Official trailer for the 12th New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival. Using natural motifs such as ripples, droplets, and the moon, I wanted to express the festival’s divine energy and a pure admiration for the works. I also used AI to transform hand-drawn 2D animation into three-dimensional, realistic water, making it possible to “move water,” something that had previously been difficult to achieve. On the other hand, I intentionally reduced the image quality and frame rate of the AI-generated footage, and composed the music with a deliberately simple, primal feel, aiming to evoke the festival’s atmosphere where “warmth and sharpness intersect.”

ChatBoost is a service that integrates AI into LINE and automates customer support almost entirely. I was responsible for direction, motion graphics, and compositing. This was produced together with people around me whom I trust. For the text other than the captions, I focused on animations that break each character apart one by one, aiming to create a 60-second animation that even people unfamiliar with the service would find themselves watching without realizing it. The robot that appears midway was modeled in Cinema 4D and animated using only the camera. The cel-shaded look was created in After Effects.