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The first CG animated film produced in Japan. It premiered at the first Sogetsu Experimental Film Festival and was made by students Gaku Yamada and Yoshio Tsukio from the Department of Urban Engineering at The University of Tokyo.

On a summer day, a strange man who teaches Russian at the beach took me to the town. The familiar town looked totally fresh from a different point of view. The man should be there at the beach tomorrow. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Abstract short film by Kojirou Shishido.

A stop motion animation using several phenakistoscopes of a polyhedron and other materials. Five "Egg birds" appears in the artificial garden. (Source: TMDB)

A short film made for international festivals by Kinoshita Renzo in 1974~1976.

Following on from SHELTER, the setting is again an air-raid shelter. Close-up images of trees are dissected and reformed abstractly. The film culminates with images of elderly survivors of the war in another example of Aihara’s unique blending of documentary storytelling with abstract illustration. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

When you're insanely happy, you're so happy to be happy, that you forget what made you happy. Shishi Yamazaki’s graduation film featuring the tracks Yama Yama and Kashi Kofima by musical group Yamazaki.

This story is about a place long ago, before birth and before death, that everyone knows and no one knows. (Source: Geidai Animation)

During the period of the 'Provinces at war', many lives were lost. A castle architect discovers the possible role of a tea room as a place for warriors to regain humanity. (Source: Vimeo)

Graduate animation by Ryo Orikasa, based The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde.

A special web movie for the 2011 Autumn Tokyo Art Month. People could by tickets which granted them multi-access to various museums, fashion collections, and art fairs. The event ran for the entire month of November.

Movie that uses a crow as a motif and Kyoto scenes that were taken in time-lapse, and color flicker is added to create a disturbing atmosphere. Matsuo Ono is in charge of the tape collage.

Music video for the song "To Disappear" by Your Gay Thoughts from the album "The Watercolors."

A short film that directly gazes at lives and the society with observation and imagination. It is queer and it is here. (Source: IMDB)

Music video for the remixed version of Cup of Smoke by Your Gay Thoughts & Alphabets Heaven from the album "The Watercolors Remixed."

Short film by Yoriko Mizushiri.

Beginning with a photograph of a pinhole camera by photographer Yoshiyasu Suzuka, a detailed abstract animation develops in a jet-black space.

A serene, abstract short film by Nobuhiro Aihara, featuring the song Asa no Inori by Kitarou (Masanori Takahashi).

The fourth anthology work by animation collective G9+1, this time on the theme of global warming. The film features music by Kazunori Maruyama.

An animated advert for Chanel's Gabrielle bag starring British actress / model Cara Delevingne, directed by ShiShi Yamazaki.

Kenji Kawasaki's first film.

Sanuki Film Festival in 2015 and 2016 had opening animations to officially launch the beginning of the festival.

Otoboke Beaver's new album ITEKOMA HITS features six new tracks, two re-recorded songs, and the contents from their Love Is Short and Bakuro Book EPs. To promote the album, an animated summary video was made by Naoyuki Asano.

Official music video for Yamamoto Seiichi's song Catalyst. The song features only instrumental music and was released on his album "Palm."