I was in charge of the direction and music production for the Pokémon Champions 4th Trailer.

Theme 1: “WELL-BEING, 2050” Trailer for the science fiction short story “Resilience” Tokyo, 2050. Citizens who have experienced hardship and setbacks are now required to take part in the “Resilience Program,” created by the Minister of Loneliness. As Kureshima Satsuki, who has just broken up with her boyfriend, undergoes sessions with a counseling AI called “Ophelia,” she begins to realize the nature of her own problems... - - - Responsible for everything from character design to animation.

An animation built from layered simple loops

This music video is for the lead track from BURNOUT SYNDROMES’ final indie-era album. Built around poetry readings quoting classic works of literature and lyrics by vocalist Kumagai, who spent his school days in a state of frustration and melancholy, the song combines a band arrangement that nonetheless feels uplifting with a wealth of inventive touches that can’t be summed up simply as “downer.” At the suggestion of art director Kawamoto, we were asked to create a lyric video using “letters and a girl motif as the core elements.” So we decided to visualize Kumagai’s gloomy student days, as described in the lyrics, in a straightforward way. Even with typography as the main motif, we wanted it to have a distinctive feel, so we broke down and reconstructed the letter elements to create new characters, and used those elements to depict concrete motifs, putting effort into staging that could captivate viewers through the forms of the typeface alone. The girl’s animation was based on character designs by Kaneko Kaihatsu, then redesigned by Tomoeki Nakauchi, Wataru Uekusa, and koya, with an attempt to change the visual style for each part of the song.