【 Ages 0 to 3 】 My First Food Picture Book Food all has faces! What kind of face does an apple have? Discover a new perspective with this fresh picture book promotional video, created in stop motion by Otamirams, the author of Beka Taro! 【 Develop flexible thinking through the senses! 】 From Professor Emeritus Toshiyuki Shiomi, The University of Tokyo “Art begins with seeing one thing as another! You can learn flexible thinking.” 【 Also an educational perspective that helps children cherish food 】 From Akari Hasegawa, culinary expert and registered dietitian “I was fascinated by the rich, expressive faces that only live-action can capture. This is a book that makes food feel endearing.” - “What's Its Face?” Written by Beka Taro -------------------------------------------------- Official website for What's Its Face? https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/32... Official Instagram of Beka Taro https://www.instagram.com/bekataro/ --------------------------------------------------

In a way that embodies the world of the lyrics, the protagonist, Kaf, changes form one after another and travels through time, rediscovering the joy of writing a novel. In the dream scenes, the drawings are strongly hand-drawn, with lines as the main focus and little use of shading, whereas in the real scenes, footage of the actual sky is composited in, the use of lines is conversely restrained, and buildings and other elements are rendered more realistically. This creates a contrast in the mood of each sequence while also aligning the story’s themes with the themes of its visual expression.

I directed a 15-second promotional commercial for the TV Osaka NEXT IP PROJECT. In this project, where TV Osaka holds an open call for content plans and provides a total production budget of 100 million yen to create programs and content, they are looking for ideas that are "a step above" and break conventional wisdom, along with the "passion" to make them viable as a business. I proposed creating a stylishly chaotic video using chaotic motion graphics that break the conventional concepts of commercials and a rhythmic cut tempo. I produced the promo video using many elements that leave an impression on the eyes and ears.

Skip City, a combined museum of visual media and science museum complex in Saitama, Japan. Skip City is home to curious scientific devices and historic filming equipment, but because it is located far from the city center, it remains little known. “What is Skip City?” Its appeal can only be understood by going there, and this was expressed through animation.