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A short animation by Taku Furukawa.

In a fishing village, a scrapped boat is cremated. Old fishing boats on the verge of death dream of deep-sea fish running through alleys, fishermen pulling their nets, the crying specter of a young girl... Various imagery appear and retreat like waves on a shore, inviting viewers into a daydream. This poetic film garnered critical acclaim at an international scale, starting at the Oberhausen international short film festival.

A man returns to his apartment at the end of the day completely disheartened. As he goes to light a cigarette, the flame takes on a life of its own.

Promotional web videos directed by Densuke28 to showcase the 2019 Spring & Summer line for Japanese clothing brand KAIKO.

Official music video for Kindan no Tasuketsu's song Nosferatu.

A surreal short created by Mirai Mizue.

A short movie by Keiichi Tanaami.

Official music video for Kindan no Tasuketsu's song Katte ni Shiyagatte.

The woman does the decision to coexist with the past. Returning to one person was not an answer. It is a new image. (Source: Official You Tube channel)

Short film by Ryoji Yamada. A waiter finished work, goes out and gets drunk.

Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.

Space Shower TV Station ID directed by Takashi Ohashi, with music by composed by Yuri Habuka and sung by PUPI.

In a totalitarian and male chauvinist world, a female high-heeled shoe named Mulan Hua rebels against the baby shoe factory to protect her baby girl from being transformed into a male shoe. To raise her daughter, she later has to disguise herself as a male sturdy shoe and works day and night in a capitalist cigarette factory. The story is not only about a mother’s sacrifice and a feminist’s revenge, but also has a political undertone of the intoxication of power. (Source: mulanfestival.com)

This 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)

A surreal take on The Honest Woodcutter as a promotion for DJ Shugo's "Otoko-darake no Dai Enkai" music event.

A silent short animation by Masanobu Hiraoka.

Is the path I am walking on now part of a dream or reality? This is the first animation film that is largely motionless. (Source: Official website)

A black-and-white flicker film by Nobuhiro Aihara.

Two contributions by Mirai Mizue to the SPACE SHOWER TV Canvas 2.0.0 campaign. Space Shower TV is a music video channel in Japan similar to MTV. Between segments there are sometimes small animations featuring the station ID. The campaign was launched to invite all animators to come and submit works featuring the station's ID. The only requirement was that the animation is between 15-90 seconds in length. In order to encourage indie artists, all videos were shown on the specially created website; and 10 professional artists' creations (including Mirai Mizue) were already there to give examples of what Space Shower TV was looking for in content.

The sun rises in one place and the sun sets in another. When a woman's hair grows up, a man shaves off her elongated beard. Even if the time is different, the time passes in the same way anywhere. The earth turns and the sun rises again. Each of the frames has a structure that loops indefinitely. (Source: Official website)

Music video directed by Takaharu Shimizu for the song RoboCop by Kenmochi Hidefumi on his album "Footwork".

The short animation evokes all the awkwardness of a school swimming class. A chubby young boy, steps up reluctantly for his turn, after watching the sporty prowess of his peers. (source: Official website)

Videos directed by mareykrap that were featured at the My Name is Red-Haired Anne art exhibition in Seoul, South Korea, which showcases the artistic talents of Korean artists through the imaginative retelling and reinterpretation of Anne of Green Gables. These videos were used for the 1st chapter of the exhibit titled "A Poor Orphan Girl".

Vertical music video directed by Kousuke Sugimoto for the song Gravity by The Charm Park that was included on his album "Reverse & Rebirth".