Original Anime
Suisei ni Nareta Nara
Music video directed and animated by Harumaki Gohan for the song If I Could Become a Comet by Harumaki Gohan.
Suirin: Karma 2
A serene, abstract short film by Nobuhiro Aihara, featuring the song Asa no Inori by Kitarou (Masanori Takahashi).
Camp Ryouri
Music video for the song Camp Ryouri by Dark Ducks that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is considered to be lost media
"Calpis" Hakkou Monogatari
A Calpis (Calpico in the US) commissioned short about the history of the company and how their product is made today. A few scenes use live-action footage. The short is animated by Takaharu Shimizu who used a Rube Goldberg style of story telling.
Calligraffiti
Short animation directed by an illustrator and picture book writer Furukawa Taku.
Hayakuchi Kotoba
Music video for the song Hayakuchi Kotoba by Dark Ducks that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. It is considered to be lost media.
Houkago no Thesaurus
Official music video for Her Ghost Friend's song Houkago no Thesaurus.
SUI to Utaeba
Web commercial directed by Yuutarou Kubo made to promote beverage SUNTORY GIN SUI.
Cairn no Kubi-tachi
The Spirits of Cairn imagines a state of limbo which is the destination of those who die in childhood. The protagonist feels remorse about having died too young, but the emotion is just an echo and he has no idea how long he’s been there, why he is there, or the source of his regret. His work of interring the many necks buried below the surface continues without end.
(Source: Official Website)
Undergraduate Work 2018, Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Inter-Media Art.
Mohuan Xian Zong
A baby princess named Ocean is sent away from the North Pole by her mother because of the tyranny of the magma dragon who controls the volcano. The next twelve years, Princess Ocean lives on a local island and encounters a transforming polar bear whom she names Roly Poly. And she talks to a duo of little fish. While encountering the pirates, she meets an inventor named Momo. Their plan is to subdue and defeat the magma dragon.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Cafe de Oni
Cabbage UFO
Music video for the song by Kumi Konno featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Piano
A young boy rough houses with the piano. It starts making a strange sound. After it gets fixed he vows to treat it properly. He takes care of it and practices diligently until years later he performs in front of an audience.
Hoshi to Yume no Samba
Music video for the song Hoshi to Yume no Samba by Circus that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Sugar Foot
Music video for the song "Sugar Foot", by Battles ft. Jon Anderson & Prairie WWWW, animated and directed by AC-Bu. The song is included on the album, "Juice B Crypts".
In 2020, the outbreak of Covid-19 caused a global lockdown and restricted many activities and events in the world. This music video depicts the ’Great Space Robot Festival’ that unfolds to avenge cancelled festivals and events, in the hope that humanity will be able to overcome the crisis and move towards a better world.
(Source: Youtube video description)
Liv & Bell
Liv is a curious little girl with a polka dot ribbon on top. She and her friend Bell, the easygoing and always hungry hedgehog, are inseparable. They go everywhere together, and wherever they go, a wonderous adventure awaits! The stop motion animation features a clever pop-up picture book in each episode. What fun will pop out today?