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Animation Artist
Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1981. Animation artist who creates non-narrative expressions using “cells” and “geometric figures” as motifs. Known for his unique abstract animations that capture the viewer’s eye, he has worked extensively on independent animations and music videos. He has been nominated for all four major animation film festivals in the world (Annecy, Ottawa, Hiroshima, and Zagreb), and his masterpiece “MODERN No. 2” had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival and won the Best Music Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
WONDER” had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and won the CANAL+Creative Aid Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. He is currently preparing to make his first animated feature film, “Suijiang Saiyuki (Tentative)”.
TALK Journey
TALK LOG
What is non-narrative expression in animation?
His own work was screened in the non-narrative section of the film festival.
I think it is not a work that has no “story” but a work that does not have a “story” as a pillar of the work.
I don’t care about genres, I just keep making what I like.
…It hurts when I fall, and soft things are comforting.
Lumiere Brothers from Jurassic Park and Terminator
…The movie is not only a story, it’s an experience of the moment.
I love the unforgettable experiences interspersed throughout the film.
One summer day, a group of students played a monster movie in a plastic swimming pool.
Memories of seeing Return of the Jedi in the theater – With parents who loved movies
…High school seniors line up at the theater to see The Phantom Menace.
Longing for the Analog Theater Space: The Impact of Seeing the T-1000
I want to see something different and strange.
From an interview with ETERNITY
. experimental and strange in a short measure of time.
Ride type to create a non-narrative for something that doesn’t put you to sleep for 20 minutes.
… that when the movie is over, you realize you were in a movie theater.
Bicycle bombing night after seeing ET
When we watch subjective images on a large flat screen, it becomes VR
・Pleasure of images in “Spider-Verse”
・What is the value of non-verbal
・Ambiguity when communicating with words
・Words from a woman who saw “WONDER” in Germany
・Non-verbal may have the power to make viewers think something spontaneously
I am not good at surveys
・Story of “Fraggle Rock”
・About “Suijiang Saiyuki (tentative)”
・About doing “Saiyuki” now
・How people live and how they perceive the world
-About “License of Love”
-To produce a lot of characters
-The theme is the expansion of living and dying
-From Gakken science I read as a child
-About Twoth’s music
-He also wrote a song for Into Animation 8
-Into Animation About the plug-ram of 8
・Animation is becoming more interesting in our time
・Animation is starting to cross over and it is chaotic but exciting
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