MOVIEStory of a life form which wakes up in an unknown mysterious world. As he go deeper, he slowly understands what kind of place it is. The world seems beautiful, but it lacks what the real life has. He has to make a choice to stay or not. (Source: Official Vimeo Channel)
MUSICOfficial music video for Namae no Nai hi by the band Kumorina. It is the same title as the album it was formally released on the following month on May 1st.
OVALong ago, in the "age of fairy tales," the world's light is protected by seven individuals who reside in Daybreak Town and wield unique weapons called "Keyblades": the Master of Masters and his six apprentices. A devastating conflict has been foreseen, and the world's end is imminent. In order to heal it, the Master of Masters gives his disciples unique roles and instructs them to form Unions comprised of other Keyblade wielders. Soon afterwards, the Master vanishes. (Source: KH Wikia)
ONABandai began streaming an animated promotional video for its upcoming Geki Drive racing kits Tuesday. The new, customizable cars are set for release in January 2016. The video shows two cars, the Dragon Gear (white) and Night Cougar (black). The cars are the first is the toy line's GD Machine Series. A third car, Burst Phoenix (red), is also planned. The cars utilize the "Link Unit System," making them easy to upgrade with new parts and assemble. Bandai is also releasing a 90-degree bank-curved track. The track is recreated in the animated promotional video. (Source: Anime News Network)
MUSICThis video clip is a story of realization. A story of a child who has been inheriting a negative legacy of humankind that continuously accumulates in diverse ways. The child keeps carrying the legacy, that is too heavy and too much to bear for her body, feverishly without knowing the real meaning of the act. Soon, the child starts to act out a vision of knowledge, prayers, courage and curiosity. She realizes that positive power is the best balance towards purification and she should stop carrying on the negativity through a negative attitude. (Source: Vimeo)
MOVIEA material, an origin, a meaning, a value. When you have a question on glasses, let's answer "Well, that's glasses". Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival Best Film of The Young Jury. (Source: Official website)
MOVIEI made this work because I wanted to try out the idea of floating images in midair that had come to me when making Thunder. The entire work was shot frame-by-frame with long exposures. I filmed this in the company dorm I was living in in the middle of the night after I had come home from work, and thought I might die from what had become my daily pattern of sleeping for two hours in the morning then going off to work. (Source: Takashi Ito)
MOVIEThe filming of the entrance to the company dormitory in which the film-maker was living. Centering the film on one pillar, he warps the spaces to the left and right and creates an unstable space similar to painting that employs anamorphosis. Made as were SPACY and BOX with a large number of photographs, the film ends with a violent movement, but is poetic for this. (Source: Takashi Nakajima)
ONAThis time lapse animation depicts scenes from a busy train station at rush-hour, using the TERADAMOKEI Architectural Model Accessories Series sets. Features 3,000 of TERADAMOKEI's signature character 'Genki-kun'. (Source: Teradamokei)
ONAA stop-motion animation of the world’s most famous intersection in front of Shibuya Station, created with the TERADAMOKEI 1/100 Architectural Model Accessories Series set. Watch 1,000 TERADAMOKEI characters (Genki-kun) flood the Shibuya scramble crossing en masse. (Source: Teradamokei)
OVABased on a picture book written about the 2004 earthquake in Chuuetsu, Niigata prefecture. Mari's three puppies were just born, when the earthquake in Yamakoshimura started. Now their home is in ruins, and their owner, an old man is trapped under the debris. Mari somehow manages to break her chain, and encourages the old man, until help arrives. In the end, someone saves the old man, but he can't take in the dogs, so they remain in the now abandoned village. Can Mari and the puppies live on like this? (Source: AniDB)
ONAA commercial to promote HAL Tokyo College of Technology & Design. Composer Teddyloid, rapper DAOKO, director Hibiki Yoshizaki, and character designer PALOW created the commercial. The character is named "Throne.No.11 HAL mia," a girl who wants to change her fate. (Source: Anime News Network)
ONAStudents in the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya branches of HAL College of Technology and Design under supervision and sponsorship by professional mecha designer Takayuki Yanase along with other industry professionals, created a series of 3 web movies to act as commercials. The three teams—each consisting of 16 members including animators, artists and effect technicians—are working on their own advertisements to display the talent of the students and the subjects one can learn through attending HAL such as game design, anime development and even car design. Each team is drawing from the same design and story to create their own unique commercials. Initially all 3 branches released a 16-sec. CM before each completing the full 39-sec. Web Movie. Music for each creation is provided by J-rock band MY FIRST STORY. (Source: Anime News Network)
SPECIALA short video illustrating different stretching postures and movements for skeletal-muscular screening purposes. The video was produced by Oshuku Onsen Hospital and uploaded to YouTube. The single video collects two versions of the same animation: one with voiced instructions by a male and one by a female.
