Geidai First Year Works 2015 (YouTube Playlist)
一年次作品2015 (YouTube Playlist)
The 2015 first year works of Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai) graduate students are almost all now available on YouTube. These are the students of the graduating class of 2016, which went by the moniker 07YELL. Tomoko Takaya graduated with the class of 2017 (08ZOOM). Yuriko Noda has not yet graduated from Geidai's MA programme, but took time out to improve her stop motion animation skills in Ghent. She just graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) this year and returned to Japan.
Only the trailer of Takoto Katayama's work Melting Down is currently on YouTube, but you can watch it in full on Vimeo - click here. I have included the students' descriptions of their films below with short bios and links to their social media profiles. Enjoy the animation!
Animator Profiles:
Bugburger
バグバーグ
“In a dimly lit kitchen as a chunk of meat is sliced, bugs creep out from the cut. Ordinary action like cooking transforms [it in]to the weird and the creepy.”
Hitomi OHTAKARA (大寳ひとみ, b. 1988) did her undergraduate degree in Design Informatics at Musashino. You can follow her on tumblr, vimeo, and twitter.
I Wanna Be Your Friend
“For friendship it is the most important to be cooperative.”
Iku OGAWA (小川育) was born in Tokyo. He has a degree in Graphic Design from Tamabi (2012). You can follow him on twitter, blogspot and tumblr.
Melting Down
すごやかな歪み
Sugoyaka-na Yugami
“The fear to be ruined calmly without any conscience. Everybody is getting distorted soundly and gently.”
Takuto KATAYAMA (片山拓人, b. 1989) was born and raised in Fukushima, where is experienced the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and its ensuing disasters. He studied design at Nihon University (2012). He does illustration and design in addition to animation. Check out his profile on vimeo or YouTube, or follow him on twitter.
Will Hatching Day Come?
“This is a story of a little girl who believes she can hatch an egg one day if she keeps warm.”
K. Chayanit (K・チャヤーニット/ Kiatchokechaikul Chayanit / b. 1990) is from Bangkok, Thailand where she graduated from Sipakorn University with a degree in Decorative Arts (2012)
Fair Winds
はるのかぜ
Haru no Kaze
“One day when I came home, I found my mother [had] become a cat. Unfamiliar appearance of the parents confuses the child. Yet, the time of the parents and the child passes quietly like a spring breeze.”
Eri KINOSHITA (木下絵李, b. 1991) is from Fukuoka. She has a degree in Design from Kyushu University (2014).
Templex
“One morning in the rainy season. A woman with curly hair wakes up. Phantasmagorical images of self-hatred come to her one after another.”
Tomomi KOMAZAKI (駒﨑友海, b. 1991) was born in Tokyo and studied Visual Design at Joshibi (2014). You can follow her on tumblr and vimeo.
Crossing Sight
“Various visions of life and death, as seen from an operation table. Did the operation succeed? Is the patient still alive?”
Xueqing SHAO (邵雪晴 / ショウ・セツセイ, b. 1991) is from Beijing where she studied animation at the Beijing Film Academy (2013). Check out her work on YouTube.
Color Blots
シミアソビ
Shimi Asobi
“A game to find image in a chance. In this Aleatoricism there are much more potentials than what I have moved.”
Saori SUZUKI (鈴木沙織, b. 1988) is a painter and sculptor in addition to making animation. Follow her on tumblr.
A Black Cat
黒い猫
Kuroi Neko
“It consists of only [a] woman who keeps caressing a resisting cat.” yourself.”
Mika SEIKE ( 清家美佳, b. 1974) is from Kansai. She started making independent animation films in 2001. After working for many years in the field of education, Seike rejuvenated her animation career at Geidai in 2014. Learn more about her through my reviews of Thinking and Drawing: Japanese Art Animation of the New Millennium and Face to Face (お向さん2007). You can follow her on twitter to learn more.
Rain Shower
通り雨
Tōriame
“Rain showers briefly bring back flashes of color to a shopping [trip].”
Tomoko TAKAYA (高谷智子, b. 1992) was born in Tokyo, A graduate of Musashino Art University's Department of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Takaya graduated with the Geidai class of 2017.
Misfit Lil’ Sparrow
チュン子のなんで？
Chunko no Nande?
“A little sparrow, Hanko, cannot make her head still like other sparrows. She wonders why.”
Yuriko NODA (野田ゆり子, b. 1992) is from Chiba. She has a majored in oil painting during her undergraduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai). Upon graduation she began her MA studies in animation at Geidai in 2014. She has recently graduated from the animation programme at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK Conservatorium) in Ghent which was founded by Raoul Servais. Follow her on twitter or instagram.
and, end
えんえん
En en
“‘Someday, this will end. I hate it. I wanna live forever,’ murmurs a girl over and over again. Does she repeat the same moments, or does she move forward? It looks and sounds either way. A wordplay animation.”
Mio YAMANAKA (山中澪, b. 1990) was born in Ehime and graduated from the Department of Human Expression at Kobe University (2013).
The Yellow Ball
“A mysterious yellow ball falls down into the present city across time and space. It involves many people and unfolds various dramas.”
Xinxin LIU (刘新新 / リュウ・シンシン , b. 1989) was born in Dalian, China. She studied animation at the China Academy of Art (2012). Check out her work on vimeo.
mind scape
“The things are formed in the mind from the casual scenes of daily life. These [imaginings] accumulate and make an assembly of fantasy.”
Kaori RYŌ (梁佳緒里, b. 1991) was born in Tottori. She graduated from Musashino in 2014.
