Kappo

An explicit examination of interaction.

Bendito Machine V: Pull the Trigger

Two tribes go to war. Nobody wins.

Compay Segundo: Live At L'olympia - Paris

The film's goal is to convey the importance of multilateral nuclear disarmament in an apolitical and non-dialogue manner. The animation illustrates the consequences of nuclear escalation, including leaders locked in mutual mistrust, nuclear winter, and the ever-present skeletal spectre of war.

A cellist attempts to rescue a woman swept out to sea, only to find he must battle a series of overly possesive sea creatures.

I am given a few months to live. My friend who is a doctor asks me, “What will you tell the kids?” All I can think of was a lame comment. But then something comes across my mind. “Keep walking. There are more things to learn in the world anyway.”

A boy works hard to please his lord and gain advancement. Short film from 1938.

The animals are having a swimming contest. The strutting Saru-kun, a monkey, can't bring himself to admit that he cannot swim, and puts himself forward as a contestant. He dives right in, but immediately starts to sink. For some reason the bottom of the pool is littered with seaweed and coral, and a kappa, a type of water imp, also lives down there. Saru-kun fights with the kappa, and manages to seize the saucer off its head. The kappa agrees to let Saru-kun ride on his back while he swims, in exchange for the return of his saucer. Saru-kun then cruises right through the pool, looking for all the world like he is swimming under his own power, and wins the race successfully. But what happens in the end?

Monkeys battle polar bears in air combat. Short film from 1942.

After being tricked by her grandmother, a promising college musician turns to medical cannibalism to overcome her chronic lung condition.

Figaro the cat wants to eat Cleo the goldfish in this Pinocchio short.

ULTIMATE CRASH '02 LIVE AT BUDOKAN is Onitsuka Chihiro's second live DVD, and is a recording from her one-night show on November 5, 2002 at the Nippon Budokan. It featured songs from her first three albums (although the last had not yet been released) and one cover.

CRADLE ON MY NOISE L*I*V*E -LIVE INSOMNIA VIDEO EDITION is Onitsuka Chihiro's first live DVD, and consists mostly of songs from her Insomnia era. Both versions of "Gekkou" sung were close to the album version arrangements, with the difference being that the first time singing the song she started acapella. It was shot at SHIBUYA-AX on April 28, 2001.

"Happy Birthday" is an outlook vision about the duel between the bible hero Jesus and a man-made robot. Does the robot manage to break the formed dogmas and convert the religion into his favour or will the status quo remain firm?

The world is a desolate, unforgiving place in this action sci-fi with a surprising amount of heart. We follow NO-A (Noah), as he attempts to rescue Aixa, the young woman that created him. In his attempt to save her, he must face an unknown enemy and fight to keep them both alive.

The Coyote makes various attempts to get the Road Runner with an explosive-tipped arrow, by shooting himself out of a sling shot and by covering the road with quick drying cement.

Hypnosis doesn't help the Coyote catch the Road Runner, nor do a clutch of string-controlled rifles or dozens of mousetraps, but they all manage to backfire on him, naturally.

A Burmese tiger trap, a pop-up steel wall, a motorcycle, and a box of Acme-brand leg-building vitamins can't help the Coyote (Eatibus anythingus) catch the Road Runner (Hot Rodicus supersonicus).

Among the strategies that fail in Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch the Roadrunner: glue on the road, a giant rubber band, an outboard motor in a wash tub, and dressing in drag as a female Roadrunner.