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Short animation by Mirai Mizue.

Short animation by Ryu Kato.

An abstract work by Keichii Tanaami.

A surrealistic short from minimalist cartoonist Kuri Yoji.

Naoko had a fight with her brother over a trivial thing and pushed him away. She knew she was childish but she ran away from home.

A chaotic mixture of hand-drawn animation and magazine cut-outs appropriating American pop culture. With a soundtrack involving music and sounds played in reverse, iconography of war and pop culture are intercut or merged together with images of eroticism and consumption. The film screened at the 3rd Sogetsu Animation Festival 1971. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Music video for Kikuo's Vocaloid song Aishite Aishite Aishite.

Following the release of their 8th album "DUM SPIRO SPERO," Japanese rock band Dir en Grey went into hiatus following a vigorous touring schedule in Japan and abroad, a year and a half later returning with their single "RINKAKU" released on December 19th, 2012. Once again animator Keita Kurosaka was enlisted to create a hand drawn music video, that in many regards is much less shocking and grotesque than the band's previous collaboration with Kurosaka, the infamous "Agitated Screams of Maggots" music video.

The truth behind the well-known Grimm's Tales is cruel and full of blood and lust! Episode 1: "Hansel & Gretel": Two brothers lost in the woods were actually criminals... Episode 2: "The Blue Beard": The true character of the Blue Beard was a cannibal who was unable to tolerate his wife's adultery. Episode 3: "Cinderella": Actually Cinderella had abnormal affections toward the prince.

An independent animated music video for the song "DušaN" by the Slovakian band Saténové ruky. Kousuke Sugimoto created it for a friend who is in the band. The video is about the protagonist's soul that just won't stop "talking" when he's coked.

An anthology work produced by the Japan Animation Association for their Into Animation 7 festival held at The National Art Center, Tokyo.

After breaking up with my ex-boyfriend, I was heartbroken but I had to think about the theme for my next animation film. Just then I had a dream of this ex-boyfriend. This animation film is based on that dream. (Source: Vimeo)

The stream of a mil, an apple flows down through the stream, where innumerable illusion of fish appears and disappears in the sky reflected in the water. (Source: Yamamura Animation)

The rooftops of a darkened city, a couple walking by a lone streetlight on an otherwise darkened street, an old man rocking in a creaky chair in the corner of a room lit only by the moon or the streetlight entering through the window. (Source: Nishikata Film Review)

A story set in a world before ours. A world in chaos where forces of good and evil fight and mingle. By doing so, it creates the chance to give birth to the new world. A couple of winged beings make love and fly away. They bear a child in an egg, and when the child opens its eyes they are immediately destroyed, one consumed by fire and the other by water. Mythical, elemental and mysterious, the world created by Tsuji is dangerous, menacing and suffuse with signs of apocalypse, but somehow simultaneously tender and compassionate. A Feather Stare at the Dark captures simple gestures and primal feelings and amplifies them, realising the non-verbal and non-literal with remarkable grace.

Ever since he was old enough to hold a crayon, Shinji has loved drawing and has dreamed of becoming a manga artist. When he starts attending school, the only other student who shares his passion is Masaru, who draws people he cares about as luchador wrestlers. As the two grow up, Shinji struggles to hone his skills but Masaru never moves away from his childish style. When Shinji finally moves to Tokyo to chase his dreams, he finds that the road ahead is incredibly difficult and struggles to make a mark on the industry. As Shinji grows increasingly jaded, his childhood friend might just be able to show him that there is more to art than financial success. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Short film made by Michio Mihara in 2008.

Awakening in Room 431 of a labyrinthine, ever-expanding mansion, a young girl named Alice finds herself trapped in a surreal and nightmarish library. The rules of this bizarre estate are simple yet cruel: once the mansion expands to 666 rooms, a grand "party" will commence, sealing the fate of its guests for eternity. Determined to avoid this doom, Alice embarks on a perilous descent toward Room 000, the only supposed exit. However, the mansion violently opposes her escape. A punishing physiological toll plagues her journey: the further Alice travels from her designated room, the more her physical body begins to rot, horrifyingly transforming her flesh and bone into letters and text. As she navigates the maddening architecture, Alice encounters the twisted residents of the other rooms. From a self-righteous judge and a desperate aspiring musician to fictional entities completely unaware of their own artificiality, each being represents a different form of psychological entrapment and despair.

A somewhat dark and surreal tale by Naoyuki Tsuji. Our protagonist sets out on a journey in a world which starts at The Gate of Confusion. To complete his travels, he must meet various strange characters to relieve himself of his burdens and set himself free.

The horrible truths behind Japanese Fairy Tales from the ancient times are finally revealed! This title includes three episodes: "The Monkey and the Crab", "Click-Crack Mountain" and "Urashima and the Kingdom beneath the Sea". (Source: Official Website)

RIKEN's (The Incorporated Administrative Agency Rikagaku Kenkyusho) promotional video with animation by Mirai Mizue and music by twoth.

Music video for the song Trepanation by millenium parade, directed by Ryoji Yamada.

Short experimental animation from Yoji Kuri.