A work that imagines a fictional video game starring a mysterious man bearing the SPACE SHOWER TV logo on his back, and turns its gameplay screen into filler content for the channel. Under the title “Legacy of the future,” it incorporates motifs that have attracted attention and seemed likely to fade in and out of fashion in recent years, such as hand spinners, VR goggles, Segways, and shoot dance.

nonoc's "Rakuen" music video Character concept / illustrations by Anrifure. The illustrations, animation, and design are unified in a decadent, beautiful world. Animation by Gyorai Eizo.

For Reiwa 8 as well, I was again in charge of the key visual for the call for proposals for the Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Creators Development Support Program. By combining 3DCG created with Blender, rotoscoping, and distinctive textural expressions using a thermal printer, I built a tactile visual world in which digital and analog elements coexist comfortably. Existing values are depicted as a “school of fish,” or a collection of homogeneous individuals, while the newly emerging “egg” within it is expressed as a symbol of new values and perspectives nurtured through the support program. The sound design is by SOZEN OTSUBO. The delicate sound gives the entire video an organic sense of life.

A story that traces the 50-year journey of SevenStars through the monologue of a man reflecting on the past and the present. The music is composed by Takkyu Ishino of Denki Groove.