Psychological Anime
Yodomi no Sakagi
The two of them, all alone at home. All alone with her father's corpse. Memories, ideals, and reality all sink beneath the muck. Everyone is alone. Everyone is in solitude.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Konchuu Tsurezuregusa
This animated film is comprised of five themes chosen from Tezuka Osamu's collection of essays "Essay in Idleness of Insects" in which he had compiled studies on insects. Although this collection contains mainly academic studies, it also includes records of insect observation that lead to literary conclusions with mysterious or mythical imagery.
The five essays are done in different animation techniques, and each episode is followed by a scene with the boy Tezuka Osamu and a swallow-tailed butterfly called "Oomurasaki." The film depicts the boy Tezuka Osamu desperately chasing Oomurasaki with his butterfly net, together with what he saw in his dreams. This work was screened at the show "Tezuka Osamu: Images of the Past and Future".
(Source: tezukaosamu.net)
Kokoroya
An educational film about empathy in Japan. In the movie's example, uses a sci-fi twist to show how the hearts of others to the main character in certain situations.
Airs
A TV show that is so unclear to whom and where it is broadcast. A strange room where the recording and editing is taking place. A middle-aged gentleman like a wax figure sits on a turntable and grabs the microphone as the director signals him to do so. A reading about the mysterious genre "Ficfyon" has begun. 'What the heck did we not have time for?' The monologue of a man sitting in the audience and continuing to talk about his story will soon move into Ficfyon prophecies about the 2000s.
(Source: CaRTe bLaNChe)
Aimai Elegy
Music video animated by akka, mirto and Yuma Saito for the song Aimai Elegy by DECO*27 featuring Marina Nakamura.
A girl struggles with her fear of a relationship, feeling drowned by the possibilities of the future. But she's not the only one drowning...
Kodomo no Kaitei no Koto
For whom does a girl keep rotating? A story of a weird relationship between a child and adults.
(Source: Official website)
KiyaKiya
The term "KiyaKiya" comes from the old Japanese expression "mune ga kiyakiya suru." I first encountered it in Shibusawa Tatsuhiko's book Introductory Essays on Girls, in the chapter about "childhood experiences." The expression, which describes “an enigmatic, nostalgic, disturbing feeling,” or an impression of “deja-vu”, is at the origin of my "KiyaKiya" series.
In our everyday routine, there are moments when suddenly we feel like something is different; this unexpected change, like in my memory, feels like it has a kind of reality. This impression is at the core of “KiyaKiya” and the related painting and drawing series.
(Source: Official website)
Kiroi Kikyuu to Banno Sensei
One day out of blue Prof. Banno of next class came to school with his hair shaven. Students made fun of his baldhead. Prof. Banno flew in a hot-air balloon the other day. Nobody knows anything about him afterwards.
1st year work 2014 by Yoko Yuki, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Kiekaketa Monogatari-tachi no Tame ni
A somewhat dark and surreal tale by Naoyuki Tsuji. Our protagonist sets out on a journey in a world which starts at The Gate of Confusion. To complete his travels, he must meet various strange characters to relieve himself of his burdens and set himself free.
Hotaruhi no Migomori
The boy get pregnant. Through pain of morning sickness and variety prejudice, Finally he gave birth.
Graduate Work 2020, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
affordance
Can people feel what lies beyond the action of being "afforded"?
If it does, can humans grow to change the outcome?
(Source: Official site)
AEON
Graduate Work 2017, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.
Self-replicating entities that have evolved on different planets merge and proliferate exponentially. In search of more energy sources, they consume other stars.
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Kaze no Sei
A story of a baby and a spirit of wind Zephyr. The short travel in the sky. Through many cloud and arrive to the sun. Charcoal drawing animation with bass guitar sound. Music, Sound composition performed: Makiko T (Vimeo)
