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Abstract short film by Kojirou Shishido featuring creatures in the ocean.

"A snow-covered house is situated in the middle of a rice field. What should one do, in a space of white and quietude? By spring, the snowy hut melts and loses its appearance. The Japanese MA, the in-between state of time and space – an animation, a haiku" (Source: Berlinale 2014 programme)

A psychedelic short animation by Masanobu Hiraoka.

Independent animation by Shimamura Tatsuo.

An experimental film by Tarafu Otani about hands.

A short film by Furukawa Taku. After a sleeping man is harassed by a bird, he becomes hell-bend on chasing it down and capturing it for revenge, but the bird turns out to be smarter than it looks.

A short animation by Keiichi Tanaami.

Music video for Keina Suda's single Mug.

A short music video for Yano Akiko & Yuki's song Banana ga Suki. It promotes the single's release in 2 weeks and the video was posted to Victor Entertainment's official YouTube channel.

Short animation by Masanobu Hiraoka with music and sound design by Aimar Molero.

A bizarre early work by Saigo no Shudan. They used children's toy instruments to create the kitschy soundtrack. "Kanabun" is the Japanese colloquial name for a drone beetle (Pseudotorynorrhina japonica) which is in the scarab family.

Short animation by Taro Shinkai.

An April Fools' style commercial commissioned by Kao Japan. Essential Free & Easy Cool Wax Shampoo and Conditioner are real products Kao Japan makes, they are meant to help remove hair wax from men's hair and condition the hair so it is more receptive to new wax when the hair is then dried and styled again. Takashi Taniguchi known for his bizarre animation style, animated the web commercial. It's a ballad of a man who is in pain from having to scrub out his hair wax every day and frustratingly pulls his hair as he has to restyle the next day. An anthropomorphic Essential Free & Easy Cool Wax Shampoo and Conditioner tell him to use them so that his pain can go away. He is very happy with the results.

Film by Takashi Ito.

Music video directed and animated by Ryoji Yamada for the song 27th by Natsushiro Takaaki, also known as Natsu to Suisei.

A work with the theme of color following a soul and the circle of life as color and colorlessness wax and wane. The short had an updated version uploaded on February 21, 2019 which has some minor color changes for some scenes.

A short film by Keiichi Tanaami featuring the song Fushiawase to Iu Na no Neko by Maki Asakawa.

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)

A short animation by Taku Furukawa and CG animator Noriyuki Boda.

A short film by Nobuhiro Aihara where he projects abstract animation onto various surfaces of an old building.

Experimental animation by Manabe Hiroshi, member of the Animation Sannin no Kai pioneer group of independent animation.

Furukawa Taku film.

Taking inspiration from reticulated architecture of a real modern skyscraper - characterized by the deafening noise of city traffic - Shimamura succeeds in rendering the idea of urban alienation in the abstract. He goes from optical art to spatial concepts similar to the Escher scales, with a sound track of electronic music (among the everyday sounds is a working photocopier). (Source: Animation - A World History)

A short made for the stage event BIBLO held by the University of Tokyo, to be preformed by the dance group WISH. Though the director states that the performance will be slightly different from the animated video.