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After injection of medication, the test subject girl turned into Chimera when her switch of nose got pressed. What kind of sight can be seen when no longer a human being keeps humane needs or wants? Is the creature moved by memories, admiration, love, or hates? Who saw the world of this fragmentary story that swinging camera works tell?
Jul 2013
Animation by Nana Yachi. Music by Kazune Yamagata.
May 2020
Half man, half steam engine. Full speed ahead, regardless.
Jan 2018
This is a dream of a girl who is imagining to be a bird. The title "tayutaum" is a combination of the words "揺蕩う夢: tayutau yume (floating dream)", "白昼夢: hakuchuumu (daydream)", and "aquarium". I want the audience to feel the physical sensation of flying in the sky or floating in the water.
Oct 2013
Short animation by Saeko Suzuki
Mar 2020
An event that happens to a man based on growth, psychology, egoism, and shamanism. Short animation by Ryoji Yamada at Tama Art University
Jan 2009
Short animation by Keiko Fujimi
Short Animation by Huanzi Liu
May 2021
Animation by Ayano Yamazawa. Music by Keiichi Yasui.
Jul 2017
The charming hotel groom is secretly a fox.
May 2025
The way the everyday and the extraordinary constantly change in the environment around us and within ourselves.
Jul 2011
Animation by Yuki Maeda. Music by Tsubasa Handa.
Oct 2018
Sure, the darkness hides the mess but it conceals the obstacles and keeps out the beauty as well.
Jun 2018
A weightless, continuing tumble through the world of a small girl creature who seems in perpetual search for something just outside her reach.
A tale covering the birth of faries.
May 2023
Short animation by Nao Tsukahara
Graduation work of animator Fukuho Tamanoi at Tama Art University, 2023.
Jan 2023
One summer day, a quiet boy, who is playing on a local baseball team, has a strange experience.
Jun 2023
The expression of an emotional desire called love.
Animation by Maki Morimoto.
Sep 2016