General Electric: Samurai

It's the new age of patronage.

Corporations are sponsoring amazing pieces of art, which have little/nothing to do with their product, in the hopes that they will be associated with the imagination/innovation that characterizes the piece.

We get more art. Artists get more money and artistic freedom. Television and advertising get more pretty.

I'm going to duct tape my cynical brain shut and call it a win-win.

So on that note, this is a completely amazing anime short, done for General Electric's Imagination at Work campaign. Enjoy!



It's a production of BBD and Green Dot Films, directed by Three Legged Legs, who include a great selection of production stills on their website.







Three Legged Legs have actually done many great little shorts - including the completely amazing one below, called Los Angeles Let's Be Friends



That last one is inspired by the also great work of artist/illustrator Jeff Soto. His stuff is cool enough to warrant a separate post though, so... stay tuned.

In the meantime: go samurai monster anime cuteness! Holla!