NHK Minna no Uta, broadcast from April to May 2025 This animation was created to accompany the song “Yūyake ga Umareru Machi,” by Ikimono Gakari meets Humbert Humbert. It was made with feelings of love for one’s hometown where one was born and raised, the resolve to keep moving forward on one’s own path, and pride in the life one has walked so far. The video posted here is an excerpt without audio. Please be sure to watch the full version with audio on the broadcast.

The shadows of carp streamers filmed live-action were turned into animation using rotoscoping. Each frame was drawn by hand on 100 sheets of tracing paper, stacked three layers at a time, and stop-motion shot with DragonFrame.

Rotoscope Animation rotoscope animation This was created by rotoscoping butterflies and rapeseed flowers along the river.

This is a documentary film about the Satsuma ware Shinzukan kiln, whose roots trace back to the Korean Peninsula. We were responsible for the animated sequences depicting the ancestors of the Shin family who washed ashore, as well as the presence of the previous-generation 14th Shinzukan.

This PR video introduces the story of the Japan Heritage site, “Nyonin Koya, Living on with Women — A Healing Sanctuary That Watches Over Us Across Time and Adapts to the Times.” We were in charge of the animated portions featuring three university students. It was produced using rotoscoping, a technique in which live-action footage of people is redrawn frame by frame.

A music video created using rotoscoping. Toys, musical instruments, and tools overflow in a dream.

This is the four-day process of a wildfire approaching a small village at the end of the Edo period. In an era shrouded by the invisible anxiety of the coronavirus pandemic, and swept up by rumors and information in which truth and falsehood are hard to distinguish, this work portrays the people of a small community in a bygone age who were forced to protect themselves and faced a crisis together. The personified flames were created by filming a performer’s pantomime of fire in live action, then using rotoscoping to redraw it from live action into animation.