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Tenrankai no E

Also known as Pictures at an Exhibition.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

A series of short animated segments, without dialog, explore major characters of modern society, such as the plastic surgeon, the fashion-obsessed woman, the rumor-monger, and others, leading to a concluding comment on the progress of civilization.



Tags: No Dialogue , Satire , Boxing

Ikuta no Kita

Also known as Dozens of Norths.

Studio: Yamamura Animation, Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Psychological

North is everywhere solitary. Here is all North. This is a record of the people I met in these Norths. However, my memory is fragmented and does not get the point at all. Now I'm starting to wonder my efforts came to nothing. I'm just getting the occasional recognition of the existence of the world through the dull pain changes shape little by little.

"The basis for the animated film “Dozens of Norths” is the series of cover illustrations and short texts that I made across 32 issues of the monthly literary magazine “Bungaku-Kai” (Published by Bungeishunju) from April 2012 to December 2014. In this work, by fantasizing about a fictional movie, I thought of each independent cover as a scene of one larger story and wrote a text for each illustration I made." - Yamamura Kouji

A joint production between 'Yamamura Animation' based in Japan, and 'Miyu Productions' based in France. The film had it's world premier at the '8th New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival' on 6 November 2021.

Tags: Dystopian , No Dialogue , Denpa

Michi

Studio: Tomoyasu Murata Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The My Road series - Scarlet Road (2002), White Road (2003), Indigo Road (2006), and the most recent instalment Lemon Road (2008) - can be read as meditations on loss and mourning. These poetic films tell their story through motif, character expression, music and montage and require repeated viewing for one to absorb the subtly evoked layers of meaning.



Tags: Philosophy , Stop Motion , No Dialogue , Rehabilitation , Puppetry , Male Protagonist , Rural , Episodic

Tonari no Totoro

Also known as My Neighbor Totoro.

Studio: Studio Ghibli , Studio Fantasia , Walt Disney Studios , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Follow the adventures of Satsuki and her four-year-old sister Mei when they move into a new home in the countryside. To their delight they discover that their new neighbor is a mysterious forest spirit called Totoro who can be seen only through the eyes of a child. Totoro introduces them to extraordinary characters, including a cat that doubles as a bus, takes them on a journey through the wonders of nature.



Tags: Family Life , Primarily Child Cast , Rural , Youkai , Wilderness , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Kids , Gods , Primarily Female Cast , Iyashikei , Environmental

Unico: Kuroi Kumo Shiroi Hane

Also known as Unico: Black Rain and White Feather.

Studio: Sanrio , Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

The Goddess Venus is jealous of the beautiful human girl Psyche and blames her pet unicorn, Unico, as Psyche's source of good luck that keeps her from the harm of the goddess' cruel intentions. Unico has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. Venus has Unico banished, and the West Wind now takes Unico from one place and time to the next. Taken to a heavily polluted city, Unico meets a sickly girl named Chiko who is suffering because of the pollution of a nearby factory that darkens the entire sky. Unico then is determined to cheer her up, cure her, and destroy the nearby factory.



Tags: Kids , Animals , Environmental , Gods

Jumping

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

A boy walks down the street and as he goes along his strides increase. Eventually he leaps over towns, forests, and oceans, seeing many things and surprising many people along the way.



Tags: POV , No Dialogue

Hyoutan Suzume

Studio: Toho , Otogi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

A fierce, feisty frog and his son arrive on a peaceful island, creating chaos everywhere they go for all the land’s residents.

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Koneko no Rakugaki

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Yasuji Mori's short about a kitten drawing pictures on a wall.

Tags: Kids , Animals , Anthropomorphism , No Dialogue , Achromatic , Trains

Nihiki no Sanma (Color Version)

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi

Remake of the 1960 film with the same name in color that tells the story of a man and a woman who go by raft to a remote desert island with chickens and a dog. At first, it is a kind of paradise for them. They farm and fish following the same routine every day, feasting on grilled sanma that they roast out in the open. One day, their harmony gets interrupted by a mustachioed scientist on a raft powered by an abused pig. This unwanted visitor constructs a robot which begins the process of industrialization on the island. The couple are disgruntled but decide to put up with the man and his technology.

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Denshinbashira Elemi no Koi

Studio: Sovat Theater
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

The silent scandal of a utility pole, secretly lighting the outskirts of the city. The story is set during the nostalgic time before cellular phones in Japan, and tells the love story of a human and a utility pole.

Elemi the power pole becomes infatuated with electrician Mr.Takahashi. Pretending she is human, she decides to ring him. But this contact is forbidden in the law of power poles. Eventually, rumors spread all over town and Elemi is summoned to court.

Tags: Anthropomorphism , Stop Motion , Denpa , Work , Tragedy