A lavish track by Hakushi Hasegawa × TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA. Hakushi Hasegawa says, “I want to see you again like a ghost,” and then appears as an anime character, or disappears into an afterimage. I hope the people who see it can meet there. Though the form doesn’t resemble him, the movements and gestures of the red afterimage, the “feeling” itself, were Hakushi Hasegawa—that is what I think the meeting of anima and anima is. As a tribute to Sophie’s song “It’s Okay To Cry,” who passed away just before this song was made, there is also a moment where Hakushi Hasegawa’s animated character briefly strikes the pose from the thumbnail of that music video. Whether because of COVID or being unable to meet, we are waiting for the other side of the wormhole, like Zoom, to connect again; or, if you watch this MV, I hope our eyes can meet.

I depicted the battle between my weak self and the “negativeer” by replacing it with the sport of tennis, in a comedic and surreal way.

An anime adaptation of Mari Yamazaki’s Olympia Kyklos (broadcast on TOKYO MX and other stations) A story about the Olympics that moves between ancient Greece and Tokyo in 1964. Its classical yet groundbreaking visuals, created through a fusion of clay animation, 2D animation, CG, and more, became a hot topic. The 24-episode series also drew attention for its different ending themes, each with its own distinct brand of madness.

What does “kama hen” mean? I took that question and pursued it to the very limit.