138, Long Day
138, Long Day
This episode is the ultimate example of the Bank System; it borrows clips from no fewer than 7 episodes, some of which are rather long.
We open with a clip from 094, Angel in the Alps (English: 085, Angel of the Alps):
Perhaps these next two were actually made for our current episode:
Back to Angel:
Little Clara ('Curala') will be a major character in this current episode.
Notice the angel on the locket.
Back to original cel(?):
original cels:
The story, as near as I can figure it, involves worldwide climate disruptions, causing weather patterns not in accord with the seasons.
This next cel comes from W3 episode #04, Camphor Tree Story:
The inside of Clara's locket; I am certain the face is different from the one in Angel.
This is the title thing from W3 episode 4.
Also from W3, #4.
More borrowed cels, this one is from 061 Space Parasites (-- --):
Returning to the Alps:
Recall the 1st view of this locket!
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065, Brave Escapee (56, The Terrible Tidal Wave):
Borrowed from 122, Monster Mantler (--, --):
I am guessing that this one comes from General Atom:
019, Astro Boy vs. Garon (Cosmic Giant):
038, Disturbed Small Planet (The Asteroid Menace):
119, Flying Lens (English: 102, Planet 13):
038, Disturbed Small Planet (The Asteroid Menace):
This one has been used too many times to tell its origin with more work than it is worth:
121, Ganimate (103, Prisoners in Space):
Clara's papa in this episode.
In 121, Ganimate (103, Prisoners in Space), Atom & Ochanomizu were adrift in the largest or closest of these wrecks.
Alps, again:
New foreground, as this guy was not in Alps.
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I wonder how many people actually noticed this reusage of film when it first came out in the 60s.
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I would not think too many viewers would, SOPikaMeowMeow, because I carefully watched the episodes several times, & as is apparent, captured many stills from each. Thus, I was able to directly compare the content of one with another. As I understand it, in Japan, the series ran its course without showing any repeats of episodes. People may have had vague feelings they had seen a scene before, but I doubt anything concrete.
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I have seen that mirror image technique used on several occasions, kscharf, & the foreground-background one is common in this series. The images I used in this thread are only a tiny fraction of those in the episode; that is, where I speak of borrowed cels, often they represent clips ranging from less than a second to several minutes. The ones borrowed from ANGEL IN THE ALPS as an example, Atom flies through a forest, cuts down trees by the score, builds a fence to stop the avalanche, etc., though here, I included only one cel from that sequence.
"[T]raveling camera technique"? I ought to know about this, but other than attempting to visualize it, I am stumped.
Strange Wings: yes, it does bear a strong resemblance to the Federation logo.
"[T]raveling camera technique"? I ought to know about this, but other than attempting to visualize it, I am stumped.
Strange Wings: yes, it does bear a strong resemblance to the Federation logo.
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