A motorbike yearns to return to its good old days. One day it takes a courageous leap to its own future. 1st year work 2017, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
In Period of the Mouseman, a young man grapples with his transformation into a cyborg modeled after a mouse. (Source: HIDIVE)
Once upon a time, a man killed the king’s pet dog. He was executed and reincarnated as a canis but with the memory of his past life as a man. (Source: Geidai Animation)
Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.
When it shrinks, it expands. It floats and it sinks. It separates but connects. When I think I’m watching them, they're actually watching me. A charming animation rhyme that weaves together the many days of observing, recording, and experimenting. (S
A 1991 Korean Historical movie.
A man walks. His form wobbles precariously. The world is hard to tell subjective or objective. His body is cut in pieces. Only the power of image can make these unite. 1st year work 2013 by Takashi Shibuya, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate Scho
The Butterfly Lovers is an animated re-telling of the classical Chinese story of two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Zhu Yingtai was a girl born into an upper-class family during China's Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since women were not allowed to atte
The character Korosho, a spirit of a randsell backpack, is from Benesse's "Shinken Zemi Shogaku Kouza" correspondence course for early elementary schoolers. The film is a collaboration with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JA
A short puppet animation.
Hold up minerals and natural stones to the sunlight. Search for the shapes where light shines through and the shapes of shadows. The process of a small spot gradually finding its own form. Graduate Work 2017 from Rina Okada, Tokyo University of the A
The Gaza Strip is at war. A little girl feeds the deprived, helpless animals in an abandoned zoo when suddenly, an air raid strikes. Graduate Work 2017, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (So
Asuka's Tama Art University 2018 graduation movie. She composed the music herself.
The beach is packed in a Chinese resort. People are enjoying the summer holidays. An abrupt thundershower makes them run around in a flurry. Graduate Work 2016, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animat
The idea is a myth of the deep-sea. A sperm whale swallows the sun and swims toward the deep-sea. A giant squid inherits the sunshine. Thousands of squid babies are born like shining stars. Love beyond Species in the deep-sea. A rainbow appears in a
One day, the snow metamorphosed into an earthworm, when it sensed danger for melting. The earthworm, who longed for aboveground, metamorphosed into a tree. It continues metamorphosing and.... Someday, it will remember her old self.
In this exciting Chinese action flick, Mr. Black is back! After notorious criminal rat, One-Ear escapes, Mr. Black organises a all-points bulletin to capture him. But more trouble is brewing: a mad ape scientist, Dr. Big Ape seeks revenge on those wh
In a port town “Y”, where there are many old artifacts which are animated through a long time, a piece of brick lives as a pilot for the “guests” from overseas. One day, he meets a doll girl on a river and another tiny story begins.
A short clay/crayon animation by Tomayasu Murata. While the robot is cleaning, it finds a picture. It's his precious memories. (Source: Official Youtube Channel)
A short animation from Xinxin Liu.