Knobs in Space

An abandoned house is for sale, but it is said to be haunted. But the cleaner, hired to completely clean the house, is not deterred. But her confidence slowly begins to crumble when inexplicable things start to happen...

A graphic interpretation of a man's fascination with weaponry and the sexual power of military aggression, via the story of the Grim Reaper acquiring additional weaponry after undergoing a sex change. Using a combination of live action, laser xerography, hand rendering, and model animation, the film is a companion piece to another Anderson / Hoban collaboration, Door, collectively entitled Deadtime Stories For Big Folk.

A commuter train leaves a lonely and dark station at night. A series of events that occur across the landscape can be seen through the window.

Cubert's life is determined by work. Endless repetitions of the same tasks, dull routines, a perfect construction of monotony. Suddenly he is wrenched out of his daily grind and is confronted with a seemingly inescapable system. His quest for an exit leads him deep into a labyrinth of monotony - and to the bounds of his sanity.

In a realm beyond the senses, plants interact with surreal cinematography to chart the course of our character: an entity said to embody the life and work of Felisberto Hernández, Uruguayan father of magical realism. Through this journey, we are confronted with an open-ended experience questioning the nature of musicality versus cinematography, entity versus aberration, and self versus space, in a self-referential, blurry, digital and mystical setting.

Short animation directed by an illustrator and picture book writer Furukawa Taku.

Spring Festival

A short film by Furukawa Taku.

An animated short film by Taku Furukawa.

A short animated film by Furukawa Taku

A short animation by Taku Furukawa.

Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? "Not I!" answer the first two brothers as they build their new homes -- one made of straw and the other of sticks. But when the wolf huffs and puffs and blows down their houses, the brothers seek protection in the third pig’s house, very wisely made of bricks. Will the three little pigs finally be safe once and for all? Bonus shorts include: The Big Bad Wolf, Three Little Wolves, Lambert The Sheepish Lion, Chicken Little, Three Blind Mouseketeers, and Elmer Elephant.

Comedic avant-garde animation of The Simpsons. Third part of a 4 piece series of short films.

Comedic avant-garde animation of The Simpsons. Fourth part of a 4 piece series of short films.

Comedic avant-garde animation of The Simpsons.

Short animated film by Tomoyasu Murata.

Little Thunder dreams of growing up and wants to thunder and cause rain. For now, Grandpa Thunder does not allow him to do this and instructs him only to look for places on Earth where rain is needed.

Junior and Pudgy slip away from Betty Boop's care to go hunting with a pop-gun.

In a world wherein cars act like humans, Junior wants to be a taxi, but his mother wants him to grow up to be a nice touring car like his father. Mom doesn't know that Junior sometimes skips school and ventures into the city to ride in traffic, drink hi-test gas, and race trains.

A hen's chicks hatch, but one of them is actually an ostrich. She treats it as her own, but the ostrich keeps getting into trouble.