I don’t dislike rainy days. The lively plants, the sparkling ground, and the moist air all feel pleasant to me. As I’ve grown older, I’ve come to think that I don’t dislike rainy days after all, and in fact I’ve started to enjoy them. This piece was created inspired by the stories and photographs about rainy days that I heard from Ms. Shoko. As for the technique, I drew it on paper with oil-based pens. To evoke the image of rain lines sparkling and to create a cheerful feeling, I used a variety of lines. Set to rhythmic music, this work depicts the everyday life of a girl and her cat enjoying a rainy day with high spirits.

The internal sounds of a mechanical wristwatch were recorded using a specialized microphone. Those recordings were then reconstructed into an audiovisual work. At the core of the movement is the balance wheel, oscillating eight times per second — what the watch industry refers to as “8 beats.” The work was inspired by the resonance between this rhythm and the concept of the 8-beat rhythm in music. When recorded, the rhythm proved to be extremely precise, yet the pitch fluctuated ever so slightly. Precise, yet somehow organic. This sensation — constant, yet subtly unstable — is expressed through both sound and visuals. In the CG work, rather than simply recreating the internal structure and metallic textures of the watch, we took an abstract approach to visualize “the vibration of time itself.” Within an exact cyclical motion, slight fluctuations begin to emerge. Through layers of light, vibration, repetition, and microscopic shifts, the piece visualizes the “vibration of time” occurring inside a mechanical watch.

An anime adaptation of Mari Yamazaki’s Olympia Kyklos (broadcast on TOKYO MX and other stations) A story about the Olympics that moves between ancient Greece and Tokyo in 1964. Its classical yet groundbreaking visuals, created through a fusion of clay animation, 2D animation, CG, and more, became a hot topic. The 24-episode series also drew attention for its different ending themes, each with its own distinct brand of madness.

Responsible for the animation in the TV commercial for McDonald’s Japan’s “Yoru Mac.” YOASOBI’s “Yoru ni Kakeru,” for which an MV was produced, is used as the song.