1999 Anime
Kaze no Invitation
This was originally created as a musical special for the LD-BOX release of Magical Emi in 1999.
Bao Liang Deng
The story is based on the traditional Chinese folklore about a boy named Chenxiang. His mother is a goddess and his father is a mortal. His uncle Erlang Shen, punishes them by killing the father. The mother escapes and gives birth, but the little boy grows up without knowledge of his ancestry. His mother possesses a magical Lotus Lantern whose light can scare away evil. When his uncle, a strict and powerful god, kidnaps Chenxiang, his mother fights to save her son.
Unfortunately, his uncle is victorious and Chenxiang is forced to live in his palace on the sacred mountains. Erlang Shen then imprisons his sister beneath a mountain for her crimes. Although he is quite young, Chenxiang manages to escape from the palace, taking the magical lotus lantern that his mother lost during the battle.
After surviving adventures with many beloved characters of Chinese mythology, Chenxiang finally matures into a courageous boy who must battle his uncle to win his mother's freedom and fall in love at the same time.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Xi You Ji
Sun Wukong, who was born from a magic stone, has been imprisoned underneath a mountain for five centuries for his mischief in the heavens. One day, the Diety Guanyin told Wukong that the Monk Tangsen will set him free, and Wukong will join him on a pilgrimage from China to India. The next day, Xuanzang came and set him free, and the two started their Journey to the west. Along the way, they meet two new friends, Zhu Bajie and the Hermit Sha Wujing who joins them on the journey; together, they face many dangers and evil creatures and sorcerers and learn to get along.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Docchi ni Suru?
Raoul, an alligator, has a bad tooth, and also needs a hair cut. Is he going to a barber, or a dentist, or neither of them? Madillo, an armadillo, wonders if he should bring an umbrella, or not. So, what is your choice? In the story of this animated film, a series of events which need judgments, spontaneity and decisiveness of the "Junior Directors" continue to occur.
Ao no Doumon
Legend has it that before the tunnel (Ao no Doumon) was built, people had to climb over the cliffs through which the tunnel is built to reach an important local shrine. The path was very dangerous and people regularly fell to their deaths. During the Edo period, a Buddhist monk named Zenkai, who had committed a murder in his earlier life, decided to build a safe passage for worshipers in order to atone for his crime. Beginning at the age of 49, he dedicated 30 years of his life to digging the 185 metre tunnel by hand, using only a hammer and chisel.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Crocotires Traction AAA
A huge garbage dump where old tires are piled up place turns into a different world late at night when no one's around. The old tires come to life, transforming their appearances and immersing themselves in boxing.
(Source: Official Youtube channel)
Mugen no Ryvius: Illusion
Hyakumannen Attara, Dousuru?
Educational video that teaches teenagers about value of money, basic banking principles, use of credit cards and other ways of financial interaction in the society.
Inochi Kagayaku Akari
An educational film about women's problems, community discrimination (buraku social issues), and the entrapment of disabilities.
Clock
A bizarre short about a man who wakes up by a bunch of clocks only to act as a cuckoo clock for a room full of chickens at a bar.
Jokoshima Waza Jadou Sugiru
Heya/Keitai
Gestalt was shot over the course of a year in a Tokyo dormitory. Each day, Ishida would paint on the wall and photograph it using the available light from the window. The 7-minute long film, which is accompanied by haunting organ music composed by J.S. Bach, consists of those several seconds of film Ishida shot daily.
(Source: Midnight Eye)