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Furukawa Taku film.

Taking inspiration from reticulated architecture of a real modern skyscraper - characterized by the deafening noise of city traffic - Shimamura succeeds in rendering the idea of urban alienation in the abstract. He goes from optical art to spatial concepts similar to the Escher scales, with a sound track of electronic music (among the everyday sounds is a working photocopier). (Source: Animation - A World History)

Film by Tanaami Keiichi.

Music video for Aisou ze! by Japanese rock band CHAI, featuring the cast of Dinosaur Biyori.

Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.

Abstract animation with a motif of a dragonfly overlap the multiple-exposure footage of a naked woman lying in a field.

Short film by Kurosaka Keita.

One sunny afternoon, a middle-aged man goes on a walk to feed some ducks.

One of Masanobu Hiraoka's earlier short animations.

Hunter is looking for Gossip every night. A short animated film by Ryoji Yamada.

Film by Takashi Ito.

Short film by Yoriko Mizushiri.

Music video directed by Shunji Iwai for the song Miracle by illion, Youjirou Noda's solo project, in the album "P.Y.L."

Space Shower TV Station ID directed by Wataru Uekusa, with music by sasakure.UK.

A video game character finds a VR headset on the street.

Official music video for Keigo Iwase's second single Drive Car.

A musical animated film by G9+1, a group of veteran animators. It won the Tokyo Anime Award in 2010.

A music video for Vampillia's song "Ice Fist."

Music video for the song Fly with me by millennium parade. The song was featured as the opening for Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045.

A boy and his sister are nearly eaten by their father and they rush out of the house. They run away in their father’s car and wind up in the wilderness, where they meet a Giant and a Witch. This animation film in black & white charcoal drawings uses the sound of a bass guitar and combines a Japanese Manga feel with a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

Short animation from Mirai Mizue. Simple rectilinear figures assemble into surprisingly complex "cities" that pulse along to Scarlatti Goes Electro's hyperkinetic score. (Source: JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film)

Music video directed by Kouhei Yoshino for the song Ake-Vono by Japanese instrumental band NETWORKS.

Experimental animation by Manabe Hiroshi, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.

Short animations by Densuke28 simulating video game bugs. The original short was a personal project and was released on his Vimeo page. The following year, a new version of the work was showcased at a museum exhibition on seven different screens, accompanied with a 3D printed model of the character in the short. A forty-nine second clip titled "BUGGY MAP -Exhibition Ver.-" was uploaded to Densuke28's official Vimeo which combines the animations on the multiple screens into one video.