Description: Following the successful crowdfunding campaign organized by “Sora Iro,” a family association for children with hearing loss, Toichi Shirakawa created an animated video to help people understand hearing loss. Through soothing songs that are gentle on the ears, this video lets everyone, from small children to adults, learn about hearing loss in an easy and enjoyable way. ★This video can be freely downloaded from the official website of “Sora Iro,” a family association for children with hearing loss (https://sorairofukuoka.jimdofree.com/).

KOO-KI directed this video, condensing the appeal of a futsal league that showcases the highest level of competition in Japan. It was planned and directed to highlight the distinctive qualities of futsal in a pop and cool style.

Science advances by asking “why?”, letting our imaginations grow into hypotheses, and repeating experiments while believing in those hypotheses. “Discovery Wall” was created as a warm-up before entering the Basic Exhibition Room at the Fukuoka City Science Museum, to encourage visitors to question everything and let their imaginations run free. To inspire people to explore with curiosity—wondering “What happens if I touch this picture?” or “What does this picture mean?”—we incorporated many intriguing devices into the content, based on events in the history of science and scientific phenomena, and freely imagined by animation creators. When you touch the reliefs, science and imagination burst forth as delightful animations. Each one connects and interacts, eventually converging into the question: “Why?”

When riding the bus, the “stop request button” that passengers press without much thought was reimagined as a communication tool connecting passengers and Nishinihon Railroad, and personified as “Tomarimasu Button-san.” The planning, direction, and lyrics for the original song were handled by Uehara of KOO-KI.