A music video sung by the weekday Kymerio from “YUKI×AOI Chimera Project,” a project themed around the bestial transformation of words, for which Aoi Yuki serves as planner, original concept creator, and character designer. The story parts, created with hand-drawn animation, depict the mysterious Kymerios that devour words, along with the frightening side hidden beneath their adorable appearance. The cutout parts, assembled by taking the character pieces apart and turning them into digital stop-motion animation, highlight the Kymerios’ personality and charm. Composed of these two forms of expression, the video portrays the Kymerio’s dual nature.

I am a thief. Throughout all time, there have been many kinds of thieves, but I am a little different from them. I don’t steal money. I have absolutely no interest in antiques, jewels, or other valuable works of art. I am a thief who steals sound. "Haru o hisagu" is a slang term for prostitution. Here, it functions as a metaphor for "music as a business." Don’t you think that’s sad? It’s even more foolish than real prostitution. We shave away our pride to make a living, choose themes that cater to the masses, and search for pop melodies. We create works that are neatly worded and easy to understand. In this way, we sell ourselves—ourselves as expressed through the form of music—to you at a bargain price. I call that "haru hisagi."

Description: As landscapes and memories layer over one another, the relationships between people shift gradually. Entrusting that change to light and time, I sought to portray the beauty of continuing to exist within a world that is always in flux. BANNY BUGS, moving back and forth between past and present, between solitude and sharing, eventually dissolves into a time that makes even the act of being alive feel somehow nostalgic. In this work, through the attempt to traverse different moments within a single shot, I depicted the instant when memory and the present quietly blend together. From within that continuum, BANNY BUGS’s own resolve emerges, elevated into a prologue to “unveil,” which leads into the album.

Music video for the song “Krosna” by popular Czech singer Barbora Poláková. This unique song compares life to a backpack, and is brought to life in a miniature world woven together by paper animation and various everyday objects spilling out of a backpack. Although it has the look of stop-motion animation, everything was created entirely in 3DCG. This adds to the warmth of traditional stop-motion animation while also allowing for bolder camera work, tighter synchronization with the lyrics, and seamless transitions.