Description: Due to the pandemic, Broadway theaters were shut down, and actors spent a year and a half in limbo. Racism also worsened, and hate crimes targeting Asians ran rampant. That is New York City, USA. It is easy to confront negative events with anger. However, those of us living in this city still choose to pursue the dreams and ideals we want to achieve here. Because that is the “JOY” in life. - - - - - - - - - - We expressed our reflections on the events and emotions experienced uniquely by spending the extraordinary years of 2020–2021 in New York, together with Asian musical theater performers active on Broadway, set to original music. Winner of the Jury Award at the New York International Film Award.

Theme 1: “WELL-BEING, 2050” Trailer for the science fiction short story “Resilience” Tokyo, 2050. Citizens who have experienced hardship and setbacks are now required to take part in the “Resilience Program,” created by the Minister of Loneliness. As Kureshima Satsuki, who has just broken up with her boyfriend, undergoes sessions with a counseling AI called “Ophelia,” she begins to realize the nature of her own problems... - - - Responsible for everything from character design to animation.

A story about putting on too much makeup and ending up with a face that looks like a cake.