Animated the cover of the classic NHK Minna no Uta song “Tanoshii ne.” The song is performed by Amatsuki, whose soaring high-tone vocals have made him hugely popular through his singing videos. The original Minna no Uta animation for “Tanoshii ne” was created by Yoji Kuri, best known for the opening of Hyokkori Hyoutan-jima. Faced with immense pressure and the great honor of taking on this piece, we approached the project with the intention of fully expressing our own worldview. Each individual sound may be small, but when everyone plays together, it becomes a big song. Through play with color, shape, and words, this feeling is conveyed through visual direction that captures the exhilaration of matching images to music, the pleasure of movement and lingering echoes, and the delight of aha moments.

Directed and produced the music video for virtual singer “Isekaijoucho” (@isekaijoucho). While preserving her own worldview, I developed a storyline that could expand in interpretation to match the song’s strong narrative quality.

“Earth as Seen from Space: A Culture” Inspired by music, this project visualizes the creative process of a Japanese dancer choreographing and a chef creating cuisine. This time, the theme is Daft Punk’s “Within.” Using CG, live action, and compositing, I created a video in which reality and unreality coexist. This is my first independently produced work. I used Polycam, Nomad Sculpt, Blender, Substance 3D Painter, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Firefly. The 3D models that appear were all modeled from scratch without using any assets. The slot symbols at the beginning of the work were generated using Adobe Firefly. Throughout the CG and live-action scenes, the footage was basically shot with a 50mm focal length. The props appearing in the work are compiled on the page below. Each product features a primitive silhouette, and I aimed to make them feel realistic. https://www.behance.net/gallery/184868293/HATCH-PROPS

International Auto Film Festa 2025 PRONEWS Award https://autofilmfesta.net/ 　 Note: Giants.....loneliness, ennui, defeat... beings out of proportion to the stars, society, and environment they inhabit, so this is probably what happens. We ordinary people can only know their existence through the fading traces they leave behind. The scars of the giants' battles = a longing for adventure