Music video for “Boyhood,” a track from mekakushe’s 2nd album “Akogare”

This serial work features characters that move in tiny, fussy motions, created using pixel art techniques. After learning about the existence of “conveyor belt sushi,” these pieces of sushi throw themselves into training to master somersaults. The earnest, energetic sushi each have their own distinct personalities, and their expressions and gestures are delicately rendered within the limited grid of pixel art.

Set in Japan during the economic boom of the 1980s. One day, a 1960s-style furniture television that had been used for many years is thrown away in a junkyard. It tries to carry on... An original animated tragicomedy that parallels the TV’s bizarre fate with that of a human life. Winner of the Excellence Award in the Animation Division of the Japan Media Arts Festival. Winner of the Audience Award and the Asian Light Award at the 2013 Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival.

One day, the protagonist watched a film with friends. The protagonist voiced dissatisfaction at how boring the film was, but for some reason, no one agreed. A first-year production from the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts.