んoon (hoon) formed in 2014, starting as an instrumental lineup of harp, bass, and keyboards. Since 2016, vocals and percussion were added, and the band reached its current formation. The band name comes from “fūn,” a Japanese onomatopoeia expressing surprise or indifference. (Its pronunciation accent, however, is the same as that of “fūun,” meaning misfortune.) For the spelling, the initial letter of “hoon” is rendered with the hiragana character “ん.” Their sound and wording are assembled through sessions, with each member bringing in ideas as they come to mind. They do not especially focus on any particular context in relation to genre, but they try to avoid the cultural rootedness inherent in the timbre of each instrument as much as possible. In their instrumental period, they aimed for intricate, gear-like ensemble interplay starting from prog and jazz, but with the addition of vocalist JC, their musical flexibility exploded. JC’s hyper-mellow whispers gently bind together the serious instrumentalists’ odd time signatures and key changes.

Under the mission of “conveying the appeal of music,” this Space Shower TV station ID depicts the introspective world of audiences immersed in music at live houses and clubs. By surrendering themselves to the rhythms and beats of the music, their bodies take on abstract forms reminiscent of Paul Klee’s paintings, and the listeners melt into the music as part of it, while vibrant colors as if bathed in colored light metaphorically express an unreal, vivid musical experience through animation.

This is my reel I have created as a freelancer!​​​​​​​ A reel of the works I have been involved in as a motion designer can be found below. https://hiromuoka.com/worksplus If you would like to know the password, please contact the following address. okatheponjuice@gmail.com If you are interested in collaborating, please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you!

“Urashima Tarō’s ending is just too sad...” Many people probably felt that way when they were children. With the hope that there might have been a happy story waiting beyond that ending, singer-songwriter Daisuke Mori sings about Urashima Tarō’s second life with plenty of pop charm and humor. The visuals are created by Ohtamirams, a creative unit active across a wide range of genres, including the music videos for Wednesday Campanella’s “Momotaro” and tofubeats’ “Koi to Missile,” as well as commercials, short films, and picture books. [From the Animation Team, Ohtamirams] 《What on earth happened to Urashima Tarō after he became an old man?》 In order to answer the long-standing question of people across Japan, we at Ohtamirams were given the opportunity to animate the continuation of the story to Daisuke Mori’s music. Since everyone, if they keep living long enough, will eventually arrive at a second life, we at Ohtamirams put a lot of thought into it and came up with a logline: “What if Urashima started doing little jobs to help everyone, and in that world line he was able to enjoy a happy, long-lived second life surrounded by many new friends?” We also made it into a seasonal piece that makes the most of Urashima’s signature trait of “aging.” We’d be delighted if, every winter season, people would remember this song and animation…… This is an animation that “wishes upon a star” for “the best and happiest New Year’s season and second life for everyone in Japan…….”