I expressed the inseparable connection with the world of the soul and the inspiration that links them. The spiritual world of the soul and inspiration, the unreal and the invisible, are portrayed in black and white to emphasize that they are inseparable, or that they exist beside people and life and are essential. This keyword, “the invisible parts,” comes from the artist’s own sense of discomfort with the accelerating, defined notion of what is normal and with trends. In truth, the world is driven by the parts that are hardly shown in the media. Above all, I wanted to depict the universal truth that the invisible parts of the heart and soul and the movements of reality are inseparable, and I created the story of a girl who sees in the world of the soul the inspiration that there is no future in a world without a heart.

Revised version of the first-view video on the official TOYOBO website. While carrying over the style from the previous year, it unfolds in a way that keeps viewers engaged, depicting the company’s products being used in people’s daily lives.

A conversational animated series unfolding on YouTube. The theme is casual everyday conversations between two characters who work at an anime studio. Unlike the TV anime we usually produce, the story is looser, the cast is more relaxed, and with added on-screen text and other elements, it is a more “hobbyist” and “YouTube-like” work. Even so, it also includes a few touches unique to an animation studio, such as same-trace animation—a technique in which a character’s hair or fur trembles and moves.