Above all, I edited this with the intention of making something playful while taking it extremely seriously and with complete sincerity. Since it was set to be distributed on TikTok and Instagram ads, this is a piece that focuses on instant impact and memorability, with particular attention paid to catchy phrases, memorable color tones, and movement. That said, I was also conscious that overdoing it could make it look cheap, so I carefully balanced details like font choices, the overall layout, and the pleasantness and timing of the motion.

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.

I have continued working on cross-disciplinary production, such as pictorial images with cinematic qualities and painterly animation. This work, *Sandbox*, is an experiment in replacing painting and animation with a game engine. In this work, I used a game engine to create an “electronic sculpture” and attempted to visualize a non-tactile sense of reality. By following afterimages that traverse space, it aims to unsettle the viewer’s bodily perception. At the same time, an autoplay function was built in so that the game would assimilate into the environment like ambient music, becoming a “passive game / background game.” It is an interaction/installation in which the viewer/player can seamlessly move back and forth between “play,” controlled with a controller, and “viewing,” without using a controller.