This animation was created for the advertisement and exhibition of “Animal Exhibition” (Special cooperation: National Museum of Nature and Science), held at PLAY! MUSEUM. Featuring taxidermy specimens from the WHO ARE WE exhibition kit for this exhibition (Yoshimoto Collection), it is composed to bring the specimens to life as they make their way to the urban exhibition venue during the night. While continuing to produce animation in PS as before, I increased the proportion of background work done with AE keyframes, taking on the challenge of moving the main characters clearly while also coordinating the background with them. This time, thanks to meeting a collaborator who could handle a certain amount of the animation work, I was able to make time for shooting, and have begun experimenting with incorporating light and shadow in an illustration-like way. In the illustration, I am challenging myself to use color to express the changing time of day.

This work is a video piece that was exhibited and screened as part of an ambient projection-mapping presentation at the EXPO Hall “Shine Hat” and the Popup Stage East Outside at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. Taking as its motif the “EXPO 2025 Design System” IDs, affectionately known as “Komyaku” at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, and with Kohta Hikichi, a representative member of the team that created it, serving as an advisor, we drew on the expertise in artificial-life ecological systems that HiRai has long been researching to create a real-time video simulation system and visuals. In producing the video, we referenced the design system’s history of being prototyped based on metaballs, and developed a real-time simulator in which the Komyaku behave as if they were alive while retaining the identity of the design itself. By using GPGPU to calculate the interactions among large numbers of Komyaku in real time, we built a system that can be flexibly expanded to support a wide range of possibilities, including interaction and the generation of one-of-a-kind videos. At the Popup Stage East Outside, we also took advantage of the architectural characteristics of a structure in which the projected image is interrupted by support columns, and created visuals that made it look as though each steel beam were packed full of Komyaku. We pursued video production that made the most of the characteristics of the projection surface. The name “Komyaku” naturally spread as a nickname referring to the IDs that make up the design system. Taking into account this derivative, fan-created cultural expansion, this work intentionally uses the term “Komyaku.”

Eiko + Eriko’s second music video. We tried making it with a slightly different approach than before.

2021年中旬までの仕事や個人制作を含めたショーリールです。 00:00 - Motion Reel Intro - Design & Animation 00:05 - A pinch of love - Direction & Design & Animation 00:08 - Mass Effect stickers - Design & Animation 00:12 - State festival project - Design & Animation 00:16 - This world with you - Direction & Design & Animation 00:20 - Wow wheat beer - Design & Animation 00:24 - Sakura 005 web promotion - Design & Animation 00:31 - Cyberpunk 2077 sticker - Design & Animation 00:33 - School of motion C4D Ascent final project - Design & Animation 00:37 - Thiscover Weezer/Pinkerton - Design & Animation 00:42 - Kaci Brookz - Contagious (Official Music Video) - Design & Animation 00:46 - Wow wheat beer - Design & Animation 00:48 - Hisae/ヒサ絵 - It's OK To Forget/忘れてもいいよ(Official Music Video) - Design & Animation 00:51 - Mahina - Suisei no oppo ni tsukamatte (Official Music Video)(Official Music Video) - Design & Animation