13 idols portray the struggles, hopes, and passions of life. Centered on relentless challenges, setbacks, and friendship, this is the story of how they find their true selves and move forward. Life is woven with challenges and setbacks, hope and despair. But with companions to share those moments, any hardship can be overcome. And every emotion and experience remains as beautiful traces of life. We expressed these through video.

In the year 3820, the daughter of an archaeologist whose family descends from people who left Earth and settled on another planet sees a baguette—food from more than 1,000 years ago—for the first time, and is carried away by thoughts of the distant past, imagining a romance. Incidentally, at this point in history, humans no longer obtain nourishment by eating food through the mouth, but by bathing in light, so it’s anyone’s guess how they were able to get nutrition from a baguette. When developing the concept for this music video, I asked Mr. Nakamura, composer/pianist of UN.a, about the background of the song. It seems to be a redefinition of the “ballad,” which began with Chopin, and a pop love song. So I thought I’d try to portray an epic love story. Love in the memories of DNA from far, far away... What will become of this long-distance romance that transcends time and space!? The role of the daughter is played by Utae, who is herself a DAW artist. The costumes feature rare collection pieces from AKIKOAOKI’s 18SS collection, a notable up-and-coming Tokyo brand. The striking accessories are by moil.

A music video that accompanies an instrumental groove like a breeze sweeping along the coastline, visualizing the comfort and lingering resonance of sound. Set at Zushi Marina, it brings to life the “subtle fluctuations” of an AOR-to-balearic sound through soft light and particle effects created with CG. Clusters of light drift in response to the reflections of waves, the flow of the sea breeze, and the guitar’s reverb. By creating a spatial design in which sound seems to take form and rise above a real seaside setting, the groove of the live performance and the rhythm of nature melt into one. Composed so that “sound paints the landscape,” this visual work conveys the nuanced emotions unique to an instrumental band not through words, but through texture. A city-and-sea soundscape drifting between stillness and euphoria.

We were in charge of the animation for “Ramen Earth,” a song featured on NHK’s Minna no Uta in June and July 2024. Since it’s the kind of song that naturally makes you want to move to the rhythm, we focused on creating it so viewers could dance and enjoy it вместе with the characters. https://www.nhk.or.jp/minna/songs/MIN202406_03/