Commentary: When I thought about creating and developing an original character, “Denne-chan, the rice-planting gal,” I wanted to make it into a game about planting rice. Since making an actual game was beyond my current abilities, I recreated it with pixel-art animation and chiptune music.

A world that is not new. A world without freedom. A world without mischief. A world without play. A world without failure. Turning “not exist” into “exist.” A world that “exists” somewhere. An imaginary country, “ZUCCa.” A branding movie for the “Virtual Nation ZUCCa” artwork series by art director Koichi Kosugi.

A work like a moving poster, composed of 50 cuts, each with a different graphic, capturing the process of making breakfast from different perspectives and using a variety of techniques.

I produced a concept movie for the Cosmetics Dream Award, an event hosted by CS Lab Co., Ltd.