In the initial concept, we truly entrusted part of the production to AI, exploring a singularity-like structure: what does it mean for AI to possess a self and express itself? However, while AI is suited to producing “something similar” as a form of collective intelligence, when it comes to depicting “the beauty within unease” or “human-like misalignment,” human hands were inevitably necessary. As a result, we shifted to a design in which AI expressions are “intentionally reconstructed by humans,” arriving at a paradoxical approach in which humans manually create the very condition of AI’s “imperfection.” We have designed it as a game, in a sense: a contrastive device that highlights human creativity by having humans deliberately create something AI-like.

(Hyacinth Lake) is the title of this animation series, set in a world with a lake that reflects the colors before dawn. Various anthropomorphized characters appear, and their relationships drift as if in a dream, with the theme of depicting an otherworldly world whose sensation feels pleasantly so. This work, “1. Rainbow in the Gaze,” is the prologue. On the table sits a pot of petunias, resting its cheek on its hand. As a digitalis arm turns the pages of a diary, a playful orchid mantis, choking a little, savors the fallen leaves and pressed flowers that spring out. In a room filled with various presences, beams of gazing light pour onto a girl (eye) spinning her wheels. [Expression Method / Concept] The digitally drawn images are created with an emphasis on the visual interest and texture made possible by extensively layering elements in each frame. By animating those visuals, I want to create an unreal world in which the shifting of light and changes in color act on the viewer’s feelings. The music is also produced independently, moving back and forth in close coordination with the visuals.

King Gnu "Nekko" music video A story about a certain doll maker, depicted through animation with a painting-like touch

A work that combines live action and animation. I was in charge of the animation.