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Black Long Skirt is a story of a man who encounters lingering visions and memories of a woman in a rainy afternoon.

My body melts into the surrounding universe and abstracts without being able to hold its shape.

Short animation by Higashi Yamakita

Short animation by Zhang Lihong

From that day an anxiety started to root in the man's room. He just keeps walking not to sink in listlessness. This is a document to reflect my own anxiety arisen after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

A yellow elephant goes to meet their frog friend.

A 3-minute special telling the origin of Kitaro and his powers.

A boy and his sister are nearly eaten by their father and they rush out of the house. They run away in their father’s car and wind up in the wilderness, where they meet a Giant and a Witch. This animation film in black & white charcoal drawings uses the sound of a bass guitar and combines a Japanese Manga feel with a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

An anime made entirely in sumi-e following a child fox spirit and his morphing ability for haunting but he ends up getting scared himself.

A Halloween special starring Zonmi-chan. A soldier is being chased by several Zonmi-chan zombies. He shoots at them but is ultimately caught.

We, creatures, just live and die. That's really enough, wonderful and shining. I expressed such an image in this hand-drawn animation. I spent about a year working one-on-one with this work, and was able to produce it successfully.

One of the short movies from the Birth series.

Pilot episode of the famous anime Heidi.

Bandai Namco announced a new short anime titled Tales of the Rays: Everlasting Destiny. The anime will tell a story featuring the "other side" of the rescue of Ickx from the second chapter of the game (Mirrage Prison), showing the actions of Stahn and Leon, and will connect to the game's new story "Fairy's Requiem" which is the 3rd arc in the game app.

The summer holidays are over: time for the students to present their self-selected research projects. But besides lemon lamps and sea clocks, some of the students have bigger plans. So also Kiyoshi, who wants to make up for his failure from last summer...

The fifth Sakura Wars Summer Kayou Show - “Kaijin Bessou” A stage musical based on the Sega/Red Company game series “Sakura Wars,” and starring the voice actresses from that franchise. It is split into two parts: act 1 is an adventure starring the members of the Flower Division, and act 2 is a play within a play Izumi Kyoka’s The Sea God’s Villa (Kaijin Bessou)

This is an experimental movie by Tarafu Otani, made by time-lapse animation of snow on a monitor showing a CG animation.

Animation by Asami Tatsumoto. Music by Yudai Kisami.

Animation and music by Manabu Himeda.

One day a girl who lives in a southern island dropped her precious anklet in the sea. A boy picked it up is having magical power. It is a warm and nostalgic story of a friendship between them depicted through an anklet in the beautiful and harsh ocean.

"Wa-gumi", group of firefighters were celebrating Kensuke, newcomer to join them. All of a sudden, there went fire-bell to warn that fire had broken out. They all ran to try and stop it from spreading. Kensuke ran into the house to rescue a boy left behind in the fire, but got stuck due to the fire and smoke. Found the boy secured already, Kohaku ran in after Kensuke to save him from burning to death. They jumped into the river, and Kohaku gave him CPR to save his life. Kensuke woke up and felt a great deal of emotion for being saved and kissed Kohaku.

If you have an alter ego, what do you think it would do at 3 this afternoon?

Pekkle and his friends find a treasure map that will lead them to a stone that will grant one wish, and they go on a treasure hunt.

An animation short about a sleepy dinosaur called SLEEPY.

An educational short film about bullying.

Stop motion animation using gypsum.

Short experimental film by Takashi Ohashi

A Place Where There Are Moths depicts the conflict between drab concrete block apartment living and the natural environment in Japanese cities. The forces of nature are represented by the motif of a tree whose leaves metamorphose into orange moths and take over a middle-aged woman's apartment, pushing her room higher and higher within the building.

Several painted figures are superimposed.

A short animated film by Furukawa Taku.

A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match. The bear is the final victor of all the animals, but then loses when he must face Kintaro.

Short by Koji Yamamura

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...

Haunted by the image of the "ideal girl" that captivates the world, Alice Liddell embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Through travel, art and family bonds, she learns to reconcile with her identity, ultimately transforming a lifelong curse into a blessing.

A stop-motion animation depicts scenes from a busy train station at rush-hour, using the TERADAMOKEI Architectural Model Accessories Series sets

Umibouzu plays with metamorphosis. Tribute to GeGeGe no Kitarou, screened at Kitaro Expo that was held at Ikebukuro Sunshine.

Graduation work of animator Fukuho Tamanoi at Tama Art University, 2023.

Graduation work of animator Fukuho Tamanoi at Tama Art University, 2024.

Graduate school first year production by Junjian Lin.

A short collaboration between Mashin Sentai Kiramager and the anime Teikou Penguin.

In the mysterious realm of the Cat Planet, cats of diverse forms roam, and amidst them prowls a lonely Fire Cat. A twist of fate unfolds when a Water Cat materializes one day, sparking a fleeting camaraderie that tragically results in the inadvertent vaporization of the Water Cat by the heat of flames. The crestfallen Fire Cat, therefore, endeavors to reclaim the essence of the Water Cat and embarks on a brave journey...

Animation short by Masa Kudo.

A rabbit seeks revenge on an evil tanuki (raccoon dog).  Based on a popular folktale story. Sequel reel.

When a monkey samurai kills a crab samurai, the crab’s child takes revenge with the help of friends.  Based on an Edo period folktale.

The story of a very busy man.

Each day, she defecates into the toilet. Each day, the toilet swallows it up. But over the course of seven days, this ritual falls apart.

My childhood with Grandpa felt slow and joyful. Growing up, we met less, and each time he seemed older as I matured quickly. This inspired an animation capturing the feeling of time speeding and slowing, and a reminder to cherish the present.

Bari and Kari are two dwarves who are very much in love. One summer day, Bari wears a hand-knitted scarf that Kari gave her on a date, and an endless comedy ensues.

An animated biography of Hachiko, a real Japanese dog remembered for its extreme loyalty to his owner even after the owner's death.

If you hold the camera horizontally, people's faces and products will be reflected. For reasons of personal information protection and the risk of copyright infringement, there is a historical background in which people have no choice but to point the camera downward when shooting video. So the theme is "floor". I tried to see what kind of work I could create by narrowing down the objects to this extent.

Revolves around a kitten named Ponta and Kenta, a second-grade boy who goes on a school trip.

A fire safety anime where two boys who work at a barbershop are accused of starting a house fire (when it was the barber's son).

Mamiko witnesses her boyfriend cheating on her. That night, she is stress eating and gets stomach ache. Her poop in the toilet goes and kills her cheating boyfriend.

An educational animation on the problems of bullying and friendship.

Genta is a tanuki who befriends a human girl in his human form. Every day is fun when he's able to lie. But one day his lie puts the girl in danger and Genta has to make a choice.

A kidnapping safety anime. Teaching children check points of situations where their safety is in danger.