Anime catalog

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Namahage’s Obon Homecoming

Namahage no Obon Kaeri

Movie · Supernatural, Thriller

Synopsis: A visitor shows up in the middle of the night at the countryside house that Miyako shares with her father. Miyako goes to wake up her father, but the creature enters the house. Miyako stands frozen. Graduate Work 2018, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New…

The Red Bridge is falling down

Akabashi wa Ochita

Movie · Psychological, Supernatural

Synopsis: Everyone crosses the Red Bridge and yet no one likes him. One day, he falls into the deep valley. Graduate Work 2018, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Twins in Bakery

Movie · Comedy, Fantasy

Synopsis: A magical incident happened in an ordinary bakery while the baker was away for delivery. That incident made this bakery the best in the town. But it is a secret not to be disclosed. 1st year work 2013, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Departmen…

Lonesome hero

Hitoribocchi no Hero

Movie · Fantasy, Psychological, Slice of Life

Synopsis: This is for children who couldn't be on their own. And, for the time when you're older and you've forgotten your determination to be on your own. Graduate Work 2014, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Anim…

MAZE KING

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: We cannot stay here any longer. We must leave tomorrow morning. A clown convinces and hurries the residents of an amusement park, a girl, a gay, a soldier, a dog, to be in time for the merry-go-round. Graduate Work 2013, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and N…

Squid Introspection

Tohi no Ika

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: One rainy day, a squid falls on a crosswalk. A businessman and a homeless man see the squid and get lost in their own fantasies. 1st year work 2017, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Carrots Don't Wait

Ninjin wa Matte Kurenai

Movie

Synopsis: Graduation work of Lina Machida at Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai), 2023. That stray dog that the girl loved so much wanted an apple for a long time. Meanwhile, the carrots try to turn everything into a seedbed. The girl opens the box and leaves with the dog because they kn…

Reinventing the Square Wheel

Shikakui Sharin no Saihatsumei

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: On various forms expanded in all the direction and a dance by a man in tights. 1st year work 2014 by Yasuaki Adachi, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)

The Mouse and a Prism

Nezumi to Prism

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: The mouse finds a prism and it reveals to him a magnificent rainbow like he’s never seen before. He tries to show his friends but for some reason it won’t reappear. It seems beauty has a mind of its own. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Memory Drawers

Wasure tamari

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Shiroinu writes down the day's events before he goes to sleep. One day, he opens a drawer buried in the snow and finds old diary entries. He realizes that he's forgotten the sensations and emotions from that time to the extent that he feels like he's reading about someone else's …

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Sora Tobu Hae mo Hoshi no You

Movie · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: SOS… SOS… A black and white TV falls in love with the girl sending out the distress signal. He rushes up the mountain of trash and off to the moon he goes where the crying girl awaits. If only she could see him beyond the screen. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Kyuu Ichi Kyuu

919

Movie · Drama, Supernatural

Synopsis: A man is walking along the beach. Then a demon, the man’s pain, appears and chases him. The pain is unbearable, coursing through his entire body. He somehow manages to get away, but eventually, he returns to the ocean even though he knows that the demon will appear again if he go…

Of mice and clockworks

Nejimaki Gekijo to Nezumi

Movie · Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: A rat happens to find a small theater and falls in love with a small wind-up doll girl there. Graduate Work 2013, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Daily Lives at Daisy Lodge

Koupo Nichichi Kusa no Kurashi

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: The story of Bear, Acorn, Prawn Fritter, and Reading Glasses, or Specs who live in a flat called Daisy Lodge from summer to a winter morning. And it continues to someday when we look back today. 1st year work 2013, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Med…

The On-hold Music of Terror

Kourei Dial no Kyoufu

Movie · Horror, Psychological

Synopsis: "You're right. There was a bug–I killed it." Late at night, only one voice wafts around the room. What lies on the other end of the telephone line is anyone's guess... (Source: Geidai Animation)

Text Complex

Hi Nante Nakunatte Shimae

Movie · Fantasy, Music

Synopsis: The protagonist hates the Japanese hiragana letter “hee.” Just the sight of it bothers her. But one day, she finds herself in a parallel world where the same syllabary lives a spectacular life. Graduate Work 2019, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Medi…

Liminal Park

Movie · Horror, Supernatural

Synopsis: A dark dark amusement park. Gradually, the rides begin to move. Graduate Work 2022, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)

A4 Microcosm

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: Microorganisms propagate, gather, and transform into an A4 sheet of paper. You can feel signs of life within the page. (Source: Geidai Animation)

The Sakuramoto broom workshop

Sakuramoto Hoki Seisaku-sho

Movie · Slice of Life

Synopsis: An old couple live in a Japanese village. They make blooms for living. They have been together for life and work for a long time. Recently the husband noticed the wife has had some symptoms of the disease, which caused some obstacles in their work. Graduate Work 2012 from Aya Tsu…

Look at Me!

Movie · Comedy

Synopsis: A high-school girl came to an amusement park in the afternoon. She lost her bear key-holder when she changed key-holders. Misunderstanding to be abandoned, the bear tries to follow her. Can he really regain her love? Graduate Work 2012 from Senri IIDA, Tokyo University of the Art…

Pamon

Movie · Fantasy

Synopsis: PAMON are magical and mysterious creatures who can move the hair on their head however they wish, and communicate using their chest hair. This tale takes a peek at an ordinary day for the PAMON. Graduate Work 2014, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Med…

Behind Us

Movie · Psychological

Synopsis: One day a girl notices a distortion in her surrounding environment, which prompts her to start searching for her own connection with the world. But, the distortions become even more extreme. She wonders if the deviation is happening within her, or in the outside world. (Source: G…

Feather robe from heaven

Hagoromo

Movie · Mystery, Supernatural

Synopsis: Story of Hagoromo, or feather robe from heaven, is a legend of Miho Beach. An angel sets her foot on the beach to bathe in the sea. Watching her, a fisherman sneaks her robe out, but returns it by feeling guilty. That makes the angel very happy and she flies up to the heaven, dan…

Strangers in the Alley

Movie · Psychological, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Deep down the alley the black cat has entered is a town where nonhuman beings live in peace. The cat returns to his home to rest when suddenly he hears a strange sound coming from next door. (Source: Geidai Animation)