Psychological Anime
Tensai Banpaku 2014 Opening Animation
Opening animation for Tensai Banpaku Genius Expo 2014 directed by Mirai Mizue.
Furidashi
Graduate Work 2016, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.
You always stumble before reach. The glass in your hand gets chipped every time. Then everything should start again from the start. There are, however, things you can discover only through repetition. The answer resides in yourself.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Shade no Hokori wa Enchou
Music video for the song Shade no Hokori wa Enchou by ZUTOMAYO. The song was used as a theme song for the mystery drama Eye See.
CONNECTED
Mamoru Oshii x Koji Morimoto x KENWOOD Smart Headsets collaborative animation.
This short animation is inspired by KENWOOD "Smart Headsets" (earphones with AI assistant)that depicts future life with a unique interpretation, set in a fictitious city where devices have become commonplace.
(Source: AniList.co)
Noise
An experiment concerning the attempts at creating a ‘moving image’ long before the invention of cinema. A re-experiencing of the history of ‘magic with light’ unfolds through the use of various devices and techniques, including flip-book animation and Muybridge’s photographs in motion zoopraxiscope. (IFFR)
Umi no Uta
In a fishing village, a scrapped boat is cremated. Old fishing boats on the verge of death dream of deep-sea fish running through alleys, fishermen pulling their nets, the crying specter of a young girl... Various imagery appear and retreat like waves on a shore, inviting viewers into a daydream.
This poetic film garnered critical acclaim at an international scale, starting at the Oberhausen international short film festival.
(Source: AniList.co)
Noctambulist
A music video for matryoshka's Noctambulist, directed by Susumu Yamaguchi. The song itself was released in 2012 as part of their album, Laideronnette.
Shi no Shounin
One day a boy encounters a street vendor who sells chicks. Even the boy knows these birds will die very soon. To his eyes, the man is selling none other than death itself.
(Source: IMDb)
CLIMBER
There is a stone pillar that continues long and long. Climbers are climbing it. Each climber keeps climbing the stone pillar spending time. They are the symbols of accumulation.
(Source: Tokyo University of the Arts)
Clay
Music video animated by Waboku for the song Clay by Lanndo featuring the vocals of Ima Nanataki. This is the first single off Lanndo's album "ULTRAPANIC".
Nisou no Kuzu
The dialogue in question takes place between a woman, who appears to be submerged in water, and a man who sits by a tree on sandy soil. The messages the couple sends back and forth to one another take the form of metaphor: a seed, a fish, a thorn, and so on.
(Source: Midnight Eye)
Kettobashita Moufu
Music video animated by Kawasemi for the song Kettobashita Moufu by ZUTOMAYO.
DREAMLAND
Short animation from Mirai Mizue. Simple rectilinear figures assemble into surprisingly complex “cities” that pulse along to Scarlatti Goes Electro’s hyperkinetic score.
(Source: JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film)
Kenju Giga
A dog race is interrupted by a ringmaster, who attaches fish to the dog's collars and makes them run in circles. The crowd is incensed, but the ringmaster insists that the audience is no better off than the dogs. In the end the ringmaster is assassinated and the race continues, but a single red rose sprouts from the ringmaster's blood; a symbol of truth in a crazy world?
(Source: AniDB)
DušaN
An independent animated music video for the song "DušaN" by the Slovakian band Saténové ruky. Kousuke Sugimoto created it for a friend who is in the band. The video is about the protagonist's soul that just won't stop "talking" when he's coked.
ficfyon7
The noise of the badly projected cathode ray tube image cleared up and a news program called "Ficfyon 7" appeared on the monitor. Professor Kim Wilson, an expert on the mysterious genre of "Ficfyon" was introduced as a guest, and the host asked him questions about the current state of "Ficfyon." The professor's answer was not in words, but a mysterious gesture. With the presenter's astonished expression, the images on the monitor split and repeat like a matryoshka. Eventually, the program ends as if nothing had happened, but the strange loop continues afterwards...
(Source: CaRTe bLaNChe)