I directed the opening visuals for the TV anime Detective Conan. Rather than simply putting together a standard opening, I wanted to somehow incorporate a “mystery,” and after thinking it through, I based the concept on the fact that the mysterious character revealed in this film is the one-eyed man, and decided to embed a message in the visuals when the left eyes of the main characters appearing in the footage are closed. To tie in with the film title as well, I structured the sequence so that Conan runs from Shibuya to Takeshiba Pier, and came up with a gimmick in which letters appear when half of the screen is mirrored along that route. During the broadcast period, I couldn’t help feeling like I was being chased by many detectives, so I couldn’t relax, but it seems many people took on the challenge of solving this mystery, and as a result it became a very enjoyable opening sequence for me personally as well. I was quite anxious because I couldn’t find the letters “W” and “T” for a long time, and I still remember the strange feeling of joy and relief mixed together when I finally found them at the intersection of the Shibuya pedestrian overpass and Shinichi’s Bridge. I would be happy if those who watched it would take a moment to think about what kind of mystery might be hidden within it.

I directed the music video for Jizou Sonzai name-less’s “Danzai Democracy.” We created an actual playable game, captured its gameplay footage, and used it to compose the entire MV. To suggest that words of justice can, before long, end up hurting people, the opening begins as a game about freeing people, but by using cheats it is reversed, and people end up being restrained instead. This is our first attempt to express the artist’s distinctive background through the medium of a game.