Kei Oyama

Hand Soap

Kei Oyama

A quiet and disquieting story about a boy who reaches puberty and his family.

Nami

Kei Oyama

A woman is masturbating when a swarm of fish bursts out from all over her house to disturb her.

シンキング アンド ドローイング 日本の新世紀アート・アニメーション

Naoyuki Tsuji, Norihiko Iki

The walls of video rental shops in Japan are lined with hundreds upon hundreds of animation DVDs, but experimental and art animation on DVD are rare. To remedy this situation, Image Forum put together this showcase of the work of contemporary avant-garde animators trained in Kyoto and Tokyo.

L'Animation Indépendante Japonaise - Volume 1

nuQ, Saori Shiroki

Shinsatsushitsu

Kei Oyama

In Kei Oyama's grim Consultation Room, a medical diagnosis triggers a wave of traumatic fantasies, portrayed in greyish pencil drawings that waver as if left out for too long in the rain.

ゆきどけ

Kei Oyama

A young boy becomes interested in the bodies of living things and starts to develop phobias after seeing a dog's corpse. Before long all manner of things begin to appear grotesque to him.

L'Animation Indépendante Japonaise - Volume 3

nuQ, Saori Shiroki

A new wave is building within the Japanese independent animation scene. In Vol.3, discover the most promising stars of the next generation, with a particular focus on powerful female talents, who will dazzle you with their exhilaratingly original perspectives!

Tokyo Loop

Nobuhiro Aihara, Tomoyasu Murata

A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.