Avant Garde Anime

Music video for the song Algo by Nitro Microphone Underground.

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A group of boys set out in search of a large fish. When they near its location, one of the boys jumps in the water as bait.

Based on an old Russian folk song. This short film by Ryoji Yamada was created in blackboard animation.

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 get cornered searching for idea, become desperate and after the daybreak the big man is struck by an idea... (Source: Official website)

The first "Yokoso Boku desu" animated short film, featuring four surreal, humorous song performances: "Fancy Shirts", "Antenna Chon-Mage", "The Tea Time", and "Strange Genius".

Music video directed by Kato Ryu for the song Riyuu by Noriyuki Makihara that was included on his forty-seventh single "Believer". The short version of the music video was uploaded to Makihara's official YouTube channel on August 9, 2016. Later in the month, the full version was released on GYAO! for a limited time. It was also included on DVD with a limited edition release of his twenty-first album, also titled "Believer".

The Spirits of Cairn imagines a state of limbo which is the destination of those who die in childhood. The protagonist feels remorse about having died too young, but the emotion is just an echo and he has no idea how long he's been there, why he is there, or the source of his regret. His work of interring the many necks buried below the surface continues without end. (Source: Official Site)

Music video for the song Zone: Intro by Thai hip-hop artist WAY (Schizyway).

After losing a job at the company a man starts working part-time handing out balloons in a rabbit costume. He finds it comfortable to disguise himself in the costume, as nobody would recognize him. Finally he decides to wear the costume all time in daily life. Then the costume becomes a part of his body and confines him inside…

In a black-and-white world, a lone man wanders unshielded from the rain. All around him are disfigured, strange faces covered by umbrellas. This is the only time the man can be his true self, for in the rain, everyone keeps to themselves, and no one looks his way. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Following on from SHELTER, the setting is again an air-raid shelter. Close-up images of trees are dissected and reformed abstractly. The film culminates with images of elderly survivors of the war in another example of Aihara’s unique blending of documentary storytelling with abstract illustration. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Based on chapter one of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. The original text depicts a disaster brought about by tools and technology. There is a connection between this theme and the nuclear power plant accident that occurred in Japan in 2011. Tsuji's film attempts to be an interleaving depiction of the original story and the real-life disaster. (Source: Vimeo)

Mayumi is a spoiled girl whose parents buy her everything she wants. She names her name "Mayumi" to everything she receives, and her room is gradually filled with many Mayumis. Mayumi herself gets swallowed by the characters of her name. (Source: Geidai Animation)

The first CG animated film produced in Japan. It premiered at the first Sogetsu Experimental Film Festival and was made by students Gaku Yamada and Yoshio Tsukio from the Department of Urban Engineering at The University of Tokyo.

(OO) is an artistic piece about the congestion of one's nose and the trancendental feeling one experiences after clearing of said blockage.

During the period of the 'Provinces at war', many lives were lost. A castle architect discovers the possible role of a tea room as a place for warriors to regain humanity. (Source: Vimeo)

Official music video for Infinite Blue by Billain.

A minimalist animated shot film by Nobuhiro Aihara, featuring music by Shigenobu Nakamura.

This is a dream of a girl who is imagining to be a bird. The title "tayutaum" is a combination of the words: "tayutau yume (floating dream)", "hakuchuumu (daydream)", and "aquarium". I want the audience to feel the physical sensation of flying in the sky or floating in the water. (Source: Official Site)

Music video directed by Sou Ootsuki for NANA SONG by Japanese music unit Fuuri on their self-titled debut album. The music video was included on DVD with the release of the album.

Music video directed by ShiShi Yamazaki for the song Suki tte Nandarou... Namida by YUKI (Yuki Kuramochi). The full version of the music video was officially released on YouTube for a limited time before the single's drop on July 29, 2015. It was also included on DVD with a limited edition release.

Music video directed by Masanobu Hiraoka for the song Shiroi Niji by ABEDON (Yoshiharu Abe) from his album "B."

A psychedelic short film by Nobuhiro Aihara.

A double-projection film where the projections are positioned side-by-side. The subject of the film is images taken from Screw, a pornographic tabloid newspaper, editions of which Tanaami bought from newspaper stands in New York during his trip in 1969. He color printed the black-and-white photographs to apply different colors for psychedelic effect. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Using the constellation as a motif, the heavens and the earth, metamorphose all creatures. (Source: YouTube)

After seeing Velvet Underground perform in Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitables in New York, Tanaami became interested stroboscopic effects. This flicker film was conceived as the first of many but this was the only one that was realized. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Music video by VJ Akashic for the song Jah Jhaka by Kuruu Crew in their album "Grind Mirror Ball."

Music video directed by Sou Ootsuki for the single Just a Seeker's Song by APOGEE.

A daring film that pierces through the hearts of viewers by discarding the charming characters, interesting stories, beautiful drawings, fluid movement and pleasing music associated with anime, while remaining firmly in the medium of animation.

Beginning with a wrinkle of irregular colors, a psychedelic animation with a finger motif develops. The precision of the drawing of this work deserves special mention.

Music video by AC-bu for the song MAGICAL DEATH by Japanese hip-hop group Zamagi that was included on their second single.

Title animation for mareykrap's first solo exhibition it's zero o'clock now.

A psychedelic anime that starts with irregular ink bleeding and develops with increasing degree of chaos.

Animated music videos for songs from the third 10th anniversary album "Do You Remember That Night?" by Sugiurumn, featuring a variety of accompanying artists. The album is a compilation of tracks from his previous discography, with That Night feat. Tomomi Ukumori as the only original song.

The noise of the badly projected cathode ray tube image cleared up and a news program called "Ficfyon 7" appeared on the monitor. Professor Kim Wilson, an expert on the mysterious genre of "Ficfyon" was introduced as a guest, and the host asked him questions about the current state of "Ficfyon." The professor's answer was not in words, but a mysterious gesture. With the presenter's astonished expression, the images on the monitor split and repeat like a matryoshka. Eventually, the program ends as if nothing had happened, but the strange loop continues afterwards... (Source: CaRTe bLaNChe)

"Someone loves you whether you know it or not." (Source: Maya Yonesho)

One day, a giant comes to an inhabited island and begins planting yellow balloons in the sand. However, the job was not completed properly. This is unacceptable.

Short animation by Ryoji Yamada with the music of Takuya Sugiyama.

Music video for the song 2005 by dj newtown.

Numbers stations were prominently used during the Cold War. A boy was tuning the radio in the snow mountain and happened to tune the shortwave of codes.

Official music video for Wrench's song Jo Uta in honor of their album "weak" going on sale the previous week. The artwork was done by Tomohiro Matsuda and the animation and direction by Harunobu Mitsui.

A short clay animation by Asami Ike. The evolution of a piece of clay as it faces the problems of many walks of life.

The film is inspired by the costumes of folk art performers at Taiwan's ceremonial festivals. Adapted from the Southeast Asian folktale The Mousedeer Crosses River, it integrates similar folktale narratives from different countries to create animated puppet dancers. (Source: Goldenhorse)

Music video by Tarafu Otani for the song sign by Japanese idol unit amiinA from their second album "Discovery".

Music video by Miyo Satou for the song Kaitai Shita Inu no Blues by Japanese rock band People In The Box that was featured on their seventh album "Tabula Rasa".

The way the everyday and the extraordinary constantly change in the environment around us and within ourselves. Graduate work by Ryoji Yamada at Tama Art University in 2011.

The scenery of the stream in the forest and the Kamogawa flowing through the city of Kyoto and the abstract animation inspired by it are juxtaposed.

Music video for MOHOME's song 1985.

An educational film about abstract thought.

Music video directed by Ryo Hirano for the title track of Tavito Nanao's twelfth single TELE◯POTION. This movie edit version of the song was featured in the 2014 film adaptation of Hiromi Kawakami's romance novel "Nishino Yukihiko no koi to bouken".

This is a story of an adolescent boy living in a burning house with his parents. He can't drink black coffee yet he refuses his mother's offer of sugar lump. Rejecting his mother's kindness and ignoring his father's concern, he struggles with his own internal conflicts and continues to perform the minor rebellions of youth. Trying to attract the attention of a girl, the boy crashes a stolen motorcycle. In the aftermath of the accident he finds in his pocket a bill stolen from his mother's purse, now changed into a sugar lump. Rather than mend the relationship with his family, he takes the sugar lump to his friends, but they reject him, throwing the sugar lump away. (Source: airport-anifes.jp)

"I would make my new animation with my New Year's cards, and my New Year's cards with my new animation." (Source: Maya Yonesho)

Music video by AC-bu for the song SHOCKING BLACK by Japanese hip-hop group Zamagi that was included on their first single.

Similar to "SPIN", it is an abstract animation with delicate line drawings. There are single color and color versions. The songs used in the work are handled by Shigenobu Nakamura, as in the previous work.

Here is the world's first animation made to be watched by chimpanzees. Just for this once, we will show it to you humans. (Source: Annecy International Animation Film Festival)

Music video for the song Chameleon by King Gnu.

One day, Tonio was caught and confined by a mad scientist's trap... This short is done by Souta Sugahara who is a Mangaka and 3DCG-Artist, and most known for his project gdgd fairies.Tonio-chan (among his Friends, Jaita and Junero) is a character made by Souta, which became Mascot of J-Punk Band "B-Dash", Souta is the Lead Singers Brother. (Gongon), and his Sister Voices Tonio-chan.

Co-directed with the painter Shigetaka Sawada, the film was made in 35mm and screened at the 2nd Sogetsu Animation Festival in 1966. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

A colorful psychedelic animation that draws on motifs of various parts of the ear and body.

Music video by Yoriko Mizushiri for the song Umi by Japanese band Kuchiroro that was featured on their sixth album "everyday is a symphony".

This work, the title of which refers to a species of venomous snake, focuses on interactions between troops and sex workers near Naval Air Facility Atsugi (Kanagawa Prefecture), animated from a child’s perspective. Aihara’s works of this period often incorporate a documentary viewpoint of Japanese society at the time of his childhood. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

An independent film by Yonesho Maya using her unique style of combining card-sized drawings and stop motion animation that walks the viewer through real locales, in this case, Vienna.

Music video for the song Dog Attacks Human by NINJAS.

Montage of the human body fusing stop-motion and computer animation into a bizzare scifi representation. It was shown at the Japanese Media Arts Festival and got the Excellence Award. And it won the Special Jury Prize in the Off Theatre Competition at the 10th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.

A short film by Ryoji Yamada.

Music video directed by Kouhei Yoshino for the song Sizq by Japanese instrumental band NETWORKS that was included on their album "Dynamic Nature".

In the 19th century, a rice merchant encounters a mother who tries to buy rice in exchange for her own child's clothes. The merchant becomes Monk Seishin and relieves the islanders of Miyajima from poverty by digging wells and starting the wooden ladle industry. (Source: YouTube)

Shun is forced into playing with four friends. But they are not friends, he hates them. The unbearable heat and heavy atmosphere deepen his depression. (Source: eventive)

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Music video for the song Maware Migi, Nigerunda by collaborative unit mishmash*Julie Watai. The same video was used for the English cover of the song titled Do a 180 released on the same day. The video was made by Yoriko Mizushiri and Marie Matsunaga.

A collection of tender and seemingly unconnected episodes of sparse dream-like animation. The first episode features a train dropping a pudding onto the tracks...

Animation for Design Art Fair (Seoul Art Center, 2017) (Source: vcrworks.kr)

Short animation by Mirai Mizue made with an iPad and McLaren's Workshop. Dedicated to Norman McLaren.

Music video for the song Song of the Night by Kikuo.

Vividly colored psychedelic animation.

Music video by AC-bu for the song New Tribe by Japanese experimental electronic artist Powder (Momoko Goto) from her album "Powder In Space".

Official music video for Her Ghost Friend's song Houkago no Thesaurus.

Photographs of the artist’s grandmother are superimposed with animation that traces her life, and the work ends with the memorial photograph displayed at her funeral. A sense of tranquility pervades this documentary animation work. (Source: Collaborative Cataloging Japan)

Music video for the song Inside by DUSTCELL.

Naoki Yoshibe's graduation work.

Music video directed by ShiShi Yamazaki for the song Kai Ten Ryo Kou Ki by Japanese music group Open Reel Ensemble, featuring Tavito Nanao.

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