The DARKEST Pinocchio Adaptation 

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This movie sounds like something that due to my age and trauma will fuck me up today, whence in my childhood would've been interestingly colorful. I'll watch it ASAP.

I'm the only person on this planet who's watched Tree of Palme, so it feels extra-special that one of my favorite 'Anime RU-vid Essayists' would personally make a RU-vid video about it just for me and nobody else.

More people need to see Palme & Nakamura's TV show Fantastic Children. Both are absolute masterpieces that should be celebrated way more

I remember seeing this movie as a kid and being utterly traumatized

Watched this years ago and it was both profoundly beautiful and hella traumitizing. Honestly shocked that this movie actually exists and wasn't just a fever dream, thank you for covering it!

I was first introduced to A Tree Of Palme by your video on the top 100 anime movies and it quickly became on of my all-time favorite movies, so seeing that you made an entire video on it couldn't make me happier haha Nakamura's work is way too often overlooked nowadays, I would have never discovered A Tree Of Palme without your video and I genuinely don't understand how the movie never got more attention, given how unique and fascinating it is, but also given how big of a project it is I just find it weird that there aren't more people that know about it, it feels like something that shouldn't be this obscure

Im surprised. Ive GENUINELY never heard of this before. Kinda crazy. Not trying to be pretencious, but ive basically, at the very least, have heard about these underground like anime, even if i haven't watched all of them. But THIS is actually something new. Crazy.

Such a strange and fantastic film. Also an amazing soundtrack. I hope it gets a Blu-ray release in the future. It deserves far more love than it got on release, and it should be seen and revaluated by more people in the western anime sphere. A forgotten classic made during the end of the cel era.

As someone aspiring to be a manga/anime artist, your channel is unbelievably informative. I love it so much, thank you

finally smn on tree of palme

This sort of reminds me of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio. This seems like an interesting movie I need to watch now

I gotta add this one to the list, you've really sold me on it, so unfortunately I can't continue into the spoiler section of the video. I really appreciate how many of your videos spend a lot more time on the influences and production of their subjects than has become typical for youtube essays, rather than simply seeking to be a "book report" on the film.

A Tree Of Palme is one of those anime that just slipped through the cracks for me. I've been aware of it for quite a long time but have never sat down and actually watched it. The anination looks amazing and I would love to add this to my collection. The old DVD form ADV is hard to find but I might just have to track a copy down.

Stumbled across this movie at around midnight. Stopped before it got very far and found the movie… And now it’s 3am and I’m in tears. That was one of the most beautiful movies I’ve seen in my life. Thank you for this video and letting me know such a wonderful and sad and beautiful masterpiece existed. Also I don’t think of it as Palme dying. In fact, this is a much better ending. After all, he came from a tree and him accepting himself, his true self… goddamn I’m still crying 😭 ❤

I saw the film on national open television in Mexico. I found it beautiful, complex and deeply emotional. Takashi Nakamura is a very mysterious figure in the medium and he gains a lot of my attention the more I see his work. Thanks for talking about this great movie ✨

The Tenshi No Tamago/ Angel's Egg vibes are strong with this one

Love A Tree of Palme so much!!! So many deep powerful psychological and theological themes, and so well paced and visually gorgeous too, with so many more ecological themes built in to the visual design. Has to be one of the most underrated movies of all time. I seriously hope that Criterion picks it up one day; it would be perfect for it, especially seeing as it’s not on any streaming services.

You deserve more attention, absolutely adore your channel. Shared your video on instagram

Thanks for making a video on this, I never did get to watching it since your 100 anime movies video but perhaps I will someday. I'm glad you got the help you needed and it's really interesting when media becomes a comfort in our life. Ironically, as an introvert I became more social towards the end of my school days and throughout college due to anime. So there definitely is some power in entertainment to make us stronger.

Great vid. I honestly had no idea this film existed and I’m amazed. It’s right up my alley. Really need to watch it in full.

I really thought I was the only person who had ever seen this surreal epic lol I've always had a very strong personal attachment to Pinocchio, the story of the wooden boy. Tree of Palme is one of my personal favorite versions of the story, although it is the most different from the original, it is also somehow faithful to it. The story, characters and setting have nothing to do with the original, but Palme really does resemble Pinocchio in some ways. He may not have been as cheeky as the original Pinocchio, but he was just as flawed, just as human in character, even though he wasn't human. I personally also really like the ending, in all versions of the story Pinocchio gets what he wished for, which was to become a real boy, Palme didn't manage that, but fulfilled his role as an ark. He turned back into a tree and couldn't live forever with those he loved, but he brought peace to the world, as you said, this movie is about/for the broken, the wounded people, and Palme not only healed himself, but also the people he met, along the way, even to the antagonists. Anyway, thank you for this vid, I really hope, that this amazing movie gets the recognition it deserves. Pinocchio was always meant to be dark and twisted, but also hopeful.

omg,i was looking for this name for years and couldnt find it,wanted to rewatch it so much,thank you kind sir. I saw it as a kid,but didnt know the name or how exactly to find it,all i could remember perfectly from it is than he killed a dear.

Never heard of this movie before i saw your video, and oh boy am i glad that you introduced it to me Because I just watched it And i can confidently say that now it is one of my most favourite animated movies The intricate world it presents, the story and characters, the surreal atmosphere and style... tree of palme is definitely my thing, and if not for you I would have probably never discovered it Thanks Stevem, you make great content

Ooh. I saw this movie recently and loved it. Even I, as dense as I am, realized this movie was really about broken people learning to overcome and break thw cycle, but the story doesn't beat you over the head with it. I really like this movie. The animation is *chef's kiss*.

This movie haunted me throughout my life and until very recently I had thought that it was a fever dream I had when I was a child

Thank god for you STEVEM always pointing us in the direction of the stuff that scratches that itch

Wow I don't think I've ever heard of this movie but you've got me absolutely hooked to check it out, thank you

There is a fascinating... do I call it irony? To how despite this was a demonetized and possibly even blacklisted video that I found this through a random RU-vid recommendation. Good video on a fascinating subject.

Beautiful & underrated, good mention🕵🏻‍♀️🎑

Hey like good job on this video I can tell you really cared while making it and that’s something that’s hard to come across on RU-vid now so thank you

Finally somebody is talking about this movie! I remember watching it and it was a surreal experience, still seems like a fever dream. The only thing I can remember is that I was really annoyed with the robot boy because he was a little psycopath

Wow, everything you show a clip of from 18:20 onwards looks absolutely amazing

I love this. I love that Pinocchio is being used as a vessel to tell such interesting and beautiful stories about life,death,mortality, and what it means to be human. I love both the stop motion version made by del toro and I’m glad you’ve shown me this. I’ll be on the lookout for this film😋 also, have you watched redline?

Ah yes, Tree of Palme. Such a beautiful yet very melancholic film, to say the least. I especially loved the world-build in this film seeing various landscapes is so unique and alien along with the desert environment which totally gives me Dune vibe. Plus, the animation quality helps resonates those elements in this film that still hold to this day. Also, poor Palme, having to endure such a hardship in such a short frame of time, all while losing his mother figure and unable to process his feelings of losing a parental guardian and moving forward to find a new purpose while having such a fragile heart, naivety and challenges to understand the world around him. Especially born as a hollow shell puppet that cannot fully understand and connect to human emotions deeply enough was a tragic sight to see. Wanting to get the wishes he fought so hard to become 'human' only for it to be nothing that he hoped for. But at least in the end, he can finally rest easily in an isolated land as a peaceful tree where nobody can disturb except for Popo watching closely to him was a wish that Palme never would have dreamt of till now. Finally, moving past his guilts and regrets thus, The Tree of Palme. I would give it a 9/10.

Finally. A truly dark Pinocchio adaptation. Not that there's anything wrong with the other two.

Was wondering when Palme would pop up on the channel, Wonderful examination as always!

Tree of Palme is an absolutely gorgeous movie, not perfect, but still gorgeous. It has been a while since I have watched it, but I still remember that feeling of not really vibing with it. And perhaps that can be attributed to its long run-time and bloated long scenes. Videos like these really help me see the soul of the production that I might not always catch for one reason or another. This reallly does make me want to go look at older anime from the 90s that I might not even know about. Anne of the Green Gables and Heidi were nice enough, though I prefered Heidi just a teeny bit over Anne.

thanks stevem! great as always

Saw this film at an anime convention, had forgotten the name, nice to revisit it. I still remember how unsettling that deer scene was

You all ways have a wonderful video up I am a big fan of this anime artist

OH MY GOD! I am so glad someone is talking about this movie

Ooh, definitely going to check this out soon if I can. I’ve been an Astro Boy and general Tezuka fan for a bit now, so robot Pinocchio adaptations are right up my alley! (Always wondered why people never mentioned Astro when Pinocchio is discussed, as Tezuka was pretty obviously influenced by the story?)

I didn't know it used cels, I didn't notice while watching the film, though my copy is sub-HD. ANN does credit two different companies for digital paint.

The Amazon Prime version seems to be legit & there's rips of it about if people are looking I've only just found the rip after someone pointed it to me lol a bit late since this footage might be slightly wrong on the aspect ratio front

This reminds me of 2001s Artificial intelligence.

happy to see finally tree of pelme getting some attention

I thought you were going to talk about Del Toro's Pinocho. But this one also feels up there in dark tone

Great as always.

First I want to thank you for presenting me with this great movie. But I want you to know that sharing your struggles helped me a whole lot! 😊

Still no high resolution release. The sadness never ends.

Hah yes - I literally watched this for the first time a few weeks ago. Incredible animation, I thought it had an Akira like weight to it that I don't see very often and then looking into it found out why. I haven't tried catnapped yet though...

This movie is insane and beautiful

Finally one other video about this movie. Got its such a gorgeous movie and the soundtrack is so good, but I never see people talking about it. Sometimes on message boards I reply to my own questions I asked years ago about it not realising they were mine 😆

I really want to watch this film someday, it seems right up my alley

I watched it....holy shit, why hadnt i found this sooner?

sounds very very underrated

I saw this movie as a child with a friend and it's been stuck at the back of my mind for years and I couldn't remember what it was called!

Can you believe the film Is on YT with Spanish subtitles? I gotta admit, your essay made me pay more attention to the details, and that's the only reason I didn't get lost with all the worldbuilding and background of the characters

He made Harmony?! That one was insane I wouldn't say good, but definitely unique!

Even though it's a very flawed movie, I always found A Three of palm really engaging. I remember watching It several times on TV, late at night. And that's really the perfect way to watch that kind of films, sometimes you watch It from beginning to end, some other Time you just watch the ending or some other random segment in the middle,and other times you're a little tired, you're just zapping around the channels, and for some reason It catches you're attention AND you leave It on, suddenly you're even drifting in and Out of sleep, you get certain moments and when you remember you're not sure if they were part of a movie or a part of you're dreams.

なかむらたかしのパルムの樹

bro has clearly never seen 964 pinocchio

I saw Tree of Palme as a child, borrowed it from the library in my city. For years I've been trying to remember the title. And only remembered it truly because of this video. I tried to find it but only a fifty dollar (USD) dvd on amazon was what i could find. It's saddening. of all the things i could have "forgotten to return" to the library, why wasn't it Tree of Palme. (I'm joking of course.... kind of)

I’d be fascinated to read the novel adaptation

Tree of Palme made me nuaceous during watch. I didn’t have fun time watching it at all. But my disgust was so strong I remembered it trough ages. So in some sense me being nauseous is a compliment to this anime creators. 😅 Definitely interesting take on classic tale and incredible work being done over all.

I still have the ADV Films release of this movie that I bought way back... Don't even remember when exactly. Interesting film but honestly a bit boring at times.

The Princess Mononoke book on your shelf is upside down.

Thank you for making this video! A Tree of Palm is incredible, one of my favorites. Probably one of the most underrated movies in history, like it's hard to even create a cult following because it's not available on blu ray or streaming in english (I think it's only available in some streaming in Japan)

This movie haunted me since i first saw at it when i was a kid. I love and hate Palme no ki. It's beautiful, horrifying, sad and amazind. It subconsciously influences my art till this day. I'm so glad that FINALLY someone talks about this movie. It deserves some love

Holy shit its related with catnapped thats amazing! I knew the styles seemed so familiar! I loved that movie as a child i thought it was so out of this world and unique for a lil california white kid in the early 2000s! Nothing from disney compared to what catnapped was for me. Now i need to check out this tree of palme!

Not dentsu the ad agency throwing down 💀. I feel like some of those voice clips of the of that character sword slashing sound just like Link in Ocarina.

How has this not been released in the US yet?

Yeah it have Forbidden Planet and Moebius(or that Metal Hurlant style) all over it Just watched it. Felt like a swan song of 2d animation. Thanks for the recommendation.

You're thinking Tree of Palme is absent watching that video and I'm thinking Pinocchio:Vampire Slayer got no recognition.

Heh, almost expected Meatcanyon's version to pop up.

Pinocchio and the emperor of the night: we are the darkest adaptation of Pinocchio This movie:...

im glad mad people here are hearing of this for the first time. studio ersatz dropped little 'unique anime' vid a few months back so i just watched it

I love this anime

As someone who knows the Brawlers Grimm interpretation, you are incorrect

I imagine that this movie really went thtough a crazy production cause its so unfocused. I like it but many things from the story prevent me from really liking or loving. Like the spirit of the blue woman that in the end is causing the afliction in Palm and the only thing I could feel is how this undermines his character. Not only it kinda comes from nowere but also lessens Palm since its not all his pain or problems of him being a robot. But some ghost in him. I think this is really dumb. Probably my favorite parts of the movie is the begining that is so weird, it really feels like a Moebius comic but with cute anime characters. And the very end when he accept his fate and them we see this beautiful otherworldly tree that almost make the pain of his death/transformation not so bad. But it really could have been something really fantastic but ended just a extremely beautiful but weird curious movie. Unfortunatly probably due all those problems while being made.

I have a love hate relationship with this movie but I do enjoy seeing it getting talked about, I love Nakamura's line of work!

OH HECK. TREE OF PALME! This is one of my favorite movies! Thank you for taking the trouble to cover this! More people NEED to know about its existence!

Made in abyss reminds me of this

I am going to watch this video later, as I intend to watch this film as soon as possible, with the director's TV series Fantastic Children being something I want to get to with a close friend. However, to make sure that it continues to be recommended to people who *haven't* heard of this one, I shall be leaving this comment to please the algorithm gods.

Hey, you say that Nakamura didn't do much after this movie, but what about this full lengh TV series Fantastic Children? Doesn't count?

Hey, what was that classic movie with dinosaur? And why it cant be monetized?

6:34 what was that Ps this was a great video

Solid video as always stevem! If you happen to come across this comment, could you give me a couple anime recommendations? I've been having a hard time finding anything good to watch lately

Meanwhile. og Pinocchio:

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What about Carmelo Bene's versions?

wait a min I knew the drawings looked familiar, aint those sketches basically from another documentary? uhh i forgot what it was for … maybe astro boy ? but yea i remember those same sketches but on a yellow back ground , wiggly name and all 😂

So, It's basically Lies Of P in that era yeah.

absolutely thrilled this is sponsored!!! thank you for putting out such amazing content!!!

this movie seems p good to me! but i went on MAL to check its score and its 6.5. why do you think its so low there?

Darkest adaptation yet

Well, if Tree of Palme is a "family film", so is Ralph Bakshi's "Wizards". ...And Disney owns that film, now, and I find that cosmically hilarious - considering the main villain is _a literal black sorcerer who revives the fourth reich in a post-apocalyptic world._

Check out the mini series called Now and Then, Here and There. It'll get into your head...

While I couldn't enjoy Palme for its characters (except Popo), technically it's a fascinating piece of animation, it feels like the natural evolution of Takashi Nakamura's "New Realism" when compared to his masterpiece: Akira. While we all know that New Realism and Akira are highly influenced by Toei Douga and especially by Disney, it's quite strange to see productions with that approach outside of studios and staff that were also strongly influenced by Disney or that were trained by American animators (such as initial animators for Telecom Animation Films and NEMO). I imagine that overacting was not present in Palme because it was quite rejected by the majority of Akira's animators, who thought it was unnecessary movements and did not understand the point. Even so, several principles of animation were maintained and managed to make the production special, I would say that it is one of the animated films with the best realistic movement, even in subtle aspects such as the reactive movement of clothing, hair and accessories, as well as the obvious major aspects such as physical representations of weight/force and inertia, without leaving aside the perfect representation of three-dimensional volume and three-dimensional space