Yuma Saito

Description: We created a lyric video as one of the songs in the Matsuken series. Rather than using live-action footage, we aimed to distill it through a combination of simple loops, incorporating Japanese-style motifs (evoking Abarenbo Shogun) and a Vaporwave aesthetic (with EDM elements).

As this was the theme song for the Black Rock Shooter mobile game, we created it by translating the striking character illustrations into a CG world. To convey both a hi-fi and lo-fi feel, we incorporated a futuristic expression while giving the visuals an overall analog texture. We also included FPS-style elements as part of the Black Rock Shooter content.

Music video for "Wasure naide Baby," a song by Nanawo Akari, written and composed by Guiano. Produced mainly with live-action footage, interwoven with CG and character illustrations. To evoke many everyday moments and memories, we directed it so that a variety of situations could be staged in an emotional way.

The worldview was composed using cel-shaded CG centered on a character (= antenna) who looks down upon diverse people from an overarching perspective, as also described in the music and lyrics.

Description: By centering the work on cel-character animation and building its world through CG and live-action collage, it portrays a girl suffering in a complex, increasingly diverse world. Focusing on materials with an “eye” motif, it creates an eerie atmosphere while also evoking a sense of elegance and Japanese aesthetics through motifs such as petals, the moon, birds, and wind. In addition, digital noise and analog textures are used to create a more chaotic worldview.

This expresses a mix of feelings entangled with lingering attachment and anger over a broken heart, and a faint hope of getting back together.

To make the chaotic otherworld evoked by the song feel more real, we used on-location shooting instead of chroma key, then composited the footage onto it. With objects and color schemes aligned to the song’s theme, the piece is cool, while also blending in a slight cheapness and a sense of comedy. In the verse sections, we layered shots with the same camera movement, incorporating the theme and intent of living in the present and breaking free from anxiety, without being bound by the “past” or the “future.”

This is a demo reel of recent video productions. ------------------------------------------------------------- DECO*27 - Dilemma feat. Hatsune Miku https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_PfhNftyh4 DECO*27 × Shota Horie (kemu) - SEKAI feat. Hatsune Miku https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vyIPWBeRes © SEGA / © Colorful Palette Inc. / © Crypton Future Media, INC. www.piapro.net All rights reserved. DECO*27 - Vampire feat. Hatsune Miku (TeddyLoid Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_24AlRm1cs RAINBOW / Watame Tsunomaki [original] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMZNjFkJK7E Run / Suisei Hoshimachi (official) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqT6cHCT1TE PinocchioP - Antenna feat. Hatsune Miku / Antenna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwMGqyTmoro PinocchioP - I Just Hate People+ feat. Hatsune Miku / I Just Hate People+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2Xz8WKf-4 INNOSENT in FORMAL “my peaches feat. PES” Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRh9HHJpuqM INNOSENT in FORMAL “Love Is Something to Worship feat. Chiproso” Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEllQnHIy_I [sajou no hana] “Memosepia” (Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEp2OvxjWP4 [sajou no hana] “Parole” (Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkh6nnlf9bs Elma (Album Trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0KPgxLcGnk Because I Wanted to Stop Music (Album Trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFFedRQpqg8 Sumire Uesaka “Drops” Visual Movie (short ver.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ojlNxr1Co CIVILIAN “It’s All Your Fault” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzhI65Ubq48 Neru - Just Praying feat. Wolpis Carter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaSCyuDpxXI Tsukuyomi “Mede” Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_zSSxVyK0U SWALLOW “Fraud’s Fountain Pen” (Official Lyric Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0dh_BQJWY0 SWALLOW “The Brief, Blue Spring” (Official Lyric Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBpbWlVw7vc lasah - i feat. mito (Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYAVfhRfI6o lasah - WELCOME TO THE MABOROSHI CLUB feat. i am robot and proud (Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C5YHRwGWc4

Description: This video was created to depict a Vtuber, who is often active in illustrated or CG spaces, in the real world, aiming to make them feel closer to fans and listeners. By combining the concept of the song, “taking a brave first step and going on an adventure,” with sheep, which is also a character motif of the artist (Vtuber), we filmed on a farm and created the piece through compositing using match moving in a natural setting after stepping out. In addition, to give a bright and positive impression, we vividly incorporated rainbows and flowers, which are also part of the title.

This film was created primarily through location shooting and CG match-move compositing, carrying on the imagery of the previous work, “INNOSENT in FORMAL / Ai ja Takaramono feat. Chipleus.” By weaving in elements that evoke fish and an underwater atmosphere, along with driving imagery, we aimed to capture a sense of summer nostalgia and emotion. It was made so that viewers could feel the uplifting appeal of the song through the back-and-forth exchange between the band’s vocalist, Paul, and PES.