Shuji Hirai’s showreel. His distinctive production style flexibly employs a wide range of tools, including compositing, motion design, 3D modeling, and expression in interactive environments using game engines.

Rather than a commercial in which a warlord promotes the prefecture, the prefecture instead promotes the warlord—a first-of-its-kind concept that became a major talking point. It was featured not only online but also on numerous TV programs, dramatically boosting the popularity of Shiga Prefecture and Ishida Mitsunari.

Set in a fictional Tokyo in the distant future, this short film is Episode 0 of “Showa 124.” It is being produced by a small team, primarily using Blender, led by video director Yu Takahashi. The main film is currently in production, with a release planned for sometime in 2024.

Description: Filmed and produced a brand movie for EF-ON, a company that supports people’s lives through energy conservation and wood biomass power generation. With a main focus on the Forestry Division, which forms the foundation of EF-ON’s core business, “biomass power generation,” the film portrays the latest forestry environment as well as new developments in forestry beyond logging.