Animation

Poetics of the Garden

Poetics of the Garden

February 12, 2022

I try to remember what your hand felt like on my back when I was a child. And now I place my hand on yours, bent from pain. Like landscaped gardens are meant to evoke the four seasons and the cyclical wonders of nature, I gaze at you, hoping to find us one more time.

Before Dawn

Before Dawn

February 12, 2022

One cold and damp morning, two weasels were wandering the quiet streets. They get separated at one point but are reunited. Just then, bells and alarms began to ring through the city, and dawn came.

919

919

February 12, 2022

A man is walking along the beach. Then a demon, the man’s pain, appears and chases him. The pain is unbearable, coursing through his entire body. He somehow manages to get away, but eventually, he returns to the ocean even though he knows that the demon will appear again if he goes there.

Boogerly Love

Boogerly Love

February 12, 2022

Hanako always watches the other kids play but she is too timid to ask if she can join in. Then one day, Booger Gal rockets out of her and helps her nose into a new life.

3 Intestine Road, Fish Island

3 Intestine Road, Fish Island

February 12, 2022

A story of a family of three consisting of a pig, fish and a tadpole that lives in the stomach of a big fish. Their lives are turned upside down when a fruit floats into their home.

The House of Loss

The House of Loss

February 12, 2022

The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can't read their expressions. However, from one instance, he finds himself looking closely at their faces.

nowhere

nowhere

February 12, 2022

Even though I feel like I'm living in the now, here, I think I just end up being in nowhere all the time. And in the nowhere, I find the now and the here.

Fourth Period Swimming Class

Fourth Period Swimming Class

February 12, 2022

The fourth-grade protagonist is going through physical and emotional changes and feels awkward as she can't help but compare herself to her friends. One day, she is blown away by her classmate Aya's swimming and realizes that she has feelings for her.

Stained Smell

Stained Smell

February 12, 2022

The film expresses the sense of being left behind. It stems from the realities of my childhood and how they did not match up with what I was feeling back then.

Desolate, John

Desolate, John

February 12, 2022

After John is left alone on a remote planet, he finds himself contemplating the gravity of his decision with his A.I. Suit.

A Ripple in Time

A Ripple in Time

February 12, 2022

Satoshi and Pikachu were having a Pokemon battle with a certain trainer. In the midst of an incandescent battle, he is suddenly surrounded by a large light and is blown to a strange place. What Satoshi and his friends see after chasing Celebi, the only clue to return to the original place.

The Queen of the Foxes

The Queen of the Foxes

March 29, 2023

The queen of the foxes is the saddest of them all. In order to make her happy, her worried gang swarms out at night to lay at her feet the secretly written, but ultimately unsent love letters retrieved from the city's rubbish. With its beautifully painted and animated images, La Reine des Renards is an ode to love.

Luisa and the Feathered Snake

Luisa and the Feathered Snake

February 8, 2023

10-year-old Louise has just moved to Mexico. When her lizard, Kéza, escapes, Louise goes looking for him and meets Arturo. Along with Luchador Diego, they pursue Kéza and allow him to be reincarnated as the Mexican God, Quetzalcoatl.

Jun:  A City That Changes

Jun: A City That Changes

February 11, 2022

The Ishinomori Manga Museum released an animated short directed by Takuya Inaba based on Shotaro Ishinomori's semi-autobiographical and wordless manga Jun: Shotaro no Fantasy World. The short was inspired by Ishinomori's hometown of Ishinomaki wishing to pay tribute to the work while also paying tribute to the ongoing rebuilding and recovery of Ishinomaki from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

Cool For You

Cool For You

February 11, 2022

With some help from different characters and families, animals and plants, children are introduced to the concept of global warming, and given positive, easy ways to improve our impact on the earth.

Suburb

Suburb

February 11, 2022

Foxes lurk in the quiet suburbs of London.

Bleue's Breath

February 11, 2022

Young Bleue finds herself lost at sea amidst a violent storm that alters her world beyond recognition. In a subterranean, aquatic land, she must confront her fears and find a way by believing in herself.

Before the War

November 24, 2023

An open-ended narrative of memory, love, and loss

Extra-Terrestrial Boys & Girls: Part 2

Extra-Terrestrial Boys & Girls: Part 2

February 11, 2022

In the year 2045, where the Internet and AI are commonplace even in space, and centers on a group of children stranded in space after a large-scale accident occurs in a space station. By using narrowband, social networking, and a drone that they can manipulate through smartphones and low-intelligence AI, they overcome many crises.

I'm Alien Green Alien: I will dance for you

I'm Alien Green Alien: I will dance for you

February 11, 2022

A lonely cute alien traveling through space is forced to land on Earth when the spacecraft malfunctions and by chance. The very friendly and dancing-loving alien takes up her sleeves to explore the planet, find friends and her funny and fun adventure begins.