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Okamoto Tadanari short film.

A clerk has his own duty. A clerk does his own work. This is what a clerk should do. (Source: Official website)

A dark stop motion anime about a lone traveler in a desert who finds a solitary box. When he opens it, he finds a rundown and rather spooky city made up of large tower block apartments. Suddenly, a mysterious ghostly stick entity appears and seems to follow our hero. What is the purpose of this strange figure?

Music video directed and animated by Rabbit MACHINE for the song Thoughtcrime by Yorushika. The theme of thoughtcrime is plagiarized from George Orwell's novel, "1984." Then, the moment it was declared that it's plagiarized, the plagiarized work changed form into a homage. The line between doing plagiarism and doing a homage seems ambiguous, and the truth is that that line doesn't exist anywhere. It holds true even when the role is reversed. A homage holds a great risk of becoming plagiarism. The lyrics to this song pays homage to Ozaki Housai's haiku and his final years of life. (Source: YouTube)

THE END is an opera birthed out of the collaboration between Keiichirou Shibuya, director and script writer Toshiki Okada, and illustrator YKBX. This production does not feature any humans, and replacing all familiar elements of the non-existent singers and orchestras are aria and recitative by Hatsune Miku and Vocaloid, with a story told by computer-made music and visuals. This production tests taking the traditional tragic structure of an opera asking "What is death?" and "What is an end?" and puts Hatsune Miku as the mediator to reread it in a modern way. (Source: Official Site)

Music video directed by Genshou Yasuda for the song Can't Be Right by ZUTOMAYO.

Music video directed and animated by goru for the song Ham by ZUTOMAYO.

A businessman happily goes about his carefully prepared morning routine. One day, this routine is suddenly interrupted.

MONOLITH (a.k.a. Kaoru/Brilliance) provides a poetry reading for Miyako, taken from the perspective of a mentally ill woman stalking another woman.

Music video directed and animated by Rabbit MACHINE for the song Douse Nakunaru dake by Takayan.

Music video directed and animated by sakiyama for the song Humanoid by ZUTOMAYO.

Trailer for Echoes' PIANOMAN with original animation that was not reused in the resulting short film.

Music video directed and animated by sakiyama for the song Konna Koto Soudou by ZUTOMAYO.

A girl is informed by her doctor that she is pregnant. Surprised by the unexpected announcement, falls into an anguish. The fleeting dream is a despairing dream. (Source: Geidai Animation)

After the release of the divine artifact Shiva's Wrath, Cangnan City faces an unprecedented crisis. With the Western evil gods lurking in their wake, are the Chinese gods about to awaken? Infused with the power of the twin gods, Lin Qiye joins the Night Watchmen of Cangnan City in fighting against the Western evil gods and defending Cangnan! The Second War of the Gods is about to begin! (Source: Tencent, translated)

Six animated shorts about discrimination and being different. 1. "Daydream" talks about dealing with people with disability. It homes in on the daily life of a father with a daughter whose hands and feet are deformed. 2. "Animal Farm" relies on the rough-and-ready feel of stop-motion clay animation to create a satire of bullying and mob dynamics. 3. "At Her House" paints a devastating picture of gender inequality within a marriage. 4. "Flesh and Bone" gently pillories superficiality and the obsession with outward appearance. 5. "Bicycle Trip" focuses on the discrimination experienced by foreign workers in Korea. 6. "Be a Human Being" looks at the way young Koreans are barely treated as human beings before they get to university. (Source: ANIWEBLOG, ASIANDB, Jeonju)

Two eight-year-old boys compete in a game of childish bravado. Ken is a Ninja, Nito a child soldier from the Congo who was forced to kill his own mother. Their naïve game addresses cruel realities, and they talk about their differences and what they have in common. Accompanied by contrasting graphics, the film explores the types of acts of which humankind is capable. (Source: Berlinale)

Music video for the song Ashita wa Nichiyoubi by the VTuber unit, Rain Drops.

Animated music video for the song Genei by Harumaki Gohan, featuring vocals by Hatsune Miku.

The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can't read their expressions. However, from one instance, he finds himself looking closely at their faces. (Source: Official Site)

An educational film about empathy in Japan. In the movie's example, uses a sci-fi twist to show how the hearts of others to the main character in certain situations.

Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.

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

Short animation by Keita Kurosaka for MTV Japan.