Katsuhisa Yamada's Memoir 2: Collaborated Works with Rankin/Bass
https://www.academia.edu/106878439/Katsuhisa_Yamadas_Memoir_2_Collaborated_Works_with_Rankin_Bass

Works of Topcraft studio created in collaboration with Rankin/Bass Productions, provided with technical notes.

Katsuhisa Yamada's Memoir 3: Japanese Cel Animation Making Procedure
https://www.academia.edu/106938535/Katsuhisa_Yamadas_Memoir_3_Japanese_Cel_Animation_Making_Procedure

Katsuhisa Yamada’s Memoir section 4 describes specific equipment for cel anime making. But this document contains some borrowed images as he found the original pictures were corrupted. At present, I am not able to share this document for license reason.

Katsuhisa Yamada's Memoir 5: Collaboration Procedure with Rankin/Bass productions
https://www.academia.edu/107014688/Katsuhisa_Yamadas_Memoir_5_Collaboration_Procedure_with_Rankin_Bass_productions

This section is a very detailed account of the actual process of Topcraft studio's collaboration with Rankin/Bass productions.

Summoning Magic and Individuality in Fate/stay night, shared

I have shared the translation of the 3rd chapter of Existence, Phenomenon and Personality, the study of fictionality and individuality.

https://www.academia.edu/106632362/Existence_Phenomenon_and_Personality_Summoning_Magic_and_Individuality_in_Fate_stay_night

The structure in which the story or the characters themselves are clearly aware of the constraint that the story must construct a fixed meaning as a narrative, has become a typical metafictional strategy in 20th-century fantasy literature. On the other hand, the fictional game worlds of the 21st century introduce meta-narrative perspectives that sometimes disrupt the fundamental meaning of the story as its unique metafictional strategy. The characteristics that are developed in the perspective of the game works that set them apart from the narrative fiction further deepen the philosophical phase that existed in fantasy literature. What is asserted by annihilating the typological “narrative” is the thorough speculativeness that the fictional structure as a descriptive system retains. This factor, which promotes the fusion and integration of existing fictional worlds, which can be regarded as a kind of entropy-increasing law, promotes the elevation of qualia making as a latent motive for the universe as a whole, and is recognized as the basis of the idea of teleologically acknowledging the functions of individual consciousness in comprehensive cosmology. A world image based on the reductionist picture premised on scientific thought will not only undermine the essential significance of the fictionality, but also hinder free qualia formation of individual consciousness, and will have a serious negative impact on the sound progress of the universe as a whole. An immersive interest in the fictional world and its characters, as shown by Oscar Wilde’s theory of art, is an essential element in the evolution of the universe, along with the sound preservation of the mind.

The Last Unicorn Q&A

I asked Mr. Katsuhisa Yamada who took part in the creation of the animated film The Last Unicorn as director, to write about the making process of the celebrated animated film. And he is now preparing for a memoir centered on the making and relating topics of the film. If someone has any questions regarding the activities of the legendary studio Topcraft and its peculiar procedure for creating cel anime, I will ask him to answer them. Any suggestions are welcome. The answer will be shared as soon as possible.

I got two questions about the studio Topcraft. Mr. Yamada's answer is shared on the link below.

https://twitter.com/mackuro3/status/1702878898588111181

In order to complement the above posts, I shared the first section of Mr. Katsuhisa Yamada's memoir on Academia. It can be accessed on the link below.
https://twitter.com/mackuro3/status/1703745957152932226

If there are any questions or requests for further explanation on the contents of the literature shared above, feel free to ask them. I will try my best to expound in my own way in order to attain full understanding of the precious contribution.