CHOCOLATE Inc.-produced petite anime "SWEETS MATE." Mametarou was in charge of the CG direction and production for the short animation series created for the work’s social media rollout. How to convey the world of these sweets as attractively as possible within the limited frame of a vertical format. We brought together a condensed world of sweets that makes the most of the characters’ textures. Music: cubesato

The “To Future Scientists” series is published on “The Power of Materials,” the public relations website of Japan’s national research institute, the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), to promote NIMS. Primarily aimed at high school and university students, the series uses simple and clear visuals to convey the intriguing properties of the various substances and materials studied at NIMS, as well as the appeal of “imagining” things based on scientific knowledge. In #14, the series returns to the “superhydrophobic material” featured in #09 and highlights, through two experiments, the possibilities of superhydrophobic materials that go beyond simply repelling water.