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An educational film about compassion. The story follows a class trying to break a jump rope record and one student is terrible at the task. The issue causes a divide in the classroom.

Where do sheep called to sleep come from and where do they go?

Several tanuki drum their bellies but one skinny tanuki cannot belly drum.  He finds a pump, inflates himself, and flies away like a balloon into the city, finally landing on a statue of samurai Saigō Takamori.

Music video illustrated by Kiyoshi Nakajima for the song Koi Hanabi by Mio Isayama that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.

Animated film.

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Flash animation created by Akira Yoshida.

What lives in a lonely boy’s ear? And why a boy’s ear? The boy who grew up as a man set out on a journey to collect lonely voices again. What would he eventually find there?

A self-portrait and a tribute to the director’s daughter—in landscape form.

Three animated chapters by Polygon Pictures are featured in this collection: In Search of New Axis, In Search of Muscular Axis and In Search of Performing Axis.

Escaping from a pool and running away to the sea.

Created a new mythology for cold lands. Imaginary animals were rendered by the fur-renderer which was developed by Debuchi.

The fifth of five brand new video vignettes from Maywa Denki, a Japanese musical toy company and art initiative, using MIDI and animatronics to bring their popular Otamatone device and its assortment of associated kawaii noisemakers to life

‘Tayutau’ is an ancient Japanese word that roughly translates to ‘waver’, referring to a state of temporary indecisiveness, a momentary loss of determination and purpose that leaves you drifting, caught between action and inaction. Short Film by Wang Jingxin

Stop-motion animation that follows the cat and mouse games of a pig and a kid dressed as a wolf inside an apartment through photographs taken in multiple other locations.

The central character is a 7 year old girl called Sachiko. She has just lost her immediate family in the firebombing of Tokyo and takes the train to her uncle’s family in Kumagaya in Saitama Prefecture. She is not out of danger yet, for the train gets shot at by a plane along the journey. Her uncle meets her at the station and he and his whole family welcome her with open arms. With her cousins, Sachiko explores the beauty of the natural landscape around Kumagaya. Sadly, these beautiful days of late summer are not to last. The final movement of the film depicts the final air raid of the war. The city descends into fear and chaos and Sachiko gets separated from her family with tragic results.

CG animation.

A short film by Taku Furukawa.

A rooster who happens to be a father.

A training potty and a boy are very good friends. One day, however, the training potty realizes that the boy will one day grow up and leave the training potty behind. With me, you will never grow up, for your sake, I'm leaving you.

Short animation by Reiko Yokosuka.

Seek and you shall find. Mobile phones are everywhere.

A short experimental film by Manabe Hiroshi.

Children's program from the 80s. Kento Girubāto & Jun Marī's song "After the Fight"

An animated video for the song “Umi” by Kuchiroro, from the album Everyday Is a Symphony. The video was directed and animated by Yoriko Mizushiri.

Short animation by Yiling Wang

Short Animation by Huanzi Liu

Short animation by Ryota Yuno

These girls live by the law of heels. As painful as the codes may be, they're also the source of so many of their secret pleasures.

A portrait of emotion. Chisato tries to remember and stay at a moment, through music.

Short anime based on band Kuusou Iinkai's songs and written by the vocalist Ryuuichi Miura.

A short story depicting a fierce pursuit of a mouse, a dog, and a fully automatic pest control machine.

A persimmon tree wants to grow more fruit and a crow wants to get over his fear of flying. They end up working together to achieve what the both want.

A short web anime illustrates the daily life of a family and their dog.

Kana Kana Kazoku picture drama style Alice in Wonderland interpretation of Kanagawa Prefecture's tourism sights.

Animation by Miryan Paku.

Animation by Oh Chearin. Music by Suzuka Fujimura.

The short sequel to Space Patrol Luluco, showing what Luluco - now known as Trigger-chan - is up to with her new buddies, Muzzle and Spring.

A special follow up version of Mizue Mirai's Timbre A-Z.

Promotional video based on the Nihon Falcom video game to pitch a full OVA, to no avail.

There’s a time and place for romance. And there’s a right and wrong way to go about pursuing it.

Neither Japanese, nor Italian, nor American cuisine, Naporitan Spaghetti sets off on a journey as an itinerant wanderer. The tragic story of Spaghetti who never learned to love others.

An oozing, miscued slither towards dubious enlightenment.

Visionary director Satoru Kurogawa returns to the world of animation with his feature-length debut

Comical interaction between a little girl who comes to buy sweets and a candy man.

A man in love with a noble lady tries to get close to her with the help of cats.

A man dressed in a suit and wearing boots gazes at the beautiful ocean before him. He looks exhausted and gazes at the beautiful ocean before him. Until a few days ago, he was endlessly going back and forth between the ocean and the sky. The story gradually traces back into his life.

Short experimental animation by Mirai MIzue

A somewhat dark and surreal tale by Naoyuki Tsuji. Our protagonist sets out on a journey in a world which starts at The Gate of Confusion. To complete his travels, he must meet various strange characters to relieve himself of his burdens and set himself free.

The adventures of a tiny samurai.

Yugo dreams of the time he spent training to be a champion with Gardevoir, his partner Pokémon, but now he’s too tired and busy with work. However, some friendships and dreams are just too mega to be forgotten...

Music video for the song Kaze no Anthem by Eve featuring Yorushika. The song was used as the opening theme of the anime Tongari Boushi no Atelier.

The paradise of life, I believe, exists in the interlude – a fleeting moment granted to all, equally, that quietly arrives between one thing and the next.

A boy finds a magical pen. When he draws in a notebook with the pen, something happens.

Graduation work of Marika Matsunaga at Tama Art University.

A short anime about what Santa does when he's not delivering presents.