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'''Compu Movie (コンピュムービー)''' is a VHS video release made by Osamu Sato & produced by O.S.D. (Out Side Directors Company) and released by ''Tierrart (ティエラルト)''. Featuring of collection of music videos made using Amiga and Macintosh computers and music by Shinobu Narita, Osamu Sato, and The Sync (produced by Goh Hotoda). The VHS was available to purchase through the company only. Compu Movie is considered lost media, as it has not surfaced in full on the internet.<ref>https://compu-lsd.com/w/Compu_Movie</ref>  
'''Compu Movie (コンピュムービー)''' is a VHS video release made by Osamu Sato & produced by O.S.D. (Out Side Directors Company) and released by ''Tierrart (ティエラルト)''. Featuring of collection of music videos made using Amiga and Macintosh computers and music by Shinobu Narita, Osamu Sato, and The Sync (produced by Goh Hotoda). The VHS was available to purchase through the company only. Compu Movie was considered lost media, as it had not surfaced in full on the internet.<ref>https://compu-lsd.com/w/Compu_Movie</ref>  


== Background ==
== Background ==
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==Status==
==Status==
Due to it's rarity and obscure purchase method, no previous auctions/listings of Compu Movie have been found. Sato was contacted regarding a copy of Compu Movie and stated he no longer has one on-hand.
Due to it's rarity and obscure purchase method, no previous auctions/listings of Compu Movie have been found. Sato was contacted regarding a copy of Compu Movie and stated he no longer has one on-hand.
On the 27th of April, 2024, the Osamu Sato Discord managed to find a tape containing all of the music videos<ref>https://archive.org/details/osamusato-compumovie</ref>.


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 15:21, 28 April 2024

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Advertisement for the media in question.

Status: Found

Compu Movie (コンピュムービー) is a VHS video release made by Osamu Sato & produced by O.S.D. (Out Side Directors Company) and released by Tierrart (ティエラルト). Featuring of collection of music videos made using Amiga and Macintosh computers and music by Shinobu Narita, Osamu Sato, and The Sync (produced by Goh Hotoda). The VHS was available to purchase through the company only. Compu Movie was considered lost media, as it had not surfaced in full on the internet.[1]

Background

Osamu Sato (佐藤 理) is a Japanese digital artist, photographer, and composer. His first published work was the ambient music album Objectless (1983). His first work in the video game industry was Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou, which first released in Japan for Classic Mac OS in 1994, and in North America for Microsoft Windows the following year. In 1998, he produced and composed the music for the video game LSD: Dream Emulator on the PlayStation, which later became his most recognizable work outside of Japan.[2]

Findings

A printed advertisement for Compu Movie was discovered by Discord user "Chia", it contains a list of music videos featured in the tape.

List of Compu Movie's videos
# Video Status
1. Deme Kume Chame-Go Partially Found
2. The Face Partially Found
3. Astor Magic Lost
4. Golden Flowers Lost
5. Alphabetical Animals Partially Found
6. I Love You Partially Found

These video names can be tied to more findings, such as video clips from official sources.

Along with these video findings, various magazine interviews with Sato contain screenshots of Compu Movie.

  • QUIT v1 Interview - Various screenshots from each video, also the same screenshots that appear in the box cover.
  • WIRED (July 1994) - Screenshots from "Alphabetical Animals" & "I LOVE YOU".
  • Macintosh Designers Network (MdN / 1994) (Page 1) (Page 2) - Compu Movie article discussing inspiration, and a look into each video.

Status

Due to it's rarity and obscure purchase method, no previous auctions/listings of Compu Movie have been found. Sato was contacted regarding a copy of Compu Movie and stated he no longer has one on-hand.

On the 27th of April, 2024, the Osamu Sato Discord managed to find a tape containing all of the music videos[3].

References