Shah Nameh: The Animated Project

22 comments posted by legofish at 10:06 PM

I recently found out about a fantastic project called the Shah Nameh (thanks to reader Sepehr) and I was very impressed by the undertaking.

Originally, the Shah Nameh or the "Book of Kings" is a 10th century epic poem written by Iranian poet Ferdosi, narrating stories of ancient Persian heroes and myths.

Project Shah Nameh, as its press release states "consists of a succession of four feature length films based on the original text by Ferdosi."

The man behind this project is Mehrdad Mojir-Shirazi, and Iranian raised in France who is self-admittedly getting in touch with his own heritage and aims to "revive a part of the Persian legacy along with its culture, lifestyle, and mysteries."

From the teaser it is apparent that the project is a mix of 3D animation with more traditional illustration techniques.

I'm digging the environment and background art. The character concept sketches also look wonderful, and I feel that a lot of their charm is lost in the 3D modelling.

Regardless, with a Persian director in charge, I feel a great deal of satisfaction in that we are finally in charge of telling our stories ourselves, allowing us to maintain historical and cultural accuracy. From the director's statement, it is apparent that his goal is to remain "faithful to the historical merits of the narrative and the Persian cultural identity (notably in terms of clothing and architecture)".

I can't wait to hear more about this and hopefully see the whole thing come out. Meanwhile, I have included some of the concept art here. To see the rest, check out the project's website.

سلام
خسته نباشید
شما همان بندار یوسفی هستید که مدتها در امارات می زیستید؟
بندار و برادرتان ونداد یوسفی؟
اگر بله/خیلی خوشحال ام که باز در
کنار دوستان دوران مدرسه هستم
شما هر دو افتخاری بودید و هستید برای ایرانی ها و ایران زمین.

..
تبریک می گویم تان دوست خوبم

به امید دیدار مجدد
شاد مانید و سلامت

by دوست at March 27, 2008 02:18 PM

راستی دوست خوب م وب فارسی هم دارید که گر بلی و معرفی کنید خوشحال می شوم
shaberoshan1385@yahoo.com
دوست

by دوست at March 27, 2008 02:22 PM

nice job

by A. Daneshgar at March 29, 2008 08:17 PM

Looks interesting! Hope they finish the production and distribute it in Europe.

by jac at March 30, 2008 09:33 AM

bravo

by navid at March 31, 2008 11:22 AM

salam ...
vagean shocke shodam nemidonam bayad chi begam ..
fagat age narahat nemishin bishtar dost daram ye post bezarin ke khodetoono bishtar moareffi konind ma bache haye iran zamin az gozashtamoon hich chi nemidonim ..
mamnoon...

by amir at April 4, 2008 03:54 AM

The same as usual everybody's waiting for its copy to download for free!!!!!!!! shame on us!

by Sohrab at April 6, 2008 12:47 AM

This is your cousins, Hamid Reza Yousefi, Nice to hearing from you after a long time and I hope we can continue our further correspondence.
To do so, I would need your email address. While passing my regards to my uncle and his dear wife, I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Hamid.

by Hamid Reza Yousefi at April 9, 2008 06:19 AM

Thanks God I will see my bigest wish

Khodaro shokt man bozorgtarin Arezoomo mibinam

by Kurosh Razdar at April 15, 2008 08:01 AM

thanks for ur trying to tell all people real iranian personality

by sara at May 10, 2008 11:46 AM

This is fantastic! Can't wait!

by Amir at May 10, 2008 04:49 PM

I agree there was a considerable improvement on the second book but as a supporter of 'Project 300' I'd still stick to your first point about the empty place ol of the Persian graphic designers. The books where backed with American professionals agree but to me it was next to the other higher or lower mainstream comic books. I'm sure there are plenty of the Persian/Iranian who can't wait to get involve in such projects.
عجم زنده داشتم بدین پارسی, you know...

by Tan at June 5, 2008 10:17 PM

Fully respect and thanks to Mehrdad Mojir-Shirazi because i see a iraniman behind this project and it`s a great things because as u all know the other nationalityes cannot reach the realistic point of a native...for example Hollywood with they`re silly movie called "300 sparthans"

kheili mamnunam

by Dragosh at June 20, 2008 08:56 AM

i just can say that's wonderfull.you guys done well.iranian peoples proud of you,and shame on they,that don't leting us to know about our history, good job

by jarlin at June 22, 2008 03:27 AM

there is many comics about shahnameh in iran ,like the pictures in this URL: http://rostam-iran.blogspot.com/
its in English
visit it and send your ideas.

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