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A special performance for Laforet, the large department store/museum in Harajuku.

A work that incorporates live-action fast-forwarding, live-action stop-motion animation, and a few cel animations. A number of strange events that occur in a room. I left the camera in the empty room after moving and took a month to shoot.

Japanese independently-animated short.

Abstract horror short about a girl's face.

Circa late 1930s, Boat Quay, Singapore. A young boy receives an old violin as a gift out of kindness from a foreign trader. From then on, it becomes a treasured possession as he teaches himself to play the instrument over several years, until it was lost during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore. After the war, the violin was found by a man working for the British Military Administration and given to his young daughter. The girl learns to play it and becomes a renowned violinist over the decades. She eventually passes the instrument on to her grandson, an accomplished violinist himself, who restores it and performs in a concert by the Singapore River, where the violin started its unexpected journey nearly 80 years ago.

A tale of growth as father and son have the mission to climb a totem.

An erotic pop animation seemingly symbolizing his youth when his soul was taken by the Hollywood actress.

During the period of Culture Revolution in 1960s and 1970s in China, a disable old man wanted to use his handicraft, a snuff bottle with inside painting, for the exchange of “Grain Coupon” from a soldier. The soldier promised to give more coupons if the old man can forge a precious stamp. The old man had to do it, however, he failed and fell out with the soldier. At the end, the old man got grain in another way.

Blending psychedelic animation with haunting music. Centred around a black cat, it explores themes of misfortune and the uncanny through dreamlike visuals and Maki Asakawa’s melancholic song, "Fushiawase to Iu Na no Neko".

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Xiao Long is a modern day middle-school student, who, after being transported 3,000 years back in time to the ancient kingdom of Jinsha, discovers his true destiny. Jinsha is a beautiful and magical place but plagued by a mysterious evil energy which its inhabitants fear they can't hold off, much less defeat. After the school boy witnesses the beginnings of the destruction by the forces of darkness on this ancient land, he is overcome with sadness and pledges to help. Upon discovering a special connection with nature, Xiao Long gains the trust of the beautiful young Princess Hau'er and her loyal subjects and together they fight the wicked forces surrounding them to restore peace across the kingdom. Along the way, Xiao Long reforms himself into a courageous boy who forgoes his self-centered behavior to coexist harmoniously with others.

By photographing a mirror with clay attached to it from a blind spot, I created a single form using both the reflected world and the clay. In Japanese health education textbooks, women are described as becoming ‘rounded’.

A stop-motion film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.

Apart from the fact that she looks different from the rest of her family, Kay is a normal happy 20 year old, who enjoys fighting with her sister Suzy, a computer whiz and her brother Mike, a star Dodgeball player. Ever since their father Robert disappeared several years ago, their mother Sally had taken over the household. One day, Mike discovers the secret behind Robert's disappearance and embarks a pursuit for the truth. Kay soon learns the truth that this all has to do with her past links to the Lee clan (an underground clan behind the deadly game of CRUSHBALL). Her endurance is tested to the limit in her first game. She's up against the Death God, Jin, the most powerful and destructive player in the game. Who is Kay really? And will she prove to be a CRUSHBALL player worthy of the Lee clan and save her adopted family? This action mystery depicts the unconditional love of a family and a story of fate that crossed the path of two families

By the maker of Yellow Night. Also an exercise in the storyless and meaningless description of a drawn journey through the subconscious. Hallucination as a cheerful firework display. Made with style and skill, because nonchalance obviously has to be conquered. (IFFR)

Ponsuke laments over his inability to shapeshift.  After helping some chickens, he discovers a book on shapeshifting.  Based on the 1934 character by animator Ikuo Oishi.

Miniforce is a secrete commando force protecting little animals from Nein and Pascal. One day, Pascal calls up Alien Jody to disrupt the animals using his brainwashing power. The Miniforce appears, but they don’t seem to stand a chance against the powerful strength of Jody, who can simply copy the opponent’s power and weapons. Even worse, a Flower Mechamon appears and spreads pollen that makes everyone cry.

A father leaves his young daughter behind in pursuit of his "dream," and she grows up alone amidst adversity. After years of separation, an unexpected reunion forces her to confront the all-too-familiar stranger that is her father.

In Seoul during simpler times when folks didn't have much, two young brothers spend ordinary days having extraordinary fun with family and friends.

A poodle named Coco is put out of its misery but wants to return to its beloved owner.

Destined to become juice. But tomatoes that want to become kimchi. There's no dream you can't fulfill! Run, tomato!

When injured or ill, the sense of our own body's physical existence, of which we are not normally aware, enters our consciousness. Swollen lumps, dull pain, infection, fevers, bleeding, etc.; particularly intense are childhood memories concerning the body. Using a collage of blown up shots of skin and subtly wavering stop-motion, the creator of this work makes us conscious of the fact that "we are simply bags of flesh".

Why do you want acceptance? If it's not going to happen, then forget about what it was you wanted acknowledged and just have some soup, like always.

A modified version of The Little Red Hen folk tale. It stars a squirrel and the moral of the story (no work=no prize) is removed as the animals who didn't contribute at all to making the bread were allowed to eat it.

Stop-motion animation made by photographing and rephotographing antique kimono resist-dyeing stencils in positive and negative. Spatial shifts and variations in the repeating pattern elements generate apparent motion.

Half asleep with my eyes closed, my conscience flies beyond time and space and I transform myself to all the life forms existing. I become the universe and the universe becomes me, until I fall asleep.... It is a song to pray for the existence of heart and soul at an awakening.

A short film by Taku Furukawa.

A dutiful young fisherboy sets out to catch his grandfather's favorite fish, which leads him into an extraordinary encounter with a magic pot.

Nobody in a class loves ‘Kuchao’ who cannot live without. . . gum. When all [his] classmates fly their balloons, he wouldn’t let his go. After school, on his way home, he gets to his own imaginary world with a bubble gum. His balloon turns to be a face and to many things as he chews [his] gum. His imagination doesn’t stop flying. Then comes a bird. . .

A work of cell animation created using special methods and equipment. Bodies in different poses are piled in several layers as they move. A high angle camera shoots their three dimensional outlines. An accumulation of bright colors and a gathering of a large number of physical bodies fill the screen, and the result is like some kind of initiation that leadsviewers into a trance and releases primitive sensuality.

Want to meet your child early? With “Pre-Parenting,” now you can. In near-future Taiwan, the government promotes "Pre-Parenting", simulation glasses that allow mothers to see and bond with their future children. But what happens when the child you see no longer exists?

An emperor tries using paintings to find a wife.

My childhood memories carry two important symbols, a large magnet that I pulled around behind me and a dead friend.

In Suncheon Bay, Felix, a bowed fiddler crab who lives alone and is tired of competition, survives an attack by a spoonbill with Madeline. The two become a couple and give birth to a son, Sonny.

Beautiful cartoon about cars of the future which possess AI.

Independent film by Yanagihara Ryouhei, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation. It tells the story of the Ikedaya raid by the Shinsengumi from the point of view of the neighbors of the Ikedaya.

One day, a pet turtle named Kamesuke decided to go out alone. It should have been all that he had hoped for and yet he couldn't help but feel like something was missing.

The 5 animation poems singing joy of life, inspired by Normand Roger’s music. Mystery, dangerous, hope and anxiety, battles. The tiny little light is coming to us from beyond the darkness. This is a miracle. This is a big message. We are shining ourselves receiving light . We are the human, we are the nature.

In a small provincial town, three children play football but when they hear breaking glass, two of them flee; leaving a little girl to investigate. She finds that she has broken a fish bowl and a small fish is flapping on the ground gasping for its life. What will the girl do to save this poor creature?

After being transported into a 19th century Edo painting, a university student discovers everyday sustainable practices from history to bring home to modern Japan.

Tsunomaki Watame 1st Live "Watame Night Fever!! in Zepp Tokyo" (角巻わため 1st Live「わためぇ Night Fever!! in Zepp Tokyo」) is a solo live concert held online on October 12, 2021 featuring Tsunomaki Watame. During this live, Watame unveiled a new 3D outfit based on the concert illustration made by Fu-mi.

A short animated film by Tadanaro Okamoto.

The three tales were "The Third Blood" (第三の皿), "Oppel and the Elephant" (オッペルと象), and "Sleepy Town" (眠い町).

A car tire that rotates in the opposite direction to the direction of travel, this work is an edited version of the material (screenshots) taken from the window of the train, extracting this mysterious feeling. The same thing flows at a certain speed and progresses in the opposite direction to the direction of travel, or a video that was born by chance.

Deep in the mountains a little Japanese boy called Minokitchi witnesses a tragic event.

An apple flows down the stream of a mill where innumerable illusions of fish appear and disappear in the sky reflected in the water.

A society of friendly frogs is terrorized by Danbei, a frog with his slingshot, and the only thing that might challenge his mischief is a mysterious gourd.

A short animation by rapparu.

Everything is liquid in this world, like the mayonnaise.

The little golden monkey is spoiled by his mother, and his temperament is becoming more and more rude, and the little animal is reluctant to be its playmate.

A girl's classmate disappears during a game of hide-and-seek. When she goes out to look for him, she hides when she hears someone pursuing her. After a while, she peeks out to see if her pursuer has given up.

A time-lapse animation in which colors move around vividly.

A dog we like to pet on the way home from school, an eccentric guy, and ringing doorbells as a prank. That's our life in this town.

The film was produced and released under the term of chairman Mao Zedong when the cultural revolution was still ongoing. The plot backdrop is based on the National Revolutionary Army's 8th Route Army division, when it was under the control of Communist Party of China instead of the opposing Kuomintang. Despite numerous movie adaptations, this is the only animation piece ever produced on the subject. A story book was also released as a companion to the film.

A dog named Norakuro accidentally strands his friend on a hot air balloon and tries different ways to save him.  Based on the manga character by Suihō Tagawa.

Short animation made by anno in his high school days