2021 Reel

A work that imagines a fictional video game starring a mysterious man bearing the SPACE SHOWER TV logo on his back, and turns its gameplay screen into filler content for the channel. Under the title “Legacy of the future,” it incorporates motifs that have attracted attention and seemed likely to fade in and out of fashion in recent years, such as hand spinners, VR goggles, Segways, and shoot dance.

The opening sequence features narration by Takayuki Yamada, explaining the work of land swindler. The music is composed by Takkyu Ishino. The film focuses on introducing this peculiar crime, born out of Japan's unique document culture, to an international audience. It begins by showcasing the meticulous process of creating forged documents used in their scams. Additionally, Jimen-shi are said to scan the city from a bird’s-eye view in search of targets, and this perspective is visualized through a combination of aerial footage of Tokyo and residential maps, illustrating the real-life locations of land fraud cases that have occurred since postwar Japan.

The anime visuals and design are combined so pleasantly with the music’s tempo through motion, with the movements of the anime characters taking center stage, and the motion of the design created to complement and enhance them.