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A group of boys set out in search of a large fish. When they near its location, one of the boys jumps in the water as bait.

Opening one's inner doors of conflict is the key to finding harmony. An independent film by Yonesho Maya, which won the Yuri Norstein Award music prize at the Laputa Animation Festival.

Based on chapter one of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. The original text depicts a disaster brought about by tools and technology. There is a connection between this theme and the nuclear power plant accident that occurred in Japan in 2011. Tsuji's film attempts to be an interleaving depiction of the original story and the real-life disaster. (Source: Vimeo)

Music video for Paper Moon by Metome.

Music video for MOHOME's song 1985.

The first "Yokoso Boku desu" animated short film, featuring four surreal, humorous song performances: "Fancy Shirts", "Antenna Chon-Mage", "The Tea Time", and "Strange Genius".

The film is inspired by the costumes of folk art performers at Taiwan's ceremonial festivals. Adapted from the Southeast Asian folktale The Mousedeer Crosses River, it integrates similar folktale narratives from different countries to create animated puppet dancers. (Source: Goldenhorse)

A remix of the short film 4.Eyes by Keiichi Tanaami.

A minimalist animated shot film by Nobuhiro Aihara, featuring music by Shigenobu Nakamura.

In a black-and-white world, a lone man wanders unshielded from the rain. All around him are disfigured, strange faces covered by umbrellas. This is the only time the man can be his true self, for in the rain, everyone keeps to themselves, and no one looks his way. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Saigo no Shudan's advertisement movies for the 2014 Shibukaru Festival hosted by the Parco department store. A regular version and long version exist of the advertisement, though both share very little footage between each other.

Music video directed by Kato Ryu for the song Riyuu by Noriyuki Makihara that was included on his forty-seventh single "Believer". The short version of the music video was uploaded to Makihara's official YouTube channel on August 9, 2016. Later in the month, the full version was released on GYAO! for a limited time. It was also included on DVD with a limited edition release of his twenty-first album, also titled "Believer".

Beginning with a wrinkle of irregular colors, a psychedelic animation with a finger motif develops. The precision of the drawing of this work deserves special mention.

After losing a job at the company a man starts working part-time handing out balloons in a rabbit costume. He finds it comfortable to disguise himself in the costume, as nobody would recognize him. Finally he decides to wear the costume all time in daily life. Then the costume becomes a part of his body and confines him inside…

Using the constellation as a motif, the heavens and the earth, metamorphose all creatures. (Source: YouTube)

Here is the world's first animation made to be watched by chimpanzees. Just for this once, we will show it to you humans. (Source: Annecy International Animation Film Festival)

Short animation by Ryoji Yamada with the music of Takuya Sugiyama.

Music video directed by ShiShi Yamazaki for the song Suki tte Nandarou... Namida by YUKI (Yuki Kuramochi). The full version of the music video was officially released on YouTube for a limited time before the single's drop on July 29, 2015. It was also included on DVD with a limited edition release.

After seeing Velvet Underground perform in Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitables in New York, Tanaami became interested stroboscopic effects. This flicker film was conceived as the first of many but this was the only one that was realized. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

A short film by Ryoji Yamada.

A man is racking himself at a desk. On his desk there is a tiny man also racking himself at his desk.The big man remains still without any idea. The tiny man moves around in vain trying to catch some idea, which is supposed to be inside of him. Both man get cornered searching for idea, become desperate and after the daybreak the big man is struck by an idea... (Source: Official website)

A short clay animation by Asami Ike. The evolution of a piece of clay as it faces the problems of many walks of life.

A psychedelic anime that starts with irregular ink bleeding and develops with increasing degree of chaos.