Iiyama City Johoku Junior High School 3rd grade People Group

Iiyama City Johoku Junior High School 3rd grade food group

Iiyama City Johoku Junior High School 3rd grade Soba group

Iiyama City Johoku Junior High School 3rd grade Living and Culture Group

Iiyama City Johoku Junior High School 3rd grade natural scenery group

Iiyama City Johoku Junior High School 3rd Grade Activity Group

Iiyama City Johoku Junior High School 3rd grade Living Things Group

Iiyama City Johoku Junior High School 3rd grade rice group

Iiyama City Johoku Junior High School 3rd Grade Event Group

Iiyama Elementary School, 6th grade, class 1

Shumoto Ayaka

Jiro Nishihara

Shiho Miyaoka

Fumiki Hori

Yoshino Kawamura

nin cup

Arisa Wakami

A Japanese animation artist. Born in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture. Currently residing in Tokyo. A board member of the Society of Japanese Animation, a member of the International Animated Film Society, a member of the Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Japan Society for Animation Studies. He is a specially appointed professor at Tokyo Zokei University and a lecturer at Joshibi University of Art and Design.

He specializes in stop-motion animation, primarily using sand animation, but also creates animations using a variety of materials, including stop-motion footage of babies, and works in a wide range of stop-motion animation formats. His animations have been screened and awarded at film festivals both in Japan and abroad. His 2015 film, “Birth: Weaving Life,” won numerous awards, including the Outstanding Planning Award at the Eibunren Awards, the Grand Prix at the Nishitokyo Citizens’ Film Festival, the Miyagi-Sendai Animation Grand Prix, and the Best Director Award at the Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival 2016. In 2017, his second installment, “Birth: Dancing Life,” was completed and won the Excellence Award at the Eibunren Awards 2017, as well as the i Award and Individual Award. In 2020, the third installment of the Birth series, “Birth: Circling Life,” was completed and won the Grand Prix in the Animation category at the Fukui Film Festival, the Grand Prix at the 2nd Ishigaki Island Shonan International Documentary Film Festival, and the Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2020 Audience Award in the Animation category.

It was nominated for the Mainichi Film Awards Animation Film Award and the Ofuji Noburo Award, garnering much attention.

He directed the animation portion of “Prison Circle,” a feature-length documentary film directed by Kaori Sakagami, released in January 2020, which won the 2020 Agency for Cultural Affairs Film Awards Cultural Documentary Film Grand Prize. The sand-painting animation, depicting the inmates’ pasts and mental landscapes amid footage shot inside a prison, was highly praised.

Hironori Ide

Representative of Studio DU (http://www.studiodu.com/) and Imacoco Co., Ltd. (Living Here and Now)
Born in Saga Prefecture in 1968.
A graduate of Tama Art University’s Department of Japanese Painting, he is currently a filmmaker. Leveraging his drawing skills, he worked on numerous major films since the 1990s, focusing on matte painting, a special effects genre still rare in Japan at the time. Although he dropped out of the industry, various connections led him back to the film industry with the revival of the Ultraman TV series as a founding staff member.
In 2004, by chance, he founded Studio DU, embarking on the mission of helping to broaden the possibilities of digital imaging across the industry.
A year after its launch, he discovered his life’s work, and currently manages Studio DU and its parent company, Imacoco Co., Ltd., while feeling, thinking, and experiencing the theme of his life’s work: “Life and Circulation.”

Born February 28, 1968 in Hatazu, Imari City, Saga Prefecture.
Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Painting, majoring in Japanese painting, in 1990.
While a student, he was selected for the Nitten Exhibition for the first time in 1989, and again the following spring.
While still a student, he worked part-time on film production, and his work “The Sea of ​​Wandering” won a Japan Academy Special Award.
This marked his entry into the world of film and video production, a field he had been interested in since childhood. In 1991, he joined the Special Effects Division of IMAGICA Corporation.
As a special effects artist and matte painter, a field almost unheard of in Japan at the time, he participated in a variety of projects, including “War and Youth” (1991: directed by Tadashi Imai, starring Yuki Kudo) and “Sumito Kitan” (1992: directed by Kaneto Shindo, starring Masahiko Tsugawa). He left the company in March 1993.

April 1993: Started working as a freelance matte painter.
After leaving IMAGICA, he continued to work on films and television programs, including “The Idiot” (1999: Directed by Makoto Tezuka, starring Tadanobu Asano), “Spy Sorge” (2003: Directed by Masahiro Shinoda, starring Iain Glen),
and the “Ultraman” and “Godzilla” series.
He has been involved in the creation of many works.

April 2004: Appointed Representative of Studio DU.
While working as a matte painter, he also served as an opinion leader for creators, participating in the development of Panasonic’s professional equipment (especially digital video cameras) and providing technical support for various challenges and on-site requests in video production.
He also directs and produces independently planned productions.

April 2005: Launch of the “Exciting Video School” project. Aimed at junior high school students in Imari City, Saga Prefecture (Ide’s hometown), the project involves students creating videos on their hometown of Imari as a way to promote information dissemination, regional revitalization, and the environment. From then on, this series of video production classes was named “Exciting Video School.”

Six films were screened at the 2008 Akira Kurosawa Film Festival.
This led to positive reviews, with the students’ work being used in a promotional video for Saga Prefecture.
Additionally, the group participated in the “Clouds Above the Hill” project in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, producing a film with local junior high school students.
In 2009, a total of 42 local elementary school students presented a film at the Tokatsu Film Festival, co-hosted by Kashiwa City and Nagareyama City in Chiba Prefecture. The one-day screening at the local cinema was sold out, and the film was recognized as a driving force for regional revitalization.
Their educational outreach continues into 2010.

February 2006: Encounter with Life’s Work
They met Katsuto Akamine, a farmer living in Oita Prefecture. While making a video recording of Akamine’s lectures, they were deeply impressed by his teachings on the “Law of Natural Cycles,” the “Law of Yin and Yang,” and the “Importance of Food.”
She then traveled across Japan, meeting people who pursued and shared the true meaning of agriculture, medicine, and food, and was further inspired by these encounters.
When she gave birth to her first daughter at home in 2007, she had the opportunity to reflect deeply on life.
Since then, she has made it her life’s work to communicate the importance of food and the natural cycle to as many people as possible.

2010: Participated in KWN Project
She participated in a Panasonic Social and Cultural Group project (Kid Witness News) and served as the main instructor for a video production workshop for over 90 elementary and junior high schools nationwide.
She created and implemented a program for children involved in video production for the first time, teaching them how to use video as a future communication tool from the perspectives of human development, product development, and community development.

Currently, she works with her own video production team on video promotions, commercials, event videos, documentaries, and more.
While producing video content for companies, local governments, and various organizations, she is also planning and executing her own content production projects.

Since the earthquake on March 11th, he has been visiting evacuation centres and hard-hit coastal areas in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, where his wife’s parents live, to carry out relief efforts.
He is currently planning and implementing the “Kitto Waraeru 2021 Project” in collaboration with Panasonic.
He is also currently planning the “Future of Food” project, which works seriously with farmers in Fukushima Prefecture to address the issue of radiation and food.

<Major Films>
– Toho’s “The Sea of ​​Transition” (’90: Directed by Takeichi Saito, starring Hisaya Morishige)
– Shochiku’s “War and Youth” (’91: Directed by Tadashi Imai, starring Yuki Kudo)
– Toho’s “Super Girl Reiko” (’91: Directed by Takao Okawara, starring Arisa Mizuki)
– Toho’s “Mandala: The Young Kobo Daishi and Kukai Mandala” (’91: Directed by Teng Wen-jia, starring Toshiyuki Nagashima)
– Toho’s “Strange Tales of Sumida” (’92: Directed by Kaneto Shindo, starring Masahiko Tsugawa)
– Shochiku’s “REX: A Dinosaur Story” (’93: Directed by Haruki Kadokawa, starring Yumi Adachi)
– Toho’s “Water Traveler” Samurai Kids (1993: Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, starring Tsutomu Yamazaki)
・Shochiku’s Sharaku (1995: Directed by Masahiro Shinoda, starring Hiroyuki Sanada)
・TV series Ultraman Tiga (1996-1997: Starring Hiroshi Nagano)
・TV series Ultraman Dyna (1997-1998: Starring Takeshi Tsuruno)
・Shochiku’s Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light (1998: Directed by Kazuya Konaka)
・Kit Kat commercial (1999)
・Afternoon Tea commercial (1999)
・Shochiku’s The Idiot (1999: Directed by Makoto Tezuka, starring Tadanobu Asano)
・Toho’s Godzilla vs. Megaguirus: G Annihilation Plan (2000: Directed by Masaaki Tezuka) /starring Misato Tanaka)
– Toho’s “Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack” (’01: Directed by Shusuke Kaneko / starring Chiharu Niiyama)
– Toho’s “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla” (’02: Directed by Masaaki Tezuka / starring Yumiko Shaku)
– Nikkatsu’s “The Sea Was Watching” (’02: Directed by Kei Kumai / starring Misa Shimizu)
– Shochiku’s “Spy Sorge” (’03: Directed by Masahiro Shinoda)
– Toho’s “Godzilla vs. Mothra vs. Mechagodzilla” Tokyo SOS (’03, directed by Masaaki Tezuka)
– KSS’s “Omoi no Iro” (’04, directed by Yasushi Kyan, starring Chinatsu Wakatsuki) *Production Manager
– Godzilla: Final Wars (’04, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura) *Matte Painting Manager
– “Thank You, Ishii’s Dad” (’04, directed by Hisako Yamada, starring Ken Matsudaira) *Compositing Manager
– TV drama “H2” (’04) *Compositing Manager
– Columbia Music Entertainment’s “nido/virtud” music video (’05) *General Production Manager Responsibilities
– Columbia Music Entertainment “nido/elilis” music video (’05) *General Production
– Victor Entertainment “Dragon Ash” live music video (’05) *General Production
– Toei “Otokotachi no Yamato” (’05, Director: Junya Sato, Starring: Takashi Sorimachi) *Poster Production
– Shochiku “Hanada Shonenshi” (’05, Director: Okio Mizuta, Starring: Kenta Suga) *Matte Painting
– Commercial “KIRIN Nodogoshi Nama” (’05) *Matte Painting Compositing Production
・Independent Production “KIZASHI” PV Production (’06) *General Producer
・Toei “Baltic Paradise” (’06) starring Matsudaira Ken *CG Matte Painting Production
・TV Drama “White Night Walk” (’06) *CG Matte Painting Production
・Commercial “Itoham Altbayern” (’06) *CG Compositing Production
・Akamine Katsuto “Food is Life: Learning from the Earth’s Philosophy of Circulation” DVD Production (’06) *General Producer and Director
・Documentary “JOY Club” Planning and Production
・Commercial “Fujitsu FMV PC” *CG Compositing Production
・Production Cooperation for the 70th Anniversary Commemoration of the Directors’ Society of Japan “What is a Film Director?”
・ASICS Shoji Commercial “DASH” (’07-) Planning, Directing, and Production
・Technical Coordinator for the 2009-2010 Documentary Film “Umaru”