2021 ㊗ "Genshin Birthday Party"
Talented musicians from around the world, including Belgium, South Korea, and the United States, will showcase the unique charm of symphonic, pop and a cappella music, respectively, with their renditions of the melodious Genshin Impact soundtrack.
A man steals the dreams of innocent villagers and tries to sell them back to the townsfolk.
An abstract ballet set to "I've Never Seen a Smile Like Yours".
An abstract to music from "Aida" by Verdi.
An abstract to music from "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart.
An abstract set to "Merry Wives of Windsor" by Nicolai.
A number of simple mechanical objects spiral out of a spray-paint nebula then implode into pure pattern and line.
An animated fable centered around a backyard pond shown intermittently in live-action scenes.
An animated film dedicated to Breer's granddaughter Zoë.
The conflict between ducklings and frogs escalates into war. However, a lightning strike makes the fighters realize the trivial nature of their battle.
Arichan the Ant finds a violin in a sandbox and keeps it. However, realizing how important it is to its owner, he returns it to her.
In 1955 Tadahito Mochinaga was asked to create commercials for Asahi beer, which he created using stop-motion, followed by the 1956 short film "Beer Mukashi Mukashi" (Beer, those were the days...), created specifically for theatres. With the help of Kikachiro Kawamoto and Noburo Ofuji, this is the first animated short/commercial in stop-motion made for Japanese cinemas!
Fuku-chan was one of the most popular newspaper comic strip boy-characters in Japan at the time. The film portrays a submarine attack on an enemy cargo ship. Though this, too, was to boost patriotism, Japanese children particularly enjoyed the scenes in which the kitchen crew cooked in the submarine kitchen. Released in November of the same year, the food shortage was quite serious in Japan, and the abundant food supply in the submarine kitchen -- vegetables, fruit, fish, rice, and more which were already luxury items in Japan at the time -- was prepared into various dishes along with a merry, rhythmic song.
When a samurai witnesses a dancing maiden being kidnapped by ruffians, he rescues the poor damsel and takes her to the spring flower dance.
An early silhouette animated film by Hidehiko Okuda, Hakusan Kimura and Tomu Uchida. The original story is a Buddhist tale of a young lady who saved a crab (a spiritual being according to Japanese Buddhist faith) from being eaten, and was later saved from danger by the same crab.
A western occupation propaganda film in which a boy repairs a western style doll that comes to life and uses a magic pen to rebuild his bleak and war torn world into a happy place resembling western civilization.
A war propaganda film by Oofuji Noburou.
Short patriotic war short film by Hakusan Kimura.
Haloa (pronounced: Haa-lo-ah) tells the story of how the first Hawaiian came to be and how the Hawaiian peoples bond is forever linked to the Kalo (taro) plant, the Aina (land), and the Kanaka (people). Haloa is produced by Twiddle Productions in Honolulu Hawaii, and is brought to life with a unique blend of animation, Hawaiian chants, and Hawaiian language.