To mark the 55th anniversary of Aohata 55, this film presents its dedication to jam-making through a story-driven animation starring Ichigo-chan and Kaori-chan. The story focuses on Aohata’s proprietary “aroma restoration” technology.

(Hyacinth Lake) is the title of this animation series, set in a world with a lake that reflects the colors before dawn. Various anthropomorphized characters appear, and their relationships drift as if in a dream, with the theme of depicting an otherworldly world whose sensation feels pleasantly so. This work, “1. Rainbow in the Gaze,” is the prologue. On the table sits a pot of petunias, resting its cheek on its hand. As a digitalis arm turns the pages of a diary, a playful orchid mantis, choking a little, savors the fallen leaves and pressed flowers that spring out. In a room filled with various presences, beams of gazing light pour onto a girl (eye) spinning her wheels. [Expression Method / Concept] The digitally drawn images are created with an emphasis on the visual interest and texture made possible by extensively layering elements in each frame. By animating those visuals, I want to create an unreal world in which the shifting of light and changes in color act on the viewer’s feelings. The music is also produced independently, moving back and forth in close coordination with the visuals.

Even the cells, the smallest units that make up humanity, are connected to nature (water).