Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2010

Asuka longs to become a photographer but lacks inspiration. Leaving Tokyo to enter a contest, she lands in a tiny island in Okinawa. There, she discovers a new sense of self by coming in contact with the colorful, local people of the island.

Fukaya Indies Film Festival 2009 (Japan)

Tateshina Kogen Film Festival 2009 (Japan)

Oraesa-ke" means "come to my house" in the Akita dialect. The song-loving Little Namahage introduces Akita with songs and dances. The film is produced to promote tourism to Akita by using the colorful Akita dialect as a welcome mat.

Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables The 8th Animation Contest of Folktales and Fables (Japan) Children Committee Special Award
Inter College Animation Festival 2009 (Japan)

A 13-year-old girl loses her dog and begins a journey to look for him. She encounters many adversities and meets some kindhearted people along the way with the beautiful Asagiri-Kogen (Asagiri Plateau) as backdrop. This is a bittersweet story of a girl growing up.

The film takes place on Takataniyama (Mt.Takatani) in Miyoshi, Hiroshima. A grandmother climbs this mountain every day to remember her grandchild.

Joe leaves Tokyo for the first time in 10 years to take a trip acrosss Japan. He visits throuthout Japan, Wakkanai, Biwako, and Okinawa. The people he meets along the way, the food and culture, and the trip all help Joe to develop inner strength as a young man.

07/22/2009, "999" arrives at Kagoshima where the total eclipse is iminent. Tetsurou gives Takeru, who dreams of being an astronaut, a pass for "999." Tetsuro tells him, "It's up to you whether this pass works or not." It's been 25 years since the last total eclipse could be viewed from Japan. What will Takeru do...