Chocolate Underground: Bokura no Chocolate Sensou

チョコレート・アンダーグラウンド ぼくらのチョコレート戦争

The previously announced Chocolate Underground anime adaptation of Alex Shearer's Bootleg novel will be heading to Japanese theaters this January. The satirical novel follows two English boys who create a bootleg chocolate factory after their country bans...

Kumo no Ito (1979)

蜘蛛の糸 (1979)

Man tries to escape from Hell using string of spider silk.

Uncapturable Ideas

アイデアが捕まらない.

Idea ga Tsukamaranai.

A man is racking himself at a desk. On his desk there is a tiny man also racking himself at his desk.The big man remains still without any idea. The tiny man moves around in vain trying to catch some idea, which is supposed to be inside of him. Both man ge...

An 8-second animation that keeps looping... or does it?

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Short animation by Masaki Okuda.

Music video for song '1989' by the pillows from their 20th anniversary compilation album 'Rock stock & too smoking the pillows.'

20-dai no Heya-hen

マイナビ賃貸 20代の部屋編

The "20-dai no Heya-hen" (Rooms for Twentysomethings) commercial shows how the MyNavi Chintai service lets young people find living spaces that fit their different lifestyles. The characters profiled include a man living alone who searched for a place "nea...

Sangatsu no Lion meets Bump of Chicken

3月のライオン meets BUMP OF CHICKEN

A CGI music video of Sangatsu no Lion set to Bump of Chicken's 'Fighter' single. The website states that the collaboration started because the mangaka Umino Chika is a fan of Bump of Chicken and the members of Bump of Chicken are fans of Sangatsu no Lion....

Ahiru Rikusentai

あひる陸戰隊

Ducks get into a conflict with frogs and start a war.

Aimai Elegy

愛迷エレジー

Music video by DECO*27. A girl struggles with her fear of a relationship, feeling drowned by the possibilities of the future. But she's not the only one drowning...

2005-nen Uchuu no Tabi

2005年宇宙の旅

Experimental short film by Michio Mihara.

A Play

A PLAY

Music Video for the group ALT, made by Satoshi Murai.

Akai Kutsu! Onnanoko!

赤い靴! 女の子!

A short animation film by Taku Furukawa.

"All Alone With You" is the fourth single by the music group EGOIST and is used as the second ending theme song of Psycho-Pass. The limited edition release includes a DVD with an animated music video.

Anata mo Robot ni Nararu feat. Kamome Jidou Gasshoudan

あなたもロボットになれる feat. かもめ児童合唱団

An animated music video for Yura Yura Teikoku's song "Anata mo Robot ni Nararu" sung by the Kamome children's chorus to promote the original's 7inch Vinyl release on November 7th.

And And

AND AND

Toru Matsumoto's official music video with Mirai Mizue's interesting hypnotical-rhythmical animation.

A short animation by Wada Atsushi. We try to enrich ourselves through prayer, faith and devotion to someone or something "other." Similarly, we believe in the existence of "anomalies," such as unknowable and uncontrollable monsters. But can such beliefs ad...

Antinotice

antinotice

Music video from Akane Aki.

Blue Room

青い部屋

Aoi Heya

A short animation from Kazuhiro Hotchi.

A short animation by Aoki Jun. A young man moves to the new place. He gradually makes a good relationship with neighbors that live in the same apartment.

Mottainai

もったいない

Joint campaign by NHK and Advertising Council Japan. # A commercial aimed at Japanese youths in order to generate an appreciation of their present lives, such that it would be a waste to give up on their futures.

The Legend of Shangri-La

Tao Hua Yuan Ji

CG Animation Short Film "The Legend of Shangri-la" is adapted from the poem of the same title by the famous poet Tao Yuan Ming of Dong Jin Dynasty over 1000 years ago. By applying Chinese traditional painting techniques and papercutting to CG, IDMT created...

Ari-chan

アリチャン

A short animation film by Mitsuyo Seo. Ari-chan, an ant child, finds a violin in a sand pit and steals it to play with it.

Arigatou Gomennasai

ありがとうごめんなさい

A short animation film by Taku Furukawa.

Asa ga Kuru mae ni: Sasurai Version

朝が来る前に ~さすらいバージョン~

Music video for "Asa ga Kuru mae ni ~Sasurai Version~" single by Japanese rock band Tsuru.

New World

新しい世界

Atarashii Sekai

Official animated video to the Asian Kung-Fu Generation song "Atarashii Sekai" from their fourth album, World World World.

Music video for the song "Bacterial Contamination" by mathru@かにみそP, 3D animation by Deino.

Kikyuu

気球

Music Video for 'Balloon' by People in the Box, animated by Ryu Kato.

Bara Bara Film

バラバラフィルム

Short animation film by Furukawa Taku.

Baymax

ベイマックス

The adventure story revolves around Hiro, a 14-year-old boy who lost his dear brother Tadashi in a mysterious accident, and Baymax, a personal healthcare companion robot developed by Tadashi. The story is set in San Fransokyo, a fictional city that combine...

Be Blues! Ao ni Nare

BE BLUES!~青になれ~

A CM promoting the "Be Blues! Ao ni Nare" manga.

Irodorimidori: Change Our Mirai!

イロドリミドリ: Change Our MIRAI!

A music video for the song "Change our MIRAI!" by the fictional band Irodorimidori spawned from Sega's Chunithm rhythm arcade game.

Beautiful Name

ビューティフル・ネーム

A special performance for Laforet, the large department store/museum in Harajuku.

The first "lightning doodle" film by Tochka.

PiKA PiKA (2007)

PiKA PiKA 2007

Red Colored Bridge

赤い太鼓橋

The Undertaker and the Dog

葬儀屋と犬

Sougiya to Inu

A horror take on the classic tale of Snow White.

Kamakura

かまくら

"A snow-covered house is situated in the middle of a rice field. What should one do, in a space of white and quietude? By spring, the snowy hut melts and loses its appearance. The Japanese MA, the in-between state of time and space – an animation, a haiku"...

Lena Lena

レイナレイナ

Based on the picture book "The Adventures of Lena Lena" by Harriët van Reek about an incredibly curious girl who looks at the world like children do. She explores whatever comes her way, be it a rat, a worm or even her own body.

Ninja & Soldier

NINJA & SOLDIER

Two eight-year-old boys compete in a game of childish bravado. Ken is a Ninja, Nito a child soldier from the Congo who was forced to kill his own mother. Their naïve game addresses cruel realities, and they talk about their differences and what they have i...

Watashi no Kao

ワ・タ・シ・ノ・カ・オ

Abstract short horror film about a girl's face.

Wonder

WONDER

The 365 days animation consists of sequence of 8760 pictures, all different shape and color, hand-drawn by the director every day in 365 days. This is the ultimate analog approach by the abstract animated film creator in digital era.

Yume no Ukiyo ni Saitemina

夢の浮世に咲いてみな

Music video for Yume no Ukiyo ni Saitemina, a collaboration between idol group Momoiro Clover Z, and rock band KISS.

Crazy for It

crazy for it

Yutaro Kubo's graduation film.

Hana no Hanashi

はなのはなし

Short animation by Taku Furukawa.

Comics

コミックス

Head Spoon

ヘッド・スプーン

Ishindenshin Shiyou

以心伝心しよう

Music video for the song by Mitsue Ooshiro (大城光恵) that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.

Joukyou Monogatari

上京物語

Kitte no Nai Okurimono

切手のないおくりもの

Minna no Uta music video sung by Kazuo Zaitsu with animation done by Taku Furukawa.

Kuripuri*Kuripura

クリプリ*クリプラ

Mac the Movie

マック・ザ・ムービー

Mori no Kuma-san

森のクマさん

A short animation by Taku Furukawa that was featured on the NHK's Eigo de Asobo program.

Nani ga Dekiru ka na

なにができるかな

Kyuutai Panic Adventure!

球体パニックアドベンチャー!

Kyuutai Panic Adventure! — a special crossover between Dragon Ball Z, One Piece and Astro Boy that aired in 2003 in Japan as a interactive feature in a public event hosted by Fuji TV called Odaiba Boken-Oh. Kyuutai Panic Adventure Returns! — a special cros...

One Piece: Cry Heart

ワンピース Cry heart

Three five-minute stop-motion animated shorts by Banpresto that recreate the famous scenes from Eiichiro Oda's manga and anime One Piece. Unlike most figures, Banpresto's "Cry heart" figures are deliberately designed to encourage people to create their own...

Tekusuke Monogatari

テク助物語

A short animation film by Seo Mitsuyo.

Music video from livetune under the label Toy's Factory. Tell Your World is the theme song used in the Google Chrome commercial of Google Japan.

Matsu, Yamma and Moburi: The Mystery of the Seven Gems and the Flying Castle

マッツとヤンマとモブリさん -七つの秘宝と空飛ぶお城-

Mattsu to Yanma to Moburi-san: Nanatsu no Hihou to Soratobu Oshiro

Mattsu and Yamma are two boys who live in Matsuyama. Their favourite pastime is looking for the "Seven Wonders of Matsuyama". One day, two men appear. What are the seven hidden gems that they seek? Moburi, a high school girl who is like an older sister to...

Mattsu, Yamma and Moburi 2: Navy's Treasure and Islands with Mystery to Be Hunted

マッツとヤンマとモブリさん2 -水軍お宝と謎解きの島々-

Mattsu to Yanma to Moburi-san 2: Suigun Otakara to Nazotoki no Shimajima