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A young Chinese woman's healing journey overcoming her traumatic injury at a Moroccan hospital, laced with morphine induced forbidden romance out of a dream like garden.

A girl wanders through a landscape of quiet ruin, alone except for her dog and a mysterious voice on her radio, reciting poems at a precise hour every day.

Yuki Terai is a vivacious 17-year-old who lives just outside Tokyo. In most ways she is every bit the typical teen-except she doesn't exist. The invention of acclaimed computer animator Kenichi Kutsugi, Yuki Terai is Japan's No.1 Virtual Star. Capable of unprecedented life-like expressions and movement, she inhabits many worlds: real-life, science fiction and music.

In the midst of ordinary daily life, Bukhan Mountain starts growing and causes an earthquake. As the boundary between fantasy and reality falls apart little by little, someone takes note of the invisible world.

Inspired by the Fifteenth canto of the Divine Comedy, in which Dante meets his teacher, Brunetto Latini.

The story of a gluttonous whale and the other aquatic creatures

Driven by jealousy, the husband administered a memory-developing elixir to his wife. In his attempt to erase the potential rival for her affections, he inadvertently obliterated all of her memories of him as well.

The Sea Slug Sisters will perform a puppet show "The Tale of Tanabata", using puppets with their figure in a small theatre. (Yuko Asano).

The everyday life of an elephant and a woman, his wife in a lakeside house. Their life together with a certain distance repeats itself. The traces of the passing time cover the familiar landscape. One day an accident happens to the couple living together with contradictions and secrets

The story takes place in a Fruitful forest that is showered with colorful seeds where a flying house has landed. The richness of heart and mind brought about by harmony with nature and food culture. A bright red soup filled with many ingredients and little ideas is a wonderful magic that brings everyone together. The delicious smell becomes a new color and spreads around the world.

Two waiters in a Shanghai restaurant try to please a rich guest only to find out that he is not who he seems.

Long before the days of Ai Yori Aoshi when Kaoru is a new student in college, it's Christmas time and who should pay him a visit but Santa, looking very much like Aoi. They eat a Christmas meal, spend time at an amusement park, go skating and take a late night walk, occasionally crossing the path of other girls from the original series in humorous moments.

Liv & Bell, the story of Liv, a girl with a big ribbon, and Bell, a colorful hedgehog, who travel in the flying house with an inventor pig. One day, the flying house lands in a beautiful but Lackluster town.

A visit to the art museum produces lessons aplenty for mind, body and especially all the little souls.

A series of nine flipbook-like vignettes showcasing simple revelations of movement and color. Koji Yamamura's animation refers back to the phenakistoscope, one of the earliest mechanisms used to make drawings move.

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.

The various animals that were grazing in Mi-ae's mind are confined in a fence when they meet their lover.

There is an elephant living in my house, invisible to all adults.

If infants were born asexual, they could choose their sex organs: breasts, genitals, or phalluses, according to their wishes. Proposes a new imagination for the human body and reflects the phenomenon of modern society. Nowadays, people have multiple roles and enjoy the right to choose the gender they prefer.

Hanuman, who is the God-King of the apes, was one of major characters who fought with Rama [Phra Ram] against the Devil King Ravana [Totsapak]

Gazing at the wall's cracks and a scar, a woman recalls the ups and downs of love. A depiction of femininity and female internal time-consciousness through the convalescence of woman's broken heart.

A video diary of Hatoba Tsugu's summer vacation.

Godzilla characters as ninjas. An entry for GEMSTONE's Creators Audition, a collaborative project between Toho Co., Ltd. and AlphaBoat in which Japanese artists and filmmakers competed in a challenge to create new works inspired by the Godzilla series.

Sometimes you are the only one that can really see what’s out there.

She was abused by her father during childhood. Since he left, the pain and anger had begun to fade. One day, unexpectedly, she was struck by a revelation about her father's life that cast her feelings about him into confusion.

This work portrays the perspective of someone who has experienced digital sexual abuse in Tokyo, such as deepfake pornography or non-consensual photography. It is composed of 3D computer graphics animation and live performance video shot in public spaces.

An animated documentary on intertwining memories and emotions experienced by the director in his hometown and current whereabouts.

A short film by Taku Furukawa.

The "robot duck" from the moon, Ani, is adopted by a mother duck of the prairie flying duck family by chance. A Nai firmly believes that he, like the other ducklings, is eager to be able to fly. The super power chip on Ani's body attracts the tracking of the moon people, and it turns out that Ani is a super bomb used by the evil scientists on the moon to destroy the earth's atmosphere. With the coyotes chasing him, Ani and his buddies go south to reunite with the migrating ducks. Despite the danger of the chip explosion, Ani defeats the evil doctor and helps the duck flock to reach the south with love, affection and bravery. Ani also realized his dream: to grow up to be a real flying duck.

Based on the research, interviews, and records of the three conditions of Congenital Insensitivity to Pain, chondropathy, and Marfan syndrome, I made these three personal pseudo-documentary animations. "He She He" not only represents the three of them but also represents all of us who are being neglected and need to establish emotional connections around us. I tried to use the body as a common medium for establishing empathy to achieve the transformation from perceptual empathy to personal cognitive empathy.

Graduation work of Mayuko Miyashima at Tama Art University.

The last rhino of his kind forms an unlikely bond with a penguin born from an abandoned egg. Together, they set out on a heartwarming journey toward the ocean.

Feel the ground beneath you. We are constantly supported by the earth.

An animated biographical film about the life of Takae Tsuneo, who was dealt a heavy blow when he lost both of his arms but worked to help other people with disabilities.

The film tells the story of the seven nines of red blood cells in the human body, who are dissatisfied with the current work situation and want to find the meaning of life and existence. Finally, they understand the great responsibility they bear and become brave warriors to fight against bacteria and viruses.

Be drawn by the mysterious birdsong, a girl walks far into the woods. And she scouts around for her grandma's trace in the woods.

I found a very interesting story in the book "Indian Mythology" by Katsuhiko Uemura. It is poetic and gaggy in some parts. Once upon a time, a mountain had wings and flew around. When the mountain landed on the earth, the earth shook with a roar...". This story was made up by Brahmins (monks) 4 to 5,000 years ago. It is said that those in power at that time ruled their people by making up interesting stories. Is it the same today?

Unfolding in a percussive text format the duo is known for, The Struggle Continues meditates on how to prioritise desire, pleasure, and equality while having to navigate boredom, quotidian threats and attending to oneself and others in the present.

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.

End Time and The Trajectories of Ancestors (2022) is a video (machinima) essay on the historical fragments of Montana and Native American history. Going deep into the American soil conveyed in the video game Far Car 5 (2018), the work manifests the juxtaposition between religious survivalism on the nuclear threat and End Time, the digital landscape and archive of Montana, and the historical records and testimonies of Native American’s history and movement. This intersection can be conceived as a detour in thinking and questioning the universal issues on colonization, land, race, violence and the appropriation of culture and history in the video game.

This art film is a rare bamboo puppet cartoon. When deer, cows and birds were drinking and playing together by the pond, a snake came to them quietly.

Abstract animation by Yoshinao Satoh. This is an English version of the film "Papers".

A short experimental film by Manabe Hiroshi.

The children are having a frolic with the insects on the lawn. Inspired from the director’s memories of chasing locusts in her childhood.

My friend Emi came out in a dream. I was so surprised that I couldn't look her in the eyes.

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

Pilot episode of the famous anime Heidi.

The beach is packed in a Chinese resort. People are enjoying the summer holidays. An abrupt thundershower makes them run around in a flurry.

Short experimental animation by Mirai MIzue

A streetlight that breaks and falls to the ground due to a blizzard causes a flower to bloom from the warmth of its light. In the harsh coldness of winter, a sympathetic connection is formed as they try desperately to survive.