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Heartwarming New Year's Animal Anime - Cow and Girl is a flipbook animation released through Animage's January Issue 1985.

At the waterside surrounded by factories and waste lives a white frog. It loves a goldfish who also lives in the neighbourhood. Recently the goldfish appears to be in poor health, which worries the frog.

An ant has spent its whole life inside the nest, but now it decides to venture out in search of paradise. Yet the world beyond is like a harsh winter storm—can it endure to the end and find the world it has always dreamed of?

A man who has a complex about women meets his ideal woman through many twists and turns, but what is her true identity?

An impressionistic visualisation of sound through automatic drawing and a semiconscious state of mind.

Three men are lost in Africa. Because of the harsh environment and scary hyenas, they betray one another. In the end, the three men kill each other in disbelief.

A weird and wonderfully bizarre Japanese cartoon from the '30s. A young boy lives with his grandmother in a city where people use small airplanes to get from place to place. He drives a taxi plane, and during one of his travels he bumps into a bird that has been shot by the boy's latest customer. The bird, as well as a hungry bear he meets next, offer him a reward for his help. Men cause many problems for animals - is there a way to help them stay out of trouble?

Cut the helping hand

Short animated film by Manabe Hiroshi

A short film by Takuya Okada set in a conformist society.

A disturbing story set in the near future. People are holed up in their small dwellings and live in a virtual world. Everyone films and streams various videos. They don’t have a clue that they’re not free until one of them goes outside. But the discovery of the outer reality is something their virtual masters aren’t happy to see.

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Wandering the bizarre town looked like a fishing village boy hero that has been cut a vein bitten his left arm to Memekurage in the coast, in search of a doctor "doctor's where" and while saying being tormented by the fear of death, absurd eye It is talking can undergo surgery met Joy, even though the eye, and require at last (gynaecologist), of obtaining survived without incident.

Due to an assignment assigned by the school, David had to take the time to accompany with his father to go back to his hometown where he grew up. They rushed back from the bustling city to the beautiful town, and gave his father the opportunity to travel through time and space and see again his own hometown.

Animation by Asami Tatsumoto. Music by Yuta Uraki.

A short experimental animation by Keiichi Tanaami.

A wimpy crow and a carefree pigeon end up having to go on a trip to the moon after a little ruckus with the stones. What awaits the foolhardy duo at their destination?

The story of Ferdinand, a former darts champion who still has a fierce competitive spirit.

Maybe a memory, maybe a dream, maybe a fantasy. The joy lies in the to and fro and the detour.

Winter in Japan means kotatsu and mandarin oranges. Tarafu Otani used these two things to represent the birthday of Christ.

Animated film by Kouji Nanke.

A Program ID by Yoriko Mizushiri for Space Shower TV's music video programming block "BIG HITS!".

Her house is the cheapest in city, but one day her house is lifted in to the air by a huge crane. It is too hard for her to balance city life.

Half man, half steam engine. Full speed ahead, regardless.

A short animated film by Furukawa Taku.

A three part anthology anime film

In a small temple in a mountain, a Buddhist monk and a boy monk devote themselves to practicing asceticism every day. One day, some confucian scholars trying to suppress buddhism come to the temple and make a commotion and threaten them. the monk is at a crossroads of dangerous choices to protect the temple and the young monk.

There was a puppet in the telephone booth on the street, like a tree hole that received the stories people poured out without a word. In the morning, a little girl visited the puppet unexpectedly.

Off-street mysteries. There are many things we don’t find in the main streets. We might find many happenings in the back street, which don’t happen in the main streets.

A young girl finds love in a children’s playground. But who is the boy?

The juxtaposed movements resonate with each other, filling the conflict between continuity and fluctuation.

There is a stone pillar that continues long and long. Climbers are climbing it. Each climber keeps climbing the stone pillar spending time. They are the symbols of accumulation.

On the Lœss Plateau, during the late Ming Dynasty, a fate-torn soul embarks on a journey to recover his memories, unfolding a fantastical tale of obsession, redemption and family bonds.

A short animated film by Tadanari Okamoto.

A short animated film by Tadanaro Okamoto.

Animated film by Kouji Nanke.

This commercial film was made as 'Yokohama Prize' at HAG, Handmade Animation Grand Prix. HAG is a pitch competition for young independent animators, gives them chance to make a short animated film or commercial films.

The past that goes round and round. The beginning of a repeating day. Short Animation from Haruka Suzuki

A short animation movie from Kunio Kato

In the year 2080, the Earth and the moon were at peace. Tired of the same old daily routine, the ordinary robots 'Bolts' and 'Blip' coincidentally are chosen as battle robots. They join the perennially bad 'Thunderbolts' team to fight in the Moon League. However, as the competition begins, 'Blip' realizes he has specials powers and soon becomes the hero of the planet. Just then, 'Dr. Blood' threatens to take over the Earth and 'Bolts', who was jealous of popular 'Blip', teams up with Dr. Blood. Now it is left to 'Blip' to face the challenge of saving the planet and regaining his friend 'Bolts'.

The first theatrical film of the anime series Kinnikuman. After winning the 21st Choujin Olympics, Kinnikuman plans to build his own theme park. As his friends and celebrities arrive, the sky grows dark and with a flash of lightning Kinnikuman's championship belt is gone. He then sees that it has been taken by Octopus Dragon III, who challenges him to take it back. Kinnikuman tries but fails and Mari is kidnapped. Octopus Dragon gives Kinnikuman a time limit to save her before she is fed to the monster Gigasaurus and then returns to his home world of Planet Metro (メトロ星, Metoro-sei). Despite his injuries, Kinnikuman is determined to go and reclaim his belt and Mari. Luckily, Terryman, Ramenman, Robin Mask, Warsman, Brocken Jr., and Rikishiman arrive to lend him a hand.

The film interprets the folklore of Hongluo Lake in northern China. The three-headed water monster ravaged Hongluo Lake, destroyed the village fort, and displaced the tribes. A young man named Da Xin in the tribe was looking for a peaceful place to stay away from his hometown. The hardships and ups and downs along the way brought disappointment. Finally, with the help of the Red Conch Fairy, he knew what a happy land is, and he decided to fight to the death.

A skeleton is tied with red threads and stuck by clay. How much control do we have in our own actions? And what does hinder these actions?

The preschooler Mako and the rabbit Pico learn what to watch out for when walking on the road. The work combines animation and live action to help young children learn the rules of the road in a fun and easy-to-understand way.

The second short in the series Karo and Piyobupt by Koji Yamamura

Alien Human asks us, “Is human the only species who can hurt each other psychologically?” In Wen Pang’s animated reimagining of a comic series by Yuewei Wang, four short stories are pared down to four fleeting poems—Pearl, The Goldfish, Ocean and Hole. An audiovisual pleasure that will delight even those among us who think they don’t care for animation. The first moment the velvety narrator promises, “If you hold your breath long enough, I’ll take you to another world,” let yourself be transported.

Fragments of images emerge from the empty space, and before you know it, a heavy wall surface is built. If you break through it, a flood of light will overflow.

A day in the life of a little ghost imitating human beings.

Two sisters stay at home alone. They spend their time in their own worlds, at times in synch with each other and other times disconnected.

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?

Live music performance at Nintendo Live 2022, a gaming event in Japan. It includes an opening act of DJ KK, followed by Deep Cut (Shiver, Frye, and Big Man) and some special guests!

A family banquet. Beneath the surface of smooth toasts and pleasantries, there is anxiety and unease emanating from the family. Life is filled with countless round-table predicaments, class reunions, casual drinks with friends, or company team-building events, these are round-table dilemmas wrapped in desires. Everyone is part of it, both as creators and victims of these predicaments.