It should have been just another day, but Ruben’s scheduled meeting with Dave is making him nervous. Fearful imaginings haunt his morning. He forgets to lock his door, misses the bus and when he enters the office he sees a deer waiting for him.
A boy sets out to prove the world is round by walking in one direction and ending up where he started.
Giggles the Clown is looking for a new gig as a sushi chef.
In this prequel to the Kino no Tabi series, young Kino is being trained by their teacher. They learn how to ride their motorrad Hermes and develops their gift of excellent marksmanship. However, their guilt concerning the real Kino is with them when they decide to set off on a journey. All the while, Kino is becoming confused about their real identity.
A western occupation propaganda film in which a boy repairs a western style doll that comes to life and uses a magic pen to rebuild his bleak and war torn world into a happy place resembling western civilization.
Short animated film from 1947
The film tells the story of a clever and resourceful child who outwits enemy forces while showing deep compassion and affection for a small bird named Sáo.
Independent animation by Tsukioka Sadao.
Independent animation by Shimamura Tatsuo.
One of two short films created and produced by Spongebob Squarepants creator Stephen Hillenburg at CalArts in 1992.
An abstract ballet set to "I've Never Seen a Smile Like Yours".
In a family with a mother, father, two daughters, and a bulldog, the dog is neglected and taken for granted. It seeks peace under the dining table but is ignored. Eventually, the dog is banished, and a family discussion may be its final humiliation.
2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany the Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond exhibition at the California Museum of Science and Industry and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
A short animated film by from 1959.
A short puppet animation movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.
This piece takes 8 seconds, and creates intervals between the frames, and then makes them bigger. It's about expansion and enlargement, not the passage of time. 8 seconds becomes that much more luxuriant.
One rainy night in futuristic Neo Berlin, nine year old Tina and her guardian robot, SAM-53, set off on a quest that asks: if cyberspace has made romantic love obsolete, do we still need love in the real world?
In the evening of a village festival, a young boy named Bunroku goes to the festival with his friend and visits a clog shop on the way. There he learns an old superstition about the fox.