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A commercial for Lux shampoo and conditioner featuring virtual idol Hatsune Miku and Ghost in the Shell star Scarlett Johansson. Miku is on a city street with European architecture when she looks up and sees a LUX shampoo and conditioner advertisement starring Johansson. After she lets down her hair, she performs at a concert venue full of fans excited to see her new look. (Source: Arama! Japan)

Based on a manga about cats and their sake-loving owner.

A high school basketball player finds himself short of breath due to his smoking.

Recaps of the first 12 and 18 episodes of Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan.

Tenkorin Okakura is a high school slacker girl. While dreaming of a painter god, she makes a wish that her dreams can come true without practice or effort. The god Raijin hears her wish, summons real-life historical artists, and tells Tenkorin to have these artists teach her so that she can fulfill her dreams. Guided by their teachings, Tenkorin aims to become a real painter with a promising future. (Source: ANN)

A soundless stop-motion paint on glass by Koji Yamamura showcasing the seasons. It is stated to have been created in 1988 early in his career but it is unknown if it was ever publicly showcased prior to Yamamura uploading this piece to his own YouTube channel in 2019.

It's been almost 100 years since the "salaryman" type of office worker first appeared in Japan back in the 1920s. As our society faces a major turning point, SmartHR decided to create a brand film to reflect upon how work styles have changed with time over the past century. We hope that by looking back on history, we inspire people to think about how they want to work going forward. (Source: Official YouTube channel)

Music video for the song Day by Day by Aviella. The song was made for Arknights to commemorate the third anniversary of the global server and the global release of Ideal City. (Source: Arknights Wiki)

The anime follows the daily life of PuniRunes—mysterious creatures who love to be coddled—and Yuka, a fourth-grade girl who loves soft, squishy things. (Source: ANN, edited)

An extended version of the first episode of the TV series.

A series of short videos from Google Japan to promote the Chrome web browser. It features the Chrome mascot explaining various features of the browser that are based upon the winning artwork submissions from a competition they held earlier in the year.

A slow song by Japanese enka singer and former J-pop idol Yoko Nagayama shown in the NHK program 'Minna no Uta.'

The "Chibi Godzilla" project was launched to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Toho's Godzilla franchise. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Spring has arrived at the little restaurant, and owner Li Linke and his fellow culinary enthusiast Wu Di have developed many new dishes for their customers. Regulars are flocking back, and the restaurant has also attracted many new faces, bringing with them fresh stories—a father and son with a strained relationship, college students planning to participate in an animation competition, and a toy salesman with a non-standard Mandarin accent. They will all find the flavors they've been longing for in the little restaurant. (Source: Bilibili, translated)

The studio TMS Entertainment collaborated with Seibu Railways on the new original anime Dededen. The anime celebrates both the 50th anniversary of TMS Entertainment and the 100th anniversary of Seibu Railways. TMS Entertainment happens to be located near the Araiyakushimae Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line. The anime followed the daily life of the main lead Amoru Tokorozawa and the railway. TMS plans to make five episodes, each 75 seconds long. It is running on the train's onboard SmileVision screens, as well as on the Smile StationVision screens around major stations from February 23 to December 31. (Source: ANN)

A music video for the song Kumo to Yuurei by Yorushika.

Second season of Odekake Kozame.

In Cinnamoroll's origin story, a white dog flew down from the skies one day and was discovered by a female Cafe Cinnamon worker. The "I.Cinnamoroll" brand depicts an alternate world that poses a what-if question: What if Cinnamoroll had not met the Cafe Cinnamon worker on that fateful day? The "I" in the title stands for both the English first-person pronoun "I" and the Japanese word "ai" (love), and it represents the brand's theme of taking care of one's own body and mind. (Source: ANN)

A DVD-only story that replaces episode 16 ("Oyaji Camera") of the TV series. There is a system where anyone can submit a picture of a person that annoys them for 100 yen. When a million photos of the same person are collected, a killer is hired for the resulting 100.000.000 yen.

A spin-off to the Kamen Rider Zero-One TV series, this series of short anime follows the regular lives of the Kamen Rider Zero-One characters in super deformed anime art style. These shorts were originally released on the Toei Tokusatsu Fanclub (TTFC) app.

Meet Juntaro, a Japanese fishing addict who was born and raised in what is perceived to be one of the roughest parts of Japan. It is through his lens where you can experience various parts of the world, their culture, and of course their food. He particularly loves to visit countries and cities that are also believed to be highly dangerous due to his personal belief that they will absolutely have delicious food. Because this was intended for a Japanese audience, you will also get to witness various worldviews unique to Japan alongside it all. There's just one problem: he has extreme brainrot and views the world through a cute anime girl filter. (Source: MU)

A short anime about Taeko Shinbou who is an office worker that is patient with everything and greets everything that comes her way with cheer. An announcement was made that a "regular person" from Kantou will voice Taeko rather than an industry professional. (Source: ANN)

A Machida City tourism promotion anime. The story follows a married couple who recall their university days hanging out in Machida, and upon revisiting the area they discover the appeal of living there with their son. (Source: ANN)