Jessica Tremblay puts her characters in motion in this short film about the travails of Kaeru, a young frog who, wanting to learn haiku, becomes an apprentice to Master Kawazu, the frog who jumped in Basho’s pond. This animation video features the two characters of Old Pond Comics, Jessica’s submission to the HaikuLife Haiku Film Festival sponsored by The Haiku Foundation, in honor of International Haiku Poetry Day 2015.
Title: The Old Pond
Artist: Jessica Tremblay
Format: Free
Duration: 3:23