I directed Pioneer’s corporate movie. Using a triangular prism packed with the new technologies that Pioneer will be announcing in the future, I expressed the future it will bring to people. I placed great importance on the subtle emotional ups and downs people experience through mobility.

BURNS SKOOL, the story of boys striving to become top dancers. By layering colorful character designs over impactful bold-type animation and imagery inspired by the destruction of a city, the film portrays their anguish and inner conflict, as well as the liberation that lies beyond them.

The boxfish lacks confidence and always spends its time alone among the rocks, envying the other fish. Then one day, it meets a pygmy seahorse said to have come from the sea of Minamata, and sets out on its first adventure to help bring the pygmy seahorse back to the sea of Minamata. Based on Sakana-kun’s picture book The Boxfish’s Wish, this short animation portrays the diversity of living creatures, environmental issues, and the affirmation of one’s own individuality. (Approx. 19 min.)