I created a music video that pays homage to the children’s special-effects series that aired in the 1980s.

This work was inspired by the simple question I once had while playing Pokémon: “What happens to the Pokémon that got away?” Created as a juvenile story together with novelist Yusaku Kitano, it depicts the beginnings of research encountered through play in a secret-base-like setting, with the goal of conveying to children the message that curiosity and a spirit of inquiry are what drive us to open up the world.

We considered motifs and methods of communication in order to express that, even among disaster survivors, there is a range of feelings about whether the 10-year milestone since the disaster feels like “already” or “still.” We chose moss because of its irreversible progression and because, from the outside, it is difficult to determine how long it has been there. The time span of ten years, along with the time and efforts that continue beyond it, are succinctly expressed by the mist flowing between the patches of moss.