Animation Creator
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1981. An animation creator who produces non-narrative expressions inspired by "cells" and "geometric shapes." Known for her unique abstract animations that captivate viewers, she works extensively in independent animation and music videos. She has been nominated at all four major animation film festivals in the world (Annecy, Ottawa, Hiroshima, Zagreb), and her representative work 'MODERN No.2' had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival and won a music award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
'WONDER' had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and won the CANAL+ Creative Aid Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. She is currently preparing for the production of her first feature-length animation 'Mizue's Journey (tentative)'.
TALK Journey
TALK LOG
・What is non-narrative expression in animation?
・My work was screened in the non-narrative category at a film festival
・An interpretation that it’s not a work without a "story," but rather a work that does not place "story" as its pillar
・Continuing to create what I love without worrying about genres
・Falling hurts, but soft things feel good
・From Jurassic Park and Terminator to the Lumière brothers
・Movies are not just about stories; they also offer moments of experience
・I love unforgettable experiences scattered throughout films
・One summer day, directing a monster movie play mimicking a chemical plant in a vinyl pool
・Memories of watching Return of the Jedi in theaters
・Growing up with parents who love movies
・Waiting in line at the theater to see The Phantom Menace in my senior year of high school
・A longing for the analog theater space; the shock of seeing T-1000
・Wanting to see something strange and unusual
・From an interview with ETERNITY
・Creating something experimental and strange within a short duration
・A ride-type creation that doesn’t let you sleep for 20 minutes in a non-narrative way
・Realizing you were in the theater when the movie ended
・A night of biking wildly after watching E.T.
・Watching subjective images on a large flat screen becomes VR
・The pleasure of visuals in "Spider-Verse"
・The value of non-verbal communication
・The ambiguity when communicating with words
・Words from a woman who watched "WONDER" in Germany
・Non-verbal communication might have the power to make viewers think spontaneously
・Not good at surveys
・Talking about "Fraggle Rock"
・About "Journey to the West (Tentative)"
・What it means to do Journey to the West now
・How humans live and how they perceive the world
・About "License of Love"
・Featuring many characters
・The expansion of life and death as a theme
・From a science book I read as a child by Gakken
・About the song by Twoth
・Also created a song for Into Animation 8
・About the program for Into Animation 8
・We are entering a more interesting era for animation
・Animation is starting to cross over, chaotic yet stimulating