WOW participated in the BLUE OCEAN DOME at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. At this pavilion, where visitors can learn about the sustainable use of marine resources and the protection of marine ecosystems, WOW was responsible for the direction and production of the video content. BLUE OCEAN DOME consists of three spaces under the theme of “the revival of the ocean.” It includes an installation expressing the spectrum of water, a video installation depicting the miracles and crises of Earth as the planet of water, and a space that presents a path toward restoring the ocean through documentary footage. WOW developed a hemispherical LED visual device about 10 meters in diameter together with Azlab. Through this one-of-a-kind, ultra-high-definition giant hemispherical LED screen, it brought Earth as seen from space to life. —The beautiful Earth, a miraculous water planet, is on the verge of being gravely damaged by human activity. This work depicts the ocean, where the brilliance of the chain of life and pollution progress simultaneously, across a range of scales from a vast view like looking at Earth from space to the cellular level. By fusing realistic depictions so true to life they could be mistaken for the real thing with dreamlike imagination, the piece sought to create an audiovisual experience as a “device for transforming consciousness” that appeals to the senses of visitors. The footage, supervised after fieldwork in biologically diverse marine areas and by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, vividly portrays everything from vibrant life to the realities of marine pollution through the meticulously crafted 3DCG for which WOW is known. In addition, Hatis Noit’s voice, resonating as if with the voices of all beings living in the sea, gave the imagery multidimensional depth. The hemispherical screen, covered by a parabolic cover, was precisely designed down to the number and arrangement of its supports, realizing two distortion-free curved surfaces. For the parabolic cover serving as the backdrop for the LED screen, a special paint that appears darker than black by absorbing light was used. A smooth base finish achieved through plasterwork and painstaking hand-applied painting created a jet-black screening space. The hemispherical screen itself was fabricated by hand, one small panel at a time. This ultra-high-definition display, with approximately 160,000 LED chips arranged at a 2.5 mm pitch, supported the overwhelming visual experience.

Using the pufferfish as a motif, the design is born, repeatedly splitting and multiplying, and ultimately is released into the world as an entity that embodies both poison and beauty.

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Adobe MAX Challenge 2025 Motion Category Grand Prize-winning work. Centered on hand-drawn animation, this piece portrays the very process of video production as a fantasy. By combining character animation drawn frame by frame with keyframe animation in After Effects, it visualizes the feeling that “creating itself is fun.”

Environment gives rise to phenomena, and phenomena create the work. Immersed in that new body of works, one becomes one with the environment. The work cannot exist on its own; environment gives rise to phenomena, and phenomena create the work. Pebbles and the things humans have made until now have been objects. Objects possess a stable structure in themselves and, separated from the outside world, continue to exist even when placed inside a sealed box. A vortex born in the sea, on the other hand, disappears the moment it is transferred into a closed box. A vortex does not maintain its structure by itself; it exists only within the flow created by its environment. It is formed by water that continuously flows from outside to inside, and from inside to outside, changing along with the flow. Its contours are indistinct, and there is no material difference between the vortex and the world outside it. Rather than making objects, create a special environment, and create works through the phenomena that environment brings forth. Let us call this “environmental phenomena.” Works cannot be separated from their environment; they change as the environment changes. Works are liberated from the material objects that have so far carried their existence. Even the ordinary things of everyday life—air, water, light—will become phenomena through unique environments, transforming into a new kind of existence. Transcending the common sense of what humans have made until now, works will retain their existence even when people enter them bodily, and will be repaired when broken. The boundaries of a work’s existence are indistinct and continuous with what lies outside it. However, if the environment is lost, the work will disappear. Human consciousness will expand from existence itself to the environment. Exhibition details: https://www.teamlab.art/jp/e/phenomena/

To mark the 55th anniversary of Aohata 55, this film presents its dedication to jam-making through a story-driven animation starring Ichigo-chan and Kaori-chan. The story focuses on Aohata’s proprietary “aroma restoration” technology.

As the opening for the second cour of the final season, we created it with a sense of accelerating toward the finale and a rough, bold, and heroic image!!

Using BONJIN’s signature chaotic collage style, I created a work centered on the theme of a zoetrope. It expresses the way everyday life appears to repeat endlessly, and yet deep within the heart, the hidden light and ideals still remain. By employing an observer-like perspective to portray the structure within the jacket artwork for “Ubugoe,” I also tried to create the impression of looking down upon even that everyday life from above. Even if the treasure within oneself falls apart, one must still keep running forward—I tried to express the melancholy of that feeling and the aesthetics of it itself.

Based on the images inspired by the music, original hand-drawn illustrations were created for each scene and used to construct the music video. The movement within the video was built from those original drawings, incorporating AI technology while preserving the texture and nuances of the hand-drawn work as it was developed into moving images. In addition, these original drawings were compiled into a ZINE as part of the artist’s own body of work and exhibited at “Here is ZINE Tokyo #22,” held in Aoyama, Tokyo, in February 2026. Rather than stopping at completion as a video work, the project expands its world by translating the original drawings born during the production process into an analog medium, crossing the boundary between moving image and printed matter. Starting from the traces of hand drawing, this project developed into a distinctive artwork that moves back and forth between analog and digital through a process that unfolds from still images into time-based expression. Artwork background website https://www.tatsuyamatsumura.com/sweetsong Exhibition “Here is ZINE Tokyo #22” https://www.instagram.com/enlightenment.zine/