Commentary: This high-quality stop-motion features Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, and Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, from Transformers: One, the latest film in the Transformers series and a new-dimensional real CG movie. To complement the theatrical title Transformers: One, the title of this work is “ONE another,” which carries the meaning of “with one another.” The year this work was released, 2024, marked the 40th anniversary of Transformers, making it a milestone year. This original story incorporates many elements drawn from the 40-year history of Transformers and various video works released over the years. All Studio Series Transformers are lined up on shelves based on blue, the brand color of Studio Series. Great care was also taken with the details of the music and sound effects. Please look for more than what is visible—their 40-year history. The story that unfolds in the same timeline as “ONE another,” the second half, “WE ARE NOT ALONE,” is available here🔻 https://eizo100.jp/video/104769

露の世 私が生まれて初めて我が家にやって来た日に撮られた一枚の写真があります。布団の中で眠る赤ん坊の私を祖父は座ってじっと見つめています。それから２０年が経って、ある晩不思議な夢を見ました。夢の中で目を開けると私のすぐ隣に祖父が横たわっていました。まばらに生えた髭が、手を伸ばせば触ることのできるかのように鮮明に見えました。安らかに眠っているように見える祖父を、私は夢の中でじっと見つめていました。

This is the four-day process of a wildfire approaching a small village at the end of the Edo period. In an era shrouded by the invisible anxiety of the coronavirus pandemic, and swept up by rumors and information in which truth and falsehood are hard to distinguish, this work portrays the people of a small community in a bygone age who were forced to protect themselves and faced a crisis together. The personified flames were created by filming a performer’s pantomime of fire in live action, then using rotoscoping to redraw it from live action into animation.