growth modeling device

Artist：David BOWEN

[Summary] growth modeling device is a kinetic installation based on the rate of growth and structure of a onion plant. This system plays the roles of observer and creator, providing a limited and mechanical perspective of a changing living object. It attempts to replicate nature through the eyes of a simple laser device into a base industrial material, turning what was once organically dynamic into a flat sterile reproduction.

Hibi No Neiro (Tone of everyday)

Artist：NAKAMURA Magico / NAKAMURA Masayoshi / KAWAMURA Masashi / Hal KIRKLAND

[Summary] "What are the really important things for us in this world flooded with various senses of value?"; the answer to the question that this song is asking should be the same no matter how much our civilization has evolved. This music video conveys to us the feeling of connecting with people by editing video materials shot with webcams by cooperating fans.

SUMMER WARS

Artist：HOSODA Mamoru

[Summary] It is three years since The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, a very well received work, made its long run, and instantly turned the spotlight on the director, HOSODA Mamoru. This work is the latest that the director has presented to the public. Former staff members came together again to collaborate with the director and make an action-entertainment film featuring a big family. The film became a mega-hit, attracting more than a million viewers.

VINLAND SAGA

Artist：YUKIMURA Makoto

[Summary] This historical manga portrays the way of life of the Vikings in and around northern Europe in the early 11th century. Thorffin, the hero, travels to find Vinland, the promised land of rest and fertility, while spending his life on the battlefield. Will the war ever end? Will the days of rest ever come? This manga gathers together the threads of a true warrior's story.

MIYAMOTO Shigeru (Game creator)

Born in Sonobe-cho, Kyoto in November 1952. MIYAMOTO Shigeru graduated from Kanazawa College of Art and started working for Nintendo Co. Ltd. in 1977. He currently holds the position of Executive Director/General Director of Informational Development. He has developed several of the seminal titles in the history of video games, including Donkey Kong, Super Mario, and The Legend of Zelda. He has received numerous awards, both locally and internationally, including the Japan ...

KANADA Yoshinori (Animator)

Born in 1952 in Ikaruga-cho, Nara. KANADA Yoshinori graduated from Shizuoka Prefectural Kiga High School, and after entering Tokyo Designer Gakuin College in 1970, joined Toei Doga (currently Toei Animation). His first animation production was MACO, THE MERMAID in 1970. He left Toei Doga and moved to Studio Z, under the leadership of ARAKI Shingo, then Studio No. 1, whose president was NODA Takuo, and became an animation supervisor with Legend of Daikumaryu ...