2024 / short / puppet
Bottle George
Japan
Notes
Recent Japanese stop-motion short directed by Daisuke Dice Tsutsumi; shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards animated short category. Official dwarf target 349: listing title JA='ボトルジョージ', EN='Bottle George'; page details: ボトルジョージ | Bottle George | Bottle George Official Website | @bottlegeorge_dwarf | Soundtrack - Apple Music | Soundtrack - Spotify | Soundtrack - YouTube | STAFF | Directed by:Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi / 堤 大介 (Tonko House) | Executive Producer:Akihiro Nishino / 西野亮廣 (CHIMNEY TOWN) | Producer:Noriko Matsumoto / 松本紀子(dwarf) | Based on the original story by:Akihiro Nishino / 西野亮廣 (CHIMNEY TOWN) | Written by:Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi / 堤 大介 (Tonko House)、Akihiro Nishino / 西野亮廣 (CHIMNEY TOWN) | Asisstant Director:Daisuke Horikawa / 堀川大輔 | Production Manager:Takana Goda / 合田貴菜(dwarf) | Editor:Anna Nishibayashi / 西林杏奈 | Storyborded by:Yuka Nakamura / 中村優香 | Sound Design:Hajime Takagi / 高木創 | Music:Zach Johnston 、 Matteo Roberts | Production Design:Aiko Funaki / 舩木愛子 、 Ayano Tsuchiya / 土屋文乃 | Lead Visual Development:Yohei Hashizume / 橋爪陽平 、 Masa Inada / 稲田雅徳 | Character Sculptor:Takashi 'Cathy' Tateoka / 舘岡孝 | Director of Puppetry:Shuhei Harada / 原田脩平(dwarf) | Lead Animator:Frej Bengtsson | Director of Photography - Camera:Hiroshi Kawai / 河井 大 | Director of Photography - Lighting:Tokuyo Arai / 新井朱句世 | VFX supervisor:Kan Sugiki / 杉木 完(dwarf) | Lead Compositor:Makoto Hoashi / 帆足誠
Cast & crew (20)
| Daisuke Dice Tsutsumi | director; writer; Directed by; Written by; Directed by; Written by; Directed by; Written by | direction |
| Noriko Matsumoto | producer; Producer | production |
| Akihiro Nishino | writer; producer; Executive Producer; Based on the original story by; Written by; Executive Producer; Based on the original story by; Written by; Executive Producer; Based on the original story by; Written by | writing |
| Stephen Bruner | composer (as Thundercat) | music |
| Daisuke Horikawa | Asisstant Director | direction |
| Anna Nishibayashi | Editor | editorial |
| Yuka Nakamura | Storyborded by | writing |
| Hajime Takagi | Sound Design | music |
| Zach Johnston | Music | music |
| Matteo Roberts | Music | music |
| Yohei Hashizume | Lead Visual Development | production |
| Masa Inada | Lead Visual Development | production |
| Cathy' Tateoka | Character Sculptor | production |
| Shuhei Harada | Director of Puppetry | art |
| Frej Bengtsson | Lead Animator | animation |
| Hiroshi Kawai | Director of Photography - Camera | camera |
| Tokuyo Arai | Director of Photography - Lighting | camera |
| Kan Sugiki | VFX supervisor | editorial |
| Makoto Hoashi | Lead Compositor | editorial |
| Takana Goda | Production Manager | production |