Psychological Anime
Palme no Ki
Palme is a puppet created by a man to care for his sickly wife. After her death Palme becomes paralyzed with sorrow, that is, until a woman being pursued happens to cross paths with Palme and his creator and asks them to deliver something precious to a sacred place called Tamas. Palme, mistaking her for his master's late wife, accepts the request. This becomes his first step to becoming more human in order to understand his own feelings.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Walking Meat
Humanity has grown a taste for zombies. Stewed, sautéed, or squeezed.
In an alternate world, the Japanese corporation Flesh Inc. has managed to create zombies on domestic soil during the roaring Sixties (the years of the economic boom) using voodoo techniques imported from Africa, and it has built a fortune thereafter by selling zombie products of all kind: instant noodles, soft drinks, hamburgers, pet food, and cosmetics.
But when a trio of self-centered millennials on their first workday get trapped inside a fully automated zombie farm with their old-school technotard supervisor and a horde of undead running amok, overcoming generation gaps becomes a matter of survival.
(Source: Production I.G)
Yuukai Anna
196X. Anna, an enigmatic and attractive professional kidnapper, abducts The Professor during his wedding ceremony on request from one of the latter's former girlfriend. This woman, whose face Anna has never seen, wishes to die with The Professor before he marries. Leaving the church with The Professor on the back seat of her motor-bike, Anna starts on the journey to the fictional city of 'Alpha Paris'.
(Source: QWFF)
Anne no Nikki
Amsterdam, June 12, 1942. Anne celebrates her 13th birthday and begins her diary, which she calls "Kitty". Hiding for two years from the German threat, the young girl writes about her idealistic views on the world, her ambitions, her fears and her first love, Peter.
Kireigoto
Music video directed by Makoto Katou for the song Kireigoto by Hoshimachi Suisei.
RahXephon Kansoukyoku: Kanojo to Kanojo Jishin to - Thatness and Thereness
Quon Kisaragi was surprised when she saw an illusion of herself floating in midair. This other "self" of her claimed that she is a fragment of Quon. Thus an existentialistic dialogue began between the two.
(Source: Anime News Network)
OVA side story bundled with the RahXephon Special Edition game for the Sony PlayStation 2.
Taneyamagahara no Yoru
Four workers wait out the night around a campfire. Three of them are talking about different things when they start hearing strange noises. Their discussion wakes up a sleeping companion who promptly goes back to sleep only to start having dreams...
Otsukimi Recital
Music video animated by Wannyanpu for the song Otsukimi Recital by Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) with vocals by IA. This song was included in the "Mekakucity Records" CD. The music video itself was published online a month later and is also included with "Mekakucity V's" release in 2014.
00:08
This piece takes 8 seconds, and creates intervals between the frames, and then makes them bigger. It's about expansion and enlargement, not the passage of time. 8 seconds becomes that much more luxuriant.
Graduate Work 2014, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation
Prize :2014 Anima Mundi, Best Gallery Film2014 ANIMPACT, Jury Special Prize2014 Tokyo Anime Award Festival, Graduation Work Adobe prize
(Source: Geidai Animation)
5-Oku-nen Button
The 500 million year button. Press that button and a million yen will come out. In exchange, you have to spend 500 million years in a completely empty space. However, the moment 500 million years have passed, your memory will be erased and you'll be right back where you started. For the person who pressed the button, it would be like a million yen in an instant.
5-year-old Tonio, 14-year-old Jaibi, and 17-year-old Suneko, were at a loss for money to pay for their father's treatment in the hospital. But then, in front of the three siblings, a person with the "500 million year" button appears...
A brand new animation based on the cult classic "500 Million Year Button" story from the Minna no Tonio-chan series!
(Source: 500,000,000-nen Button Official Home Page)
Bloody Night
A dark alley. A vicious monster. And a little girl that was just in the wrong place at the wrong hour...
Ankoku Shinwa
Long ago there were fierce gods of legends who shook the earth to its foundation with their power. There are now prehistoric rivals from the primitive times in Japan, that fought to protect their secrets in the present day. The God of Darkness Susanoah-oh is now sleeping in the shadows of the underworld waiting for his rebirth. However his coming hasn't gone unoticed. There are agents from the Kikuchi Clan (descendants of Japans first inhabitants) who have seen the warning signs of the spreading of darkness's bringing. These investigators are armed with ancient knowledge and artifacts who are willingly prepared to face the God of Darkness. Now they must fight the assembled spirits of hell to find the one young boy who is chosen by fate to grasp the chaotic might of the deadly Gods.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Usogui
There are gamblers out there who even bet their lives as ante. But to secure the integrity of these life-threatening gambles, a violent and powerful organization by the name of "Kakerou" referees these games as a neutral party. Follow Baku Madarame a.k.a. Usogui (The Lie Eater) as he gambles against maniacal opponents at games—such as Escape the Abandoned Building, Old Maid, and Hangman—to ultimately "out-gamble" and control the neutral organization of Kakerou itself.
Tori no Uta
A boy is walking home through the city where he finds a new path that he follows. It starts to rain and he sheeks shelter with the aid of a girl. He falls in love with the girl. He gets a feather, and if he always carries it, they will meet again. He returns to his home following the path, but the next day he cant find it again. Time progresses and he forgets the girl. 50 years later he returns to the same city and he dreams of the girl. He is still dutifully carrying the feather.
Written, drawn, and directed by famed illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.
(Source: AniDB, ANN)
Nekojiru Gekijou Jirujiru ORIGINAL
Based on the comics by the late Nekojiru. Contains 23 animated shorts aired TV Asahi Network's show "Bokusho Mondai Boss Chara Ou." and 4 unbroadcast episodes.
(Source: AniDB)
