Iblard Time (2007) poster
2007 · animation · fantasy · adventure · mystery

Iblard Time

Directed by Naohisa Inoue30m2007
ElsewhereIMDb6.8583
  • cosy
  • slow-burn
  • gentle
  • surreal
  • redemptive
  • tender
Movie DNA

Cosy, slow-burn, gentle animation / fantasy, surreal in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A quiet stroll through the imaginary world of Iblard, originally depicted in the paintings by Naohisa Inoue, influenced by Impressionism and Surrealism.

Our read · Iblard Time (2007) reads as a cosy, slow-burn, surreal animation · fantasy · adventure entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want to drift through gorgeous surreal painted animation with no dialogue or plot.

ends warmyou’ll feel glowing aftermeditativegrips from the openattention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if you require plot, characters or spoken dialogue to enjoy a film.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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