Commentary: My first meeting with Kanta was in the spring of our first year of college, at a club meet-and-greet. The duo known as Mizutamari Bond was formed about eight months later, on January 1. Our first stage performance was at Shinjuku Fu Live on January 8. The following January 1, we began posting videos every day on YouTube. Two years after that, we decided to make our way into society as Mizutamari Bond. (Tominaga repeated a year.) Was it fate that two people who are opposites in every way would continue doing this together? I think it was a miracle. If we had met even one day earlier, if we had formed our duo even one day later, if we hadn’t performed that bit at our first stage show, maybe we wouldn’t be together now. I’m not saying things like, “We’re a miraculous duo!” But even if a time machine were invented and I could go back to the past, I wouldn’t go. And even if I did, I’d definitely come back having done nothing. “If Mizutamari Bond Had Met in High School” is a work created from those feelings.

Zenyaku Kogyo, Arouge brand video. We were responsible for the illustrations and some of the animation.

Promotion movie for the CASIO G-SHOCK GST-B400 Illustrations by caricature artist Dai Tamura are brought to life through animation and motion graphics. Capturing the dynamic moments of player Hachimura driving toward the goal from a dribble, the sequence was crafted into a continuous visual narrative.

This work was created with the aim of producing a story-driven promotional video. I handled every aspect of production myself, from planning and scriptwriting to narration recording, graphic design, and motion design. To enhance the immersive quality of the video, I kept text-based information delivery to a minimum, and by effectively combining design, animation, background music, and narration, I aimed to draw attention to the visuals themselves and fully leverage the unique characteristics of video as a medium.