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The short follows Maya's day at work at the Tamaya Shichi Pawn Shop.

Abstract lines drawn with pencils start to move with their own will.

The world is made up of the lives of each and every one of us, and you live in connection with everything in this big world. With this image, this short animation express a miniature of the big earth.

Nocturnal Roadwork is to end as if nothing had happened in the morning.It's a construction for repairing a road.And construction is for a scar unnoticeable, before I knew it.

Short animation by Taigo Hamaguchi

An attitude survey on bullying was conducted at a junior high school. There was a question in that questionnaire if there was any cause on the part of the bullied. One student answered, “YES.” This became the top news of the school.

The "Spirit of the Wind" is the wind that blows high in the sky. He finds a mother and her baby playing on a small hill in the mountains and swoops down. The wind spirit greets the mother and takes the baby from her. Holding the baby in his arms, he flies high into the sky and begins his little adventure in the world of the sky. He goes through many clouds and plays in a park above the clouds...

Makiko Sukikara's short film.

Animation by Manabu Himeda.

Animation and music by Manabu Himeda.

"The Queen of Dots is also a queen of Instagram and Tumblr. Two minutes and two seconds. Love forever."

The portrait of me and my daughters which depicts the relationship between “the personality” and “the world / the society” as of 2018. This is the story about an intense dichotomy inside / outside of me. It goes back and forth between “the personality” and “the world / the society”, my daughters become social / universal existences from personal existences. The definition of “red” extends to “life” and appears as a powerless and religious Daruma doll which loses its arms and legs. “White” and “black” rise above a simple dichotomy and start to possess the concept of “gray”. And the world which is made of a mix of various colors becomes “transparent”. If you keep sticking to “the personality”, it changes to “the world”. This is my destination throughout my creative activities and shows what the world is [FilmFreeway].

An 8mm animation produced by Hiroshi Harada in his high school years.

A weightless, continuing tumble through the world of a small girl creature who seems in perpetual search for something just outside her reach.

Animated dancing through Tokyo.

An extremely vulgar and low-class... kitschy and strange... heartwarming and happy animation!

The Nation of Fish by Hakuzan Kimura

The fear to be ruined calmly without any conscience. Everybody is getting distorted soundly and gently.

Short animated film by Kojiro Shishido.

A man jumped out of the window. Why did he have to leap out of his room? As time reverses, his struggles gradually get revealed. He has confined himself to his room and tried to escape from the horrible illusions and the memory of a. . . man. His room was full of specimens and each specimen had a significant name.

The description of Suwami Nogami's minimalistic line drawing piece, Imagination Practice, calls it an unending "thought loop". It depicts an artist sitting in front of a window with a self-portrait, like a miniature mirror image, on the desk in front of him. The window frame and the blue sky filled with moving clouds are in colour, but the figure of the artist is not coloured in. The soundtrack sounds like a skipping record that is punctuated by humourous springing noises (a la Bugs Bunny) as the image 'bounces' in an unending loop from the establishing shot into the "drawing." A philosophical piece, Imagination Practice considers the circular dialogue between an artist and his work.

RIKEN's (The Incorporated Administrative Agency Rikagaku Kenkyusho) promotional video with animation by Mirai Mizue and music by twoth.

A horror take on the classic tale of Snow White.

A short animated film by Furukawa Taku.

A boy works hard to please his lord and gain advancement. Short film from 1938.

A Japanese fairy tale about a bear cub who would rather play than help his parents with house chores.

Ikumi is an up-and-coming pop singer with millions of fans and a promising acting career. She should be looking at the world through rose-colored glasses, but she's got man trouble. The love of her life just isn't sure he can handle Ikumi's fame and fortune. To make matters worse, while shooting on location, a jealous costar finds a strange wooden idol in an abandoned temple and uses it to invoke a hideous demon to be the instrument of her revenge. Will Ikumi's next concert be her last curtain call? She's about to discover that there really are fates worse than death.

Short stop motion clay animation by Fusako Yusaki

In the 19th century, a rice merchant encounters a mother who tries to buy rice in exchange for her own child's clothes. The merchant becomes Monk Seishin and relieves the islanders of Miyajima from poverty by digging wells and starting the wooden ladle industry.

Often sexy, sometimes profane-but always provocative-Vermilion Pleasure Night is a variety show that stands out even by the offbeat standards of Japanese late night television-required viewing for the Japanophile, the college student, and the urban hipster!

It starts out looking like a battle to the death – man against monster, the very survival of the city at stake.

How to spend a ten-minute break at club activities. Let us take off [our] shoes and socks, and enjoy the fresh breeze between our toes. We are all flesh after all.

The first 'pixel art' animation film. One day, the game character 'Asonte the Warrior' suddenly awakens to consciousness. The player 'Takeru the Brave' has long since disappeared, and the world is gradually collapsing due to a mysterious 'bug'. Once cleared, the RPG is abandoned for decades. Will 'Asonte' be able to save the world without heroes...?

Very Chubby Belly, nobody really likes her. Very Chubby Belly, they even wish her to be gone. Very Chubby Belly, she is in everywhere. Very Chubby Belly, little sad sweetheart. And I want to cuddle such a sweetie with lots of love. Very Chubby Belly.

Three fox cubs break a precious family portrait an old lady had trying to get the offerings she usually leaves for them.

Screened together with Gundam: Mission to the Rise at Gundam's 20th Anniversary event "Gundam Big Bang Sengen" in Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall. Selected scenes from Kidou Senshi Gundam were re-edited for three giant projection screens to give the widescreen feel to the original 4:3 aspect footage. They were also computer synchronized to sweeping lights and lasers to simulate space battles. The soundtrack was remixed for six-channel surround sound.

A snowman teaches traffic safety for slippery icy winter roads.

Preserved Japanese paper film.

This is the story of Liv, a girl with a big ribbon, and Bell, a colorful hedgehog, traveling in the flying house of Piggy, the inventor. Suddenly, one day, the flying house skyrockets and in no time at all, it's in outer space! It is sucked into a wormhole and crash-lands on a planet in another universe far, far away. The planet was filled with colorful marimo, inhabited by people who looked like Liv, Bell, and Piggy the inventor. And The mother of Marimo, who governs time on this planet, is always watching over them from the sky. Will Liv and her friends be able to get along with the inhabitants of this planet? Will they be able to return to their own planet?

This is a short animation about morning routine of a rabbit. I wanted to express dreamy and joyful feeling of a girl before meeting her special someone, getting ready for the date, trying to show sweet and soft atmosphere.

The piece is composed of four movements, imitating classical sonata form, and features photographs of walls, gravel roads, etc., which are likened to musical scales. At the climax, the photographs are shredded into pieces and their colors are changed by adding paint, creating a dazzling "visual music."

An abstract short film by Mika Seike depicting the tense conversation between a man and a woman.

A parody of Round Vernian Vifam set in 1920's Chicago. Originally released as an extra on the Round Vernian Vifam: Memory of Ms. Kate VHS tape.

The world where humans abandoned their flesh and blood long ago and became inorganic. This film depicts the form of their love and their loss.

An infinite loop horror story woven in a nightmare world.

Projected in environments such as Planetarium, VR space and so on, the piece shows a world inside the head of a struggling mind.

it is a story of a skyscraper that has suddenly appeared in a town. The skyscraper looks down on the low-rise buildings and wants to stand out, causing fear and annoyance among the buildings around it. As a result, it is hated. And, the town goes under water by a sudden storm.

Mysterious creatures lined up in rows. Some are chosen, some are not... You can't help but be immersed in the mysterious images and completed worldview. This universe, depicted with abstract images and music, is sure to bring about various interpretations depending on the viewer.

Short animation by Nao Tsukahara

Zonmi-chan is a clumsy, careless, but cute girl. Sometimes she takes a bite out of the guy she likes. Oh, that's right, Zonmi-chan is a zombie girl.

A video diary of Hatoba Tsugu's summer vacation.

A day in a seaside town.

An ode to Norman McLaren from Mirai Mizue

An animated short film by Taku Furukawa.

Played at Dengeki Bunko's Movie Festival on 21 April 2007 before the Shakugan no Shana, Inukami! and Kino no Tabi movies. It was later released on DVD and sold at Dengeki's 15th Anniversary event.

Across the rooftops of Mesagoza, an Armarouge and a Shiny Ceruledge stared down at each other, appearing to be worn down by a raging battle. As they jumped toward in order to clash, the scenery changed, flashing back to an earlier time in their lives.