Original Anime
Gakkatsu! 2nd Season
Shinsatsushitsu
In Kei Oyama's grim Consultation Room, a medical diagnosis triggers a wave of traumatic fantasies, portrayed in greyish pencil drawings that waver as if left out for too long in the rain.
(Source: Sydney Morning Herald)
Anime Oyako Gekijou
The series beings at the home of a young boy named Sho Azuka discovers the magical Bible "Superbook" that speaks and sends him, his friend Azusa Yamato, and his toy robot Zenmaijikake back in time to the early events of the Old Testament.
(Source: MAL)
Hijikata Toshizo: Shiro no Kiseki
A biographical sketch of the life and ideals of Hijikata Toshizou, Vice Commander of the Shinsengumi, fighting to uphold the Shogunate during the Meiji revolution.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Nekketsu Uchuujin
A short in which a student named Ai meets an alien with a time machine. Ai also appears in the short "Kobe to Watashi".
Chu Zumo
A short film only screened at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka. This story is based on a Japanese folk tale "The Mice's Sumo Tournament".
Once upon a time, deep in the mountains, there lived an old couple who worked day after day in exhaustion, toiling up and down the mountain field. One night, the old man stepped outside and noticed a group of mice headed somewhere. He quietly follows them to find mice gathered for a sumo tournament. When the old man and his wife learn that their home mice are always losing, they start preparing a special feast of saury fish dumplings and grilled tofu with miso sauce. They even make new red sumo uniforms for their mice team. What will happen in the next sumo games?
(Source: Ghibli Museum)
Ankoku Shindenshou Takegami
A trio of diabolical dragons stirs from eons of slumber deep within the earth. Charging to the surface, they launch a bloody rampage against humanity, feasting on the weak and gaining strength from their hapless victims' souls. It will take the power of ancient god Takegami, the Guardian of Darkness, to vanquish the evil serpent forces. But alas, the mortal body Takegami inhabits belongs to a host reluctant to fight.
(Source: MAL)
Shining Star
At the prestigious Shining Star School, every girl dreams of becoming the best idol, called "Muse". Nara, an ordinary girl, decides to attend the school in order to fulfill her dream.
Kumo no Ito
An adaptation of the classic tale of the spider silk, where a man sentenced in Hell tries to escape by climbing a string of spider silk hanging from above.
Wonder
The 365 days animation consists of sequence of 8760 pictures, all different shape and color, hand-drawn by the director every day in 365 days. This is the ultimate analog approach by the abstract animated film creator in digital era.
(Source: IMDb)
Kamiari Algorithm
Animated music video directed by Sae Okamoto for the song Kamiari Algorithm by Masayoshi Ooishi feat. Riria.
Ai wo Komete
A little girl brings home a plant of cherry tomato which she raised with plenty of love.
Will the happy days of the girl and cherry tomatoes begin?
(Source: Shiori Mizutani)