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Hanabirium - 映像作家: yukikawakami
3DCGAnimationShort film

Hanabirium

2019
A 360-degree, all-encompassing visual experience. Watch fireworks, a beloved symbol of Japanese summer, beyond the seasons, as if gazing up at a star-filled sky. The first full-dome educational film in the fireworks industry, conveying the history and techniques of fireworks accumulated over more than 400 years since the Edo period. Centered on the protagonist Hibana, the story of fireworks is unraveled through live-action footage and CG animation. In addition to Japan’s representative fireworks displays, the live-action footage of cutting-edge show fireworks designed for full-sphere imagery, with 5,000 shells launched from all 360 degrees, captures the perspective from “directly beneath the fireworks,” a place no one except fireworks artisans may ever enter for safety reasons, enabling an entirely new visual experience. Official selection, the 12th Ebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions.
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teamLab: Transcending Boundaries - 映像作家: teamlab
3DCGArt workInstallationInteractive

teamLab: Transcending Boundaries

2017
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Destroying the Boundaries of a Work In the mind, the boundaries between thoughts and concepts are inherently ambiguous. Thoughts and concepts exist through mutual influence with various other thoughts and concepts. In the real world, they are mediated by matter in order to exist as works. Matter has long been what creates boundaries. With digital technology, works are freed from material mediation, and their boundaries become ambiguous. Works continue to change while influencing one another. Even as each work remains an independent entity, the boundaries between works are gradually lost.
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B.LEAGUE Seahorses Mikawa | Motion Logo / CI / Player Introduction Video - 映像作家: lighttheway
2D animationADAdvertisementAnimationEventMotion graphicsMotion logoOpening moviePromotionTitle movie

B.LEAGUE Seahorses Mikawa | Motion Logo / CI / Player Introduction Video

2019
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We produced the Motion Logo/CI and player introduction video for Seahorses Mikawa, a professional basketball team based in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture and competing in the B.LEAGUE. We send our support to the team through this video. It is truly impressive to see it played on the large AISIN vision at home games at Wing Arena Kariya in Aichi Prefecture. Please also take a close look at the copy for each player.
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Station ID「Shapeshifter」 - 映像作家: 大橋史Takashi Ohashi
2D animationMotion graphicsStation ID

Station ID「Shapeshifter」

2019
00:00:30
Under the mission of “conveying the appeal of music,” this Space Shower TV station ID depicts the introspective world of audiences immersed in music at live houses and clubs. By surrendering themselves to the rhythms and beats of the music, their bodies take on abstract forms reminiscent of Paul Klee’s paintings, and the listeners melt into the music as part of it, while vibrant colors as if bathed in colored light metaphorically express an unreal, vivid musical experience through animation.
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Promare Avant Title - 映像作家: kojiaramaki
AnimationOpening movie劇場映画

Promare Avant Title

2019
Responsible for the TRIGGER corporate logo, avant motion graphics, and title logo animation for the feature film Promare. In the avant, we used motion graphics to abstractly express the spread of the Burnish as a phenomenon, serving as a prelude to the main story. In terms of the look as well, rather than simply using an old film look, we developed new shooting processes specifically for this project and applied special gradient treatment. The title logo animation was designed with the transition from the avant to the main film in mind, directly translating the energy of Promare into motion.
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Tottori Prefecture's New Rice Variety "Hoshizoramai" CM - 映像作家: chikaramatsumoto
2D animationAnimationStopmotionTV-CMWeb CM

Tottori Prefecture's New Rice Variety "Hoshizoramai" CM

2019
00:00:16
Description: We produced a television commercial for JA Zennoh Tottori’s new rice variety “Hoshizora Mai” as an animation created with non-trace drawing. It was commissioned by a project team led by art director Reina Endo and photographer Akiaki Hamasaki, both originally from Tottori Prefecture, through a connection with VOQ, who composed the music and had stayed and worked in Tottori for the prefecture’s “Daisen Animation Project” (2016). This work was inspired by learning about a local culture in which a long history still lives on in people’s lives today, and by the sense gained through exchanges with many people who hold a deep love for their hometown of Tottori. The new rice variety, developed over twenty years, was named “Hoshizora Mai” because of its large, brilliantly white grains. Based on a childhood memory of looking up at the starry sky with friends from the sand dunes, Art Director Endo imagined the vital force of ripening rice ears as countless stars raining down.
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Layers Act - 映像作家: EUPHRATES
Experimental film

Layers Act

2018
Only Image
This video was produced for “AUDIO ARCHITECTURE: The Architecture of Sound,” an exhibition directed by Yugo Nakamura and held at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT. The work consists of a variety of visual effects created by superimposing and moving two layers with simple patterns drawn on them. This expression was developed by researching and advancing special-effects animation techniques that were used before the advent of computer graphics. It was shot by manually moving patterned cel sheets in sync with “AUDIO ARCHITECTURE,” a new piece written by Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius) for the exhibition. The editing was crafted to pursue a visceral sense of pleasure. At the venue, in addition to the video, the actual layers used in the shoot were exhibited. Visitors were able to experience the visual effects and the mechanisms behind them with their own hands.
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VFX REEL - 映像作家: jitto
2D animation3DCGADAdvertisementCMLive actionMusic videoOpening moviePromotionPVShowreelTV-CMWebWeb CMWeb movie

VFX REEL

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
SUNTORY「YAMAZAKI MOMENTS」/ Sakanaction「SORATO」/ NHK「Naotora: The Lady Warlord」/ Movie「Tower of the Sun」/ Perfume「Future Pop」/ Kannoya「YUBESHI」/ Mori Building「DESIGNING TOKYO」/ TOYOTA「Harrier Turbo」/ TOYOTA「THE WORLD IS ONE FUTURE」/ TOYOTA「e-RACER」/ TOYOTA「RAIZE」/ Mandom「GATSBY PERFECT SKIN LOTION」/ Kracie「FRISK」/ ONE OK ROCK×Honda Bike「Go, Vantage Point.」/ SQUARE ENIX「Dragon quest of stars」/ dream bed「Serta Brand Movie」/ UHA Mikakuto「e-ma Throat Candy」/ The Claypool Lennon Delirium「satori」/ Pokémon GO「Buddy Adventure!」/ Nintendo「Mario Kart Tour」/ IKEA「RÅSKOG」/ McDonald's「McFlurry Chou Oreo®」/ McDonald's「McFlurry Nama Caramel」/ Human Trust「Igai na basho de saikai」 / SUNTORY「PEPSI JAPAN COLA」/ SUNTORY「Black Oolong Tea」/ GINZA SIX「Main Street」 / Kyary Pamyu Pamyu「Harajuku iyahoi」/ RECRUIT LIFESTYLE「HOT PEPPER GOURMET」/ Kyary Pamyu Pamyu「Sai＆Co」/ KOKUYO「ing」/ FUKUSHIMA「MIRAI 2061」/ Mandom「GATSBY DEODORANT ROLL-ON」
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【VR】Kizuna AI – melty world ~Halloween Edition~【Special Music Video】 - 映像作家: shuheihioki
360° VR3DCGAnimationArt workConcert movieMusic videoPerformanceWeb

【VR】Kizuna AI – melty world ~Halloween Edition~【Special Music Video】

2019
00:04:54
I directed and produced the VR live video “【VR】Kizuna AI – melty world ~Halloween Edition~【Special Music Video】,” a Halloween-only special version featuring virtual talent Kizuna AI. This video was produced and developed using “Spectacle (tentative),” the VR live platform currently being developed at Activ8, where I am serving as Development Director. With the concept of “virtual x costume,” we expressed a costume experience spreading through a virtual space in the form of a VR live performance. This video can be viewed not only on browsers and smartphones, but also on VR devices. Kizuna AI has also been active as an artist, releasing collaboration tracks in 2019 such as W&W ft. Kizuna AI’s “The Light” and “AIAIAI feat. Yasutaka Nakata.” She also appeared at SUMMER SONIC 2019, attracting attention not only in Japan but also from overseas.
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COUNTDOWNJAPAN1920 - 映像作家: meikonishi
3DCGAnimationArt workConcert movieEventLive actionLive opening animationMotion graphicsOpening movieOriginalTitle movie

COUNTDOWNJAPAN1920

2019
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COUNTDOWN JAPAN1920　I was solely responsible for producing all 476 venue visuals and stage visuals. I used Cinema4D, Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects. [Main Visual Concept] So many things surround me, and I can feel changes in the environment and changes in the times with my own skin. When there are too many things, each one stops feeling important and loses its shine, becoming nothing more than a pile of distractions. The world is moving forward at an incredible speed (the feeling of being left behind). The world keeps moving ahead, and many things keep coming at me as well. When I reach the end of the light, a world I have never known and could never have imagined is waiting there. [HP]https://generativeartstudio.tokyo/ [IG]https://www.instagram.com/generativeartstudio/ [MAIL]hello@generativeartstudio.tokyo
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LITTLE GLEE MONSTER 「ECHO」 - 映像作家: ykbx
Art workMusic video

LITTLE GLEE MONSTER 「ECHO」

2019
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In addition to the music video, they were also in charge of visual art direction for CD jackets and other materials. To express the artist’s new worldview, which combines strength with flexibility, and to ensure that “ECHO” would become a cheer song for everyone fighting through the Reiwa era, the goal was to build a contemporary visual style using devices such as LED, while setting the energetic track to a storyline that gives those moving toward the future the courage to keep fighting.
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Mood Hall - 映像作家: kawaiokamura
3DCGAnimationArt workExperimental filmOriginalShort film

Mood Hall

2019
00:33:34
Japan | 2019 | Color | DCP | 16:9 | Stereo | 33 min 33 sec | Animation, Experimental, Mystery | No dialogue A dying Earth. A strange game called “Mood Hole,” enjoyed by the surviving people. A mysterious middle-aged gentleman and a beautiful woman who appear and disappear. Little people. Giants. Parties. Deserts. The bottom of a pool. Dancing. Repeated day and night. A dense labyrinthine world woven from experimental, artistic, adventurous, semi-SF, semi-mysterious sketches. A masterpiece that strips away words and leads us into a world of seeing and hearing alone!
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SPACE SHOWER TV Filler ID – SPACE SHOWER MAN “Legacy for the future” - 映像作家: densuke28
3DCGAnimationOnair promotion

SPACE SHOWER TV Filler ID – SPACE SHOWER MAN “Legacy for the future”

2019
00:00:40
A work that imagines a fictional video game starring a mysterious man bearing the SPACE SHOWER TV logo on his back, and turns its gameplay screen into filler content for the channel. Under the title “Legacy of the future,” it incorporates motifs that have attracted attention and seemed likely to fade in and out of fashion in recent years, such as hand spinners, VR goggles, Segways, and shoot dance.
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Ahare! Meisaku-kun (Seasons 1–5) - 映像作家: taketoshinkai
2D animationAnimationComedyTV

Ahare! Meisaku-kun (Seasons 1–5)

2016~2020
00:04:57
A conversational comedy short anime featuring the protagonist, Matsuda Meisaku, who aims to become a masterpiece himself, and his colorful classmates. By blending modern themes with numerous classic stories, such as “Three Little Pigs Aspiring to Be YouTubers” and “A Tsundere Cinderella,” it creates high-quality humor that can be enjoyed by both adults and children. Currently airing within NHK E Tele’s “Bitworld.” Now in its fifth season, with Creephyp performing this season’s theme song. Recommended by the Jury Committee of the Japan Media Arts Festival. Its YouTube channel has surpassed 100 million total views.
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Squarepusher – Terminal Slam - 映像作家: rhizomatiks
Music video

Squarepusher – Terminal Slam

2020
00:05:33
Terminal Slam Music Video is a Diminished Reality / Mixed Reality music video in which all advertisements in the city are erased or replaced with Squarepusher-related ads. Daito Manabe created this MV, imagining that in the near future, as shown in this music video, AR/MR glasses will make it possible to freely rewrite cityscapes. Using machine learning technology, we performed: - Object Detection (identifying the positions of objects in an image) - Semantic Segmentation (labeling each pixel in an image and categorizing image regions according to their meaning) - Image Inpaint (image restoration) Most advertising billboards in the city change periodically, so with current technology it was difficult for machines to recognize them accurately; therefore, the billboard position data was created manually. In addition, mask information was generated from the analysis data and positional data, and post-processing was performed, such as applying glitch effects only to areas where people or advertisements exist, and applying optical camouflage effects. Furthermore, because the process of extracting advertisement regions could not be accomplished using existing machine learning technologies alone, manual operations were also carried out for elements that could not be realized with the technology available at present. We anticipate that in the near future, all of this will be done automatically.
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［Alexandros］“Your Song” Live Performance Video - 映像作家: watanabesaori
Clay animationConcert movieEventStopmotion

［Alexandros］“Your Song” Live Performance Video

2019
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Live staging video of “Your Song,” performed during ［Alexandros］’s 2019 live tour, Sleepless in Japan Tour. A story about a girl and “Your Song-kun,” the song she has cherished and listened to since childhood. The girl and Your Song-kun are always together, wherever she goes. But as the girl grows up, she stops listening to Your Song-kun. As time passes, when she is on the verge of breaking down during job hunting, Your Song-kun appears again to support her. The video portrays the universal relationship each listener has with the music that lives in their memories. The jacket artwork for ［Alexandros］’s album Sleepless in Brooklyn was given arms, legs, and eyes to turn it into a doll, and the footage was shot using a combination of puppetry, stop-motion animation, and live action. The performance is included in Sleepless in Japan Tour-Final-, released on April 1, 2020. It is not available as a video-only release. The information available on this site is all that is provided.
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HIFANA – TEJIME - 映像作家: kenimai
3DCGAnimationArt workMusic videoOriginalPromotionPVShort film

HIFANA – TEJIME

2019
00:03:37
This new work by HIFANA, “TEJIME,” released after a nine-year hiatus, was unveiled on the first day of the Reiwa era and was created with the Japanese traditional celebratory ritual of “tejime” as its inspiration, in order to grandly celebrate a new era. When it comes to HIFANA, they are pioneers of Japanese anime music videos. Animation synchronized with music. Strange and humorous characters. We wanted to present each element in an extreme style. Using cel shading, a technology uniquely developed in Japan, this is a fully CG animated work created entirely by one person.
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CreepHyp "Love" Tribute Animation - 映像作家: ぬQnuQ
2D animation360° VR3DCGAnimationPromotionWeb movie

CreepHyp "Love" Tribute Animation

2020
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Description: - Video of the work https://twitter.com/nuq_artworks/status/1227169788490764288 - Concept A certain incident that took place in the sweet, sweet Chocolate Town. I created a story about “recovering in an instant,” a must-have in our fast-paced world. - Backstory Since the release was in early February, and because of the song title “Aisu,” I initially tried to develop the piece around the motif of “chocolate ice cream.” However, I was astonished to learn that “Aisu” is read as “Busu,” but I stubbornly kept the candy-town image intact and worked hard to match it to the lyrics. - About the technique Using Styly, a browser-based platform for creating VR, I placed still images and GIF animations in a 360-degree space like standing signs, operated the camera, and recorded the screen, then composited the character animation in Premiere. For more details on the production process, please see this interview: https://styly.cc/ja/interview/nuq-vr-styly2/
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JR East Child Safety Service “Mamorail” - 映像作家: keisukesatoh
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JR East Child Safety Service “Mamorail”

2020
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A TV commercial for “Mamo Rail,” a child monitoring service that sends notifications whenever a child passes through a station ticket gate. The service’s key feature is that it uses train stations as checkpoints, allowing parents to watch over their children naturally as part of everyday life without feeling burdened, turning “anxiety” into “peace of mind.” The sense of reassurance provided by the service is conveyed through song and animation. It also depicts the chaos faced by modern moms trying to balance work and family, as well as the growth and sense of fulfillment they discover through parenting. The song is performed by Humbert Humbert, and the illustrations are by RoooLou.
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Eテレ “Shakiin!” Quiz Corner “Mouse Band Quiz” - 映像作家: sawakokageyama
2D animationTV

Eテレ “Shakiin!” Quiz Corner “Mouse Band Quiz”

2020
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This is a quiz segment that airs within NHK E Tele’s “Shakiin!” A band of mice tries to make its way forward while hiding in the shadows so as not to be spotted by a cat. The quiz is to count how many mice were in the band in total. With an emphasis on the interplay between the slightly dull-witted, fickle movements of the cat and the mice’s tense efforts to escape, each installment has been carefully devised to create variation.
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SHOWREEL 2017-2019 - 映像作家: otas
2D animation3DCGAnimationEventLive actionMotion graphicsMusic videoShort filmShowreelTitle movieTV drama opening titleTV-CM劇場映画

SHOWREEL 2017-2019

2019
00:02:33
SHOWREEL featuring works created between 2017 and 2019. The team was formed in November 2017, and together with its members, it has been involved in a wide range of projects both in Japan and overseas. Included works: MTG Arena Trailer, Captain Marvel, Men In Black International, Mindhunter, Gears 5 Trailer, X-Reel 2017, Resident Evil 2, Aquaman, Swamp thing, Power Rangers, Emerald City, Destiny 2 Shadowkeep, La Noria, Moncler short film, Nissan, Tohoshinki Live, NHK Kouhaku, Tomb Raider Reboot, The Haunting of Hill House, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Blade Runner 2049, The Affair, His Dark Materials, Ayumi Hamasaki Live, Hazuki Loupe, hakuhodo-VRAR, Mari Natsuki MV, Toyota systems, Exile live, Video Copilot Live Trailer, Beyond the Moment of Beauty. Production: Elastic, Filmograph, Mustard Seed, Prologue Films, Prodigal Pictures, yU+co, AOI Pro, Avex, Dash, Development, Epoch, Geek Pictures, Hakuhodo Products, Tohokushinsha, OTAS.TV
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VRFILM / HERA - 映像作家: hiroakihigashi
360° VRR&DShort film

VRFILM / HERA

2019, 2020
Using VR and eye tracking, this is a multi-ending VR film in which the story changes naturally depending on who is watching. We believe that in the future, VR films will use AI to become entertainment that makes it possible to provide a one-of-a-kind life experience, weaving your own story while conversing with the protagonist right in front of you. “HERA” is an interactive content piece that hints at such a future. This project, which began in spring 2019 in collaboration with WOWOW, is currently in active production with completion scheduled for next year.
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Wu Tsing-Fong "Spaceship" - 映像作家: whatever
Music video

Wu Tsing-Fong "Spaceship"

2019
00:03:07
I produced the music video for “Spaceship” (translated title), a new song by Wu Qing-feng, a singer-songwriter popular in Taiwan and across Asia. Set to 8-bit game music, the video uses live action and animation to express the song’s worldview, in which Wu Qing-feng sings about overcoming life’s hardships like a game. At Wu’s strong request, the animation illustrations were specially drawn by Hiroshi Abe, known for Arashi no Yoru ni and Zoo Guide.
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Future Strata Digging the Future - 映像作家: hoedown
Installation

Future Strata Digging the Future

2019
00:03:23
Description: We produced a video work that serves as new content for the Japan Science and Technology Agency's Miraikan signature exhibit, "Geo-Cosmos." Based on the hypothesis proposed by atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen that the strata formed by human activity should be positioned as a new geological epoch called the "Anthropocene," the work provides an overview of Earth from its birth to the present. Using a wide range of techniques, including special effects, animation, and CG, and set to music by env.Roy and U-zhaan, it playfully presents the difficult theme: “What will our era leave behind in Earth’s history?”
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Synthetic Landscapes - 映像作家: omnibus-japan-inc
3DCGArt workEventInteractiveMotion graphicsOriginalPromotionR&DSocial project

Synthetic Landscapes

2019
00:05:34
A city-wandering XR project in which rhythm pieces provided by musicians at BPM 120 are combined like in music software such as Ableton Live and GarageBand, allowing visuals and music to be freely performed in space. A concept that visualizes the very structure of electronic music, techno, and dance music in spatial form. A work in which users interactively mix sound kits created by Intercity-Express in AR. By unifying all tracks at BPM 120, users build music by mixing kick drums, sequences, sound effects, vocals, and more within AR space, while a DJ and spatial VJ performance unfolds over an expanded Shibuya landscape. Presented in conjunction with MUTEK.JP, the festival of electronic music and digital art, as the second installment of “INVISIBLE ART IN PUBLIC,” an XR art exhibition set across the entire Shibuya district and operated by the “Shibuya Entertainment Tech Promotion Project.”
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See the Trees, See the Forest, - 映像作家: noradesigncollective
3DCGAnimationArt workEventInstallationInteractiveMotion graphicsR&DSignage

See the Trees, See the Forest,

2019
00:01:01
“Do not see the forest for the trees.” In this proverb, “trees” refers to a narrow perspective or the details of things, while “forest” refers to a broad perspective, the whole picture. Inspired by this proverb, we sought to give form to the process of actively shifting between perspectives and to the way this can create a more three-dimensional image. See the trees, see the forest, then see the trees again... This body of work is an installation that allows viewers to experience the moment when a one-sided image changes by moving back and forth between the fine-grained and the broad information symbolized by the “trees” and the “forest.” Each piece is equipped with an interface such as a knob, and by operating it, viewers can transform or rotate the motifs on the screen, navigating between the perspectives of trees and forest within each work.
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Nogizaka Cinemas: STORY of 46 “Democracy Diner” - 映像作家: kazuyukimiyabe
TV

Nogizaka Cinemas: STORY of 46 “Democracy Diner”

2019
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Originally, this was a project I had been thinking of adapting for the stage, but I turned it into a drama series. The theme centers on communication through food. Lately, with more people eating alone and fewer family gatherings around the table, I started this project wanting to create something that conveys the joy of everyone eating together and having a lively time. That led to the idea of deciding what to eat by majority vote, which became the title, “Democracy Diner.” But I made it a comedy by highlighting how, despite the sign proclaiming democracy, it is in no way democratic at all. As for the method, I’ve done this before, but for this drama as well, I wrote the script myself and directed it while also operating the camera. By handling the camera myself, I can direct while feeling the actors’ energy up close and directly, which also makes it easier to create a good rhythm on set, and it’s a style of filmmaking I personally really like.
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Visual ASMR - 映像作家: Onesal
3DCGAnimationArt workExperimental filmMotion graphicsOriginalR&DShort film

Visual ASMR

2020
00:01:08
An exploration of the tactile textures of the natural world by Onesal What is ASMR? The Japanese art studio Onesal has launched a series of four short films that offer a fresh, visual approach to expressing ASMR. It is called Visual ASMR, or Visual Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. ASMR is a subjective, euphoric experience characterized by a combination of imaginative emotions and electric-like tingling sensations. Covered in organic elements of vivid colors, natural sculptures set in landscapes that are at once strange and earth-like evolve and grow at a microscopic level in each film. Everything takes place across four otherworldly landscapes, categorized to closely examine interaction, movement, and evolution with surrounding elements. Each shot is composed using elements of nature, architecture, and time-lapse. The work examines textures and tactile elements that morph and interact in unreal environments. This endeavor began by balancing nature and design, and by blurring the boundary between simplicity and complexity in an abstract way.
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New Chapter iMarine Project First Release "Stand up! Blaze up!" MUSIC VIDEO - 映像作家: shinodatoshitaka
3DCGMotion graphics

New Chapter iMarine Project First Release "Stand up! Blaze up!" MUSIC VIDEO

2020
00:04:57
The first music video in a new chapter of the I-Marine Project, which began in 2015. A multi-layered project centered on music videos, but also including novels and live performances. In addition to directing the MV, I was involved in everything from the overall planning to the novel’s plot. The MV is composed based on the world of the novel. The performance was created by having real actors act out the scenes and camera work, then capturing it with motion capture. Live-action backgrounds were filmed to match, and the camera work was tracked before combining it with CG. From there, it was further refined with detailed animatics using anime-style techniques. By using this approach, the character is made to feel distinctly present not just as a 3DCG character, but as I-Marine herself.
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Dancing Moai-kun Episode 26: "Merry Catharsis" Arc - 映像作家: オタミラムズOTAMIRAMS
2D animationAnimationTV

Dancing Moai-kun Episode 26: "Merry Catharsis" Arc

2019
00:02:06
Description: The live-action animation segment “Merry Catharsis Arc” (the 30-second opening) from Episode 26 of “Odoru Moai-kun,” which aired around 7:20 every Tuesday on TV Tokyo’s “Oha Suta,” was directed by OTAMIRAMS. Moai-kun is a character created by Yuichiro Ohno of “Business Fish,” and the live-action animation part was an outrageous collaboration with us, OTAMIRAMS! And the music is by MOODMAN!!
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Butterfly : Dignics - 映像作家: JKDCollective
3DCGAdvertisementAnimationAudio visual performanceCMLive actionMotion graphicsMusic videoWeb CMWeb movie

Butterfly : Dignics

2020
00:01:19
Brand film for the table tennis brand Butterfly. It beautifully intertwines live-action footage featuring rallies between 16-year-old prodigy Tomokazu Harimoto and German top player Timo Boll with CG, tightly synchronized to sharp sound design, depicting the brand’s worldview and the product’s powerful spin. This project began with the brief: “We want a video with an overseas feel that completely refreshes the image of table tennis, which is strongly associated with school club activities.” It was a collaboration with an amazing team, including director Takcom, who has worked with us since the days of W+K Tokyo Lab, the predecessor of JKD, and media artist Nobumichi Asai. Through many discussions with a passionate client and numerous staff members, this work was created with a focus on how to fuse the authenticity of the sport of table tennis with creativity.
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Can You See It? - 映像作家: terunumaatsuro
AnimationArt workMusic video

Can You See It?

2008~2011
00:09:14
Description: The protagonist, a character named Mieterunozomu-kun, wears a lens over one eye. With this mysterious lens, he travels through an equally mysterious world. Is it something that has taken form, or is it unreal? If everything visible has meaning, then what? This is the final chapter of the previous work, “Can You See It?”, so please look forward to seeing how the story unfolds! Winner of the Special Prize at the 14th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art
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SHIBUYA STREAM - 映像作家: wow-inc
3DCGMotion graphicsSignage

SHIBUYA STREAM

2018
00:01:33
About the Work Shibuya Stream, which opened on September 13, 2018, is a large-scale mixed-use complex built on the former platform and track site of the long-disused Tokyu Toyoko Line Shibuya Station, as well as the surrounding land. The project was launched with the concept of sharing to the world the new things and new experiences born from encounters, exchanges, and challenges here, and of creating a new current for the next era as a “sacred place for creative workers.” This project aims to foster new cultural creation in Shibuya and revitalize the area south of Shibuya Station. Targeting “creative people,” it was designed as a place where inspiration arises in everyday life. WOW was responsible for the environmental design and experiential design of the giant video wall installed at the entrance to the 100-meter-long second-floor through passage directly connected to Shibuya Station, as well as the large staircase leading toward Meiji-dori Avenue. Design Intent This facility, developed through public-private collaboration and also contributing to the restoration of the Shibuya River, serves as an icon for the area south of Shibuya Station, while taking care not to impose creativity or trends. In the second-floor through passage, an acoustic environment creates a “gentle boundary” that softens outside noise, and within that setting, a pseudo-natural environment formed by phenomenological visuals is intended to draw out the inner imagination of both daily users and visitors passing through. The overall design concept is called “INNER STREAM,” and it comprises three environmental installations. 1. Invisible Stream | Giant video wall installed at the second-floor entrance of Shibuya Stream The thinking process of creative workers, from their first idea to the final finish, is visualized as a flow: Invisible Stream. Centered on the theme of “Stream,” the work presents final visuals inspired by phenomenological motifs such as water, rivers, mist, and light, while also exhibiting various study processes in CG and programmable expression. By linking these elements to the viewer’s own imagination, the installation was designed to allow each person to experience a different visual encounter. 2. Fall Stream | Staircase space toward Meiji-dori Avenue with embedded video installation A visual composition in which sound seems to pour from a vortex of sound into the grand staircase. By using phenomenological motifs such as waterfalls and water, the work seeks to create a sense of unity with the Shibuya River and offer visitors a soothing spatial experience. 3. Barrier Stream | Acoustic environment of the second-floor through passage and grand staircase The acoustic environment was realized through a collaboration with evala [See by Your Ears], a musician and sound artist with the concept of “Sound Architecture.” The concept took inspiration from the Shibuya Stream space, where wind blowing through is especially striking. Sounds were devised to harmonize with this place, where outside sounds such as trains and cars can also be heard. Water sounds field-recorded at the Shibuya River were blended in throughout, and like a natural phenomenon in which trees sway and waves rise when the wind blows, new melodies are continuously generated so that no two moments are ever the same. By using speakers placed along the connecting passageways, the program blocks urban noise and creates an environment that enhances inner creativity.
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Fujii Kaze - "Enough Already" Official Video - 映像作家: spikeyjohn
Music video

Fujii Kaze - "Enough Already" Official Video

2020
00:05:02
I worked on this piece through repeated discussions with Fujii Kaze. The concept of the work is vagrancy and true freedom. Until a few years ago, I had personal interactions with people experiencing homelessness, and I recalled what I had felt at that time when planning this project. The public image of “homeless = poor, unhappy” is, for some people, a misconception. The homeless people I met had chosen a free way of living unconstrained by society, and their hearts were very wealthy. And we, living in the present day, realized that we are bound by so many things and rules that we are not truly free. These are things I recalled and thought about only as part of constructing the work, and what I wanted to convey in this piece was: That beautiful things are not the only things that are beautiful, and that any existence can be made cool depending on the expression of the artist.
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SHIBUYA QWS - 映像作家: nanameinc
ADMotion graphicsPV

SHIBUYA QWS

2019
00:00:30
Branding movie for SHIBUYA QWS, located on the 15th floor of Shibuya Scramble Square. SHIBUYA QWS is a co-creation space whose purpose is to bring together people with diverse personalities and expertise around the “questions” that arise in everyday life, discover “seeds of possibility,” and ask those questions of the world. By treating speech bubbles as people, the film depicts the process through which those who gather at SHIBUYA QWS deepen their “questions” through the stages of “meeting → refining → releasing.” It also uses collage and motion graphics to express in detail the chemical reactions created by genre-defying interactions across different fields, languages, and more.