2016 Anime
Atashi Dake wo Mite
Having forgotten exciting feelings of the early days of the relationship, the man drifts along petting his guinea pig. One day he meets a beauty of flower who appreciates the pet.
Tomoki Misato's 2016 Graduation Work at Musashino Art University.
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)
FEED
Eri Okazaki's graduation work from 2016 at Tama Art University.
Four housekeepers package and prepare meals for children. The children feed the livestock, which are to be used for their meals. This repeats the cycle.
Age of Obscure: Boubaku Jidai
Short film by Mirai Mizue and Onohana with music by Twoth.
TIME ON THE PLANET
The sun rises in one place and the sun sets in another.
When a woman's hair grows up, a man shaves off her elongated beard.
Even if the time is different, the time passes in the same way anywhere.
The earth turns and the sun rises again.
Each of the frames has a structure that loops indefinitely.
(Source: Official website)
Eto Sanbun no ichi
This work was commissioned for the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival and made possible by support from the 2016 Champion and Patron Members of Reel Asian. Chinese Zodiac is 60-years cycle by 10 heavenly elements and 12 earthly animals, 20th anniversary is just one third. In this movie appearing and changing into 20 elements from 1997 that was started the festival to 2016. Music is played by Dan Bau that Vietnamese electronic stringed instrument.
(Source: yamamura-animation.jp)
Mugen no Hi
In the pitch darkness a man cannot see anything. Only light source is a light lit with a match by someone else. The light is lit and put out. This repeats sometime and eventually the man makes up his mind.
1st year work 2016, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Mayumi
Mayumi is a spoiled girl whose parents buy her everything she wants. She names her name "Mayumi" to everything she receives, and her room is gradually filled with many Mayumis. Mayumi herself gets swallowed by the characters of her name.
1st year work 2016 by Chinami Taniguchi, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Koutarou in Space Wonderland (2016)
Guzu no Soko
From that day an anxiety started to root in the man's room. He just keeps walking not to sink in listlessness. This is a document to reflect my own anxiety arisen after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Graduate Work 2016, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation
Awards:The 34th Aoi Tsubasa Grand Prix (Animation)PIAFF16 (France) - Student Films Grand Prix
(Source: Geidai Animation)
Kasa
In the world of constant black rain, people live under umbrellas’ protection. One day a man threw his umbrella away, which resulted to brought him a green plant, only existing green in that world. People desire his plant and start to scramble for it.
1st year work 2016 by Wenrui Huang, 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)
Kakera
Based on chapter one of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. The original text depicts a disaster brought about by tools and technology. There is a connection between this theme and the nuclear power plant accident that occurred in Japan in 2011. Tsuji's film attempts to be an interleaving depiction of the original story and the real-life disaster.
(Source: Vimeo)