I directed animation for the first time after having only ever made independent animations before. In independent production, data management is much looser, there’s no need to separate in-between drawings from key drawings, and there’s no need to give instructions to anyone, but commercial animation doesn’t work that way, so it was tough. There were at least three major accidents, and I ended up drawing a huge amount of layout, key animation, in-between animation, and backgrounds. In the end, I got heavily involved in every stage except the photography, and for the month leading up to the deadline—34 days—I worked every day for 13 hours while talking on the phone with the art director, making it feel like the three of us, including the photography director, were producing an independent animation. Because my memories of my first time as director were like this, it has become a trauma.

Description: Concept of the work NUTRO A fusion of the present and the future, meaning a “new past.” Retro-future. We visualized epoch-defining backgrounds such as personal computers, the internet, smartphones, social media, the metaverse, and AI, and created an impactful, stylish image. Method We refined the filming, editing, and compositing. Using AI image processing, we repeated trial and error many times and spent a great deal of time creating the ideal visuals. Within a runtime of about four minutes, we aimed to create a music video that would never bore the viewer. We put our heart and soul into this work. We would love for many more people to see it.