Description: Following the successful crowdfunding campaign organized by “Sora Iro,” a family association for children with hearing loss, Toichi Shirakawa created an animated video to help people understand hearing loss. Through soothing songs that are gentle on the ears, this video lets everyone, from small children to adults, learn about hearing loss in an easy and enjoyable way. ★This video can be freely downloaded from the official website of “Sora Iro,” a family association for children with hearing loss (https://sorairofukuoka.jimdofree.com/).

A commercial for BBIQ fiber-optic internet featuring QTnet’s characters. Two versions were produced: the “Mandala” version and the “Connecting” version. It richly incorporates the local feel of the Kyushu area and the chaotic nature of the internet. Combined with the contrast from the gentle, cute worldview of the Connect-kun characters, the result is an ad video with a huge impact.

This was the “Tsukiuta” video for November 2025, broadcast on TV Tokyo’s infant and toddler program “Shinapushu.” Aiming to create visuals that babies and young children could enjoy intuitively, the piece was produced by combining a variety of techniques, including hand-drawn animation, clay stop-motion animation, and live-action compositing. The main character, the mochi “Mocchan,” was sculpted in clay and animated in real life in order to give it a three-dimensional feel. Inspired by the texture and rhythm of SAKANAMON’s music, the video visualizes the feeling of “liking something” through rounded forms and pleasant motion. Set in a fantastical world, it was finished in the style of a road movie, following “Mocchan” on a journey in a kitchen car. Techniques: hand-drawn animation, stop-motion, clay animation, live-action compositing, After Effects

Created infographics using illustration and animation techniques. The piece is simple and stylish, while clearly presenting the content. It also incorporates carefully designed transitions that connect the previous shot to the next, as well as visual guidance to direct the viewer’s eye.