A Bunraku-style puppet is performed by a team of puppeteers in Berlin.
I'll freely admit that I can be a bit of a snob when it comes to puppet manipulation. I like proper lip sync and good, solid technical puppet manipulation. I think if a puppet is supposed to be a dog, it should move in a dog like manner and if it's supposed to be a person, the puppet should move like a person. I suppose that's part of the reason I love German puppetry so much - almost all the German puppeteers I've seen and met are really well trained and take puppetry very seriously. A great example of really excellent technical puppet manipulation in Germany is this video of a Bunraku-style puppet being performed by a team of puppeteers in Berlin.
