One day, as I was heading home from school, I ran into the man I liked with his girlfriend. The shock was so overwhelming that I couldn’t just go straight home, so I decided to walk home on foot, even though it would take more than an hour, while drinking alcohol I had bought at the supermarket. This self-documentary animation follows me wandering through Tokyo, a wonderland, as I am swallowed up by alcohol and the city, fusing the rakugo technique of “dōchū-zuke” with pop culture. This work is a simple story about nothing more than walking through the streets of Tokyo in a staggered drunken state. I created it by focusing on how well this theme suited the rakugo technique known as “dōchū-zuke.” Dōchū-zuke is a method of describing, in a lively and continuous manner, the journey from point A to point B. I repeatedly walked the same route I had actually taken and built my own version of rakugo from it. To express the state of intoxication, I combined digital animation with 3D animation and live-action footage in some scenes, creating a chaotic world.

We took on the challenge of animating a band performance. The V-conte, references for the instruments, and the background materials were all created in 3D.

The highlight is the sequence of CG scenes unfolding one after another, in response to the relentlessly cascading lyrics.

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