A collection of short animations, from the revelations Tomoyoshi Joko and Hiroco Ichinose.
By Tomoyoshi Joko
AFRO - 2006 (1:30)
Mr. Cloud and Mr. Rain - 2007 (6:35)
Buildings - 2008 (5:44)
Lizard Planet - 2009 (5:00)
Kanagawa Dog - 2009 (00:20)
By Hiroco Ichinose
annihilation - 2005 (00:12)
The last breakfast - 2006 (2:28)
Ushi Nichi (Cow's Day) - 2007 (9:29)
ha-P - 2008 (4:14)
COSMIC! (pilot film) - 2009 (3:20)
YOKOHA-MAMAN -2009 (00:20)
morning (pilot film) - 2009 (1:30)
Joint
Buil-Bun - 2006 (1:30)
Animation! has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: Animation! Tomoyoshi Joko & Hiroco Ichinose Film Works 2009
Genres: Comedy , Music , Fantasy , Adventure , Mystery , Dementia
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2. Ani*Kuri15
15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".
Season One
Shinji Kimura (Studio 4°C; Art Director, Steamboy) - title: Attack of Higashimachi Ni Chome/Attack of Higashimachi 2nd Burough
Shōjirō Nishimi (Studio 4°C; Character Designer, Tekkonkinkreet) - Uchujin Raikou Hiroshi no Baai/Invasion from Space - Hiroshi's Case
Akemi Hayashi (Gainax; Character Designer, Fruits Basket) - Namida no Mukou/From the Other Side of the Tears
Osamu Kobayashi (Madhouse; Art/Mecha Desgin, Gungrave) - Sancha Blues/The Aromatic Tea Blues
Yasufumi Soejima (Gonzo; 3D/CG Director, Last Exile) - Hyotoko/Blaze Man
Season Two
Atsushi Takeuchi (Production I.G; Mecha Design, Ghost in the Shell)
Mamoru Oshii (Production I.G; Director, Ghost in the Shell) - Project Mermaid
Kazuto Nakazawa (Studio 4°C; First Unit Director, Kill Bill Chapter 3: The Origin of O-Ren from Kill Bill: Volume 1) - "yurururu" ~Nichijou Hen~
Ranji Murata (Gonzo; Character Design, Blue Submarine No. 6) and Tatsuya Yabuta (Gonzo; Story Design, Final Fantasy VII) - Gyrosopter
Tobira Oda (Original Manga, Danchi Tomō) and Yasuyuki Shimizu (Key Animation, Naruto (movies)) (Studio 4°C)
Season Three
Michael Arias (Studio 4°C; Director, Tekkonkinkreet) - Okkakekko
Makoto Shinkai (Comix Wave Film; Director, The Place Promised in Our Early Days) - Neko no Shuukai/A Gathering of Cats
Shōji Kawamori (Satelight; Director, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?) - Project Omega
Mahiro Maeda (Gonzo; Director, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo) - Onmitsu Hime
Satoshi Kon (Madhouse; Director, Paprika) - Ohayō/Good Morning
Ani*Kuri15 has finished airing and it has 15 Episodes. It is also Known as: アニ＊クリ15, Ani*Cre15, Ani Kuri 15, Ani-Kuri 15, Anikuri 15, Neko no Shuukai
1. Visions of Frank: Short Films by Japan's Most Audacious Animators
A series of 9 animated shorts based on the Frank comics by Jim Woodring, featuring computer/CGI, traditional cel, stop-motion, and even sand painting techniques. Contributing animators and musicians include COCOA, Eri Yoshimura, Naomi Nagata, TAMAPRO/DROP, Taruto Fuyama, Masaki Maito, Kanako Kawagushi, Masaya Sakaue, Bill Frisell, Dame Darcy, and Woodring himself.
Visions of Frank has finished airing and it has 9 Episodes. It is also Known as: Visions of Frank: Short Films by Japan's Most Audacious Animators
