Sherlock Holmes: two animated stories
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victorian221bLife is still hectic, but this fandom is the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday I saw this on tumblr:
Someone mentioned in a comment to the post that it was from a Russian animation which made my search very easy. A few minutes later I was watching the mini-series on YouTube.
The giffed scene is from Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Murder of Lord Waterbrook (2005), and this first installment is hilarious. There are numerous references to Lenfilm Holmes—it’s kind of a parody. The humour was a joy: sometimes absurd, sometimes slapstic, but very tastefully done. Also, a Holmes/Watson shipper will love this episode especially!
The second installment is called Sherlock Holmes and Little Black Men or, alternatively, Sherlock Holmes and Little Chimney Sweeps (2012). It consists of six mini-episodes connected by the same plot line: a case of stolen submarine plans. As you can already see, it’s a reference to BRUC while little black men are a reference to SIGN (but also to DANC too).
Thanks to spiritcc’s team for translation andsanguinity for the links to both installments with English subs!
The Chimney Sweeps seemed to me funny but not as hilarious as Lord Waterbrook. But it’s still very worth watching. Both installments contain casual racism (which is period-typical, I guess). Anyway, the series is true to the canon (and Lenfilm). Good time guaranteed!
Some background info: the series was created by Alexander Bubnov, a soviet and Ukrainian screenwriter, director and artist. He mentioned planning a third installment in his LJ blog back in 2014, but so far it hasn’t been released yet. According to wiki, the Chimney Sweeps was crowd funded. All male characters were voiced by one and the same actor, Alexei Kolgan (so masterfully that I could never tell).
Someone mentioned in a comment to the post that it was from a Russian animation which made my search very easy. A few minutes later I was watching the mini-series on YouTube.
The giffed scene is from Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Murder of Lord Waterbrook (2005), and this first installment is hilarious. There are numerous references to Lenfilm Holmes—it’s kind of a parody. The humour was a joy: sometimes absurd, sometimes slapstic, but very tastefully done. Also, a Holmes/Watson shipper will love this episode especially!
The second installment is called Sherlock Holmes and Little Black Men or, alternatively, Sherlock Holmes and Little Chimney Sweeps (2012). It consists of six mini-episodes connected by the same plot line: a case of stolen submarine plans. As you can already see, it’s a reference to BRUC while little black men are a reference to SIGN (but also to DANC too).
Thanks to spiritcc’s team for translation and
sanguinity for the links to both installments with English subs! The Chimney Sweeps seemed to me funny but not as hilarious as Lord Waterbrook. But it’s still very worth watching. Both installments contain casual racism (which is period-typical, I guess). Anyway, the series is true to the canon (and Lenfilm). Good time guaranteed!
Some background info: the series was created by Alexander Bubnov, a soviet and Ukrainian screenwriter, director and artist. He mentioned planning a third installment in his LJ blog back in 2014, but so far it hasn’t been released yet. According to wiki, the Chimney Sweeps was crowd funded. All male characters were voiced by one and the same actor, Alexei Kolgan (so masterfully that I could never tell).
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