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Sarina Nihei's graduation film from Tama Art University.

Vivid, chromatic animation.

Mom and Dad imagine their little baby in Mom’s tummy, which is just like a universe filled with amniotic fluid and the baby is having an adventure there.

A series of four animated prequels to Street Fighter IV, each centered on a different character. They depict events set after Street Fighter II.

A stop-motion animation about sisters doing chores. One of them falls into a well and gets transported to a wonderland trying to retrieve a pail. There she helps the various creatures in wonderland and receives rewards. Upon returning home the other sister is jealous and tries the same but is rude and helps no one out of her selfishness.

Selected works of Tachibana Kaoru bonus content, Animation workshop 1996.

An short experimental film by Tarafu Otani

"An elf of dandelion takes off her bloom after her boyfriend, who has transformed into down a bit earlier. But there are monsters outside, and they take aim at her. In the outer world with no one to depend on, she grows up bravely."

A re-imagining of Columbo with puppet animation.

Independent animation by Hayashi Seiichi.

OVA adaptation of a manga by Watase Seizou.

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

It should have been an ordinary day, but it was very different from usual. There was a large crowd in front of my grandma’s house. Where did people come from and where are they going? I was peeping at them behind the window, but the big tree obstructed my view.

An American ambassador and his family move into an old castle. They learn from the help that Simon, a man suffering for 300 years due to a heavy sin he committed, resides in the castle. The Americans are quite lighthearted and unfazed by the situation. The father gives the ghost a gift, the boys pillow fight and play tricks on him, and the daughter Virginia is kind and forgiving with him. The ghost is quite surprised because he's used to haunting and people hating him.

A short animated film by Furukawa Taku.

A short film by Taku Furukawa.

The two of them, all alone at home. All alone with her father's corpse. Memories, ideals, and reality all sink beneath the muck. Everyone is alone. Everyone is in solitude.

Minato Aqua Anniversary Live 2020 "AQUA IRO SUPER DREAM" (湊あくあアニバーサリーライブ 2020 あくあ色すーぱーどり～む) was a solo live concert held online on August 21, 2020 featuring Minato Aqua. During this live, Aqua unveiled a new 3D outfit to commemorate her debut anniversary. ProjectBLUE was in charge of stage direction/production.

This is an animation using the “Kaki-mation” technique. This piece can be shown as a multiscreen piece with 3 screens.

A dark alley, a vicious monster and a little girl that was just in the wrong place at the wrong time...

One cold and damp morning, two weasels were wandering the quiet streets. They get separated at one point but are reunited. Just then, bells and alarms began to ring through the city, and dawn came.

The devices not used for a story are fed and then destroyed. This is a reproduction of reminiscence when a heroine runs about a neuron in a moment of waiting for the world that didn’t happen.

A man blown by a blizzard on Snow Mountain wants to return to his warm home.

When a poor, yet honest, man rescues an old man who has fallen off a log bridge, the little people of the forest give him a "Mortar of Treasures" that will grant any item that a person desires. The man uses the mortar to become the richest person in the village. But the man's greedy brother steals the mortar and, determined to enjoy all the luxuries by himself, climbs into a rowing boat and heads for an isolated island. On the way, however, he asks for salt from the mortar, but then cannot figure out how to stop it. Finally, the boat sinks under the weight of all the salt, and the mortar sinks to the bottom of the sea where it is pouring out salt to this day.

The theme is indecisiveness but hand the reigns over to kids and a T-Rex is sure to show up sooner or later. Yamamura's delight in their errant narration is evident in his fresh sensitivity to the comedy of everyday life.

Sol Badguy. This video depicts more than 20 years of the world of Guilty Gear and half his lifetime.

A Bosko-cloned samurai battles traditional monsters and demons.

While a narrator reads from Osamu Dazai's "Schoolgirl", a day in the life of a young girl in Showa-era Tokyo unfolds featuring various retro items from the era.

Mirai Mizue's contribution to the SPACE SHOWER TV Canvas 2.0.0 campaign.

Short animated film by Yasuji Murata

Two doctors dive inside the memories of a dying old man, altering them in order to fulfill his last wish: to go to the Moon.

After seeing Velvet Underground perform in Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitables in New York, Tanaami became interested stroboscopic effects. This flicker film was conceived as the first of many but this was the only one that was realized. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Two little creatures discuss possible travel plans to Hong Kong. As they talk to each other, their thoughts are animated above their heads.

In postwar Tokyo, while his mum works, Taichi spends his days alone and misses his dad who was killed in the war. Through his friendship with an old man who tends a seemingly dead cherry tree, Taichi learns about the tree and gradually becomes more positive. (Source: Treasures of the Heart)

There once lived two brothers in a town. The elder lived alone. The younger lived with his parents. They did not get along well... They called each other occasionally. The elder one was impatient and emotional and did nothing but work... One day the elder brother’s face turned into a tomato...

The grandfather's guitar starts to play by itself in response to the beautiful heart of the flower vendor's daughter. The guitar is broken by the people fighting over it. When the daughter's tears bring it back to life, the reconciled people begin to dance to the music of the guitar.

A western occupation propaganda film in which a boy repairs a western style doll that comes to life and uses a magic pen to rebuild his bleak and war torn world into a happy place resembling western civilization.

A little girl finds small friends one day afternoon.

A swinging animation drawn with a pencil. It shows view of inside a coffee shop by panning the camera. The little difference is repeated by rotation, and the inside of the store changes as if you are looking at the car window.

usa greets you.

Short animation by Yoji Kuri

Alice goes alone. She opens the doors like she let her legs do the leading and she finds various houses by various people. This work expresses the landscape or the figure of love that we're keen from the bottoms of our hearts, with(using) various images and motifs.

An adaptation of the The Wolf and The Seven Little Goats story.

A short animated film by Furukawa Taku.

A short documentary on the making of Noburo Ofuji's Katsura-hime.

I get up in the morning, prepare myself, wait for a bus, then the train, go to school, and return home. Days go by even while I wonder about, cry, or sleep.

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

Dr. Octo who researches octopodes decides to take over the world as he deems the eight legged creatures a more suitable master species than humans. To do this, he takes an idol singer Sumire Hoshino (aka Perman #3) hostage. Mitsuo Suwa (aka Perman #1) likes the idol dearly (as he doesn't know the real identity of his Perman partner) and becomes so angry that he transforms to go rescue her. But fighting a giant octopus is more challenging than it looks!

A black-and-white short by Mitsuyo Seo.

Short film about a princess being kidnapped.

A short fight animation by rapparu.

Ice/ink on white, then into black and red explosive figures, a finger appears.

As "another story" set after the end of the original manga, this what-if "Return" plot depicts what happens to the title character after his final act to save Earth. After drifting in space, the robot boy is rescued by the three members of ravex, and he is miraculously revived — not by Tezuka's Black Jack surgeon character, but by "Space Jack." The newly evolved robot boy will be named "Ratom." The Princess Knight and other Tezuka characters will appear in this all-new story. Musical artists BoA, Maki Goto, Anna Tsuchiya, Tohoshinki, and TRF are contributing to the album, and an event is planned at Tokyo's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation on April 10. The album marks Avex's 20th anniversary and what would have been Tezuka's 80th birthday.

Early experimental animation by Takashi Ishida

This is the Animal Village within the forest. The Monkey Family with many children, the Bear Family, the Raccoon Family and many other animal families live happily together in this village. One night, a strong northerly wind puts the Monkey Family in panic, and the little boy bear of the Bear Family falls into the river. The Raccoon Family and the Monkey Family members all rush to the river to rescue him.

The mayor of the animal village, Mr. Goat, has a big news. He says that a train will run through the animal village and the roads will be widened. Everyone is happy that the village will become more lively, but one after another, traffic accidents occur, and rules are made.

The stage is a fancy restaurant featuring live tango performances. Both the cuisine and the clientele are impeccable, and everyone is fully content. But one customer’s visit disrupts the tranquility.

Graduation work of Haruka Suzuki.

By scratching the surface of a polaroid photograph before the emulsion dries, the work abstracts the interior space of the frame. Positioned as if being locked inside the frame, the mobility of the subject becomes accentuated.

Using the constellation as a motif, the heavens and the earth, metamorphose all the creatures.