Overture History English



/////Animation
2012 Ludic Chase, personal animation with music by rec.tangle (United States/ UK)
2012 Mr. Sandman, music video for The Kleenrz (Hellfyre Club, United States)
2012 Halfway, music video for Rayons (Hipland Music, United States/ Japan)
2011 Mushroom Hunting, dublab 12 Anniversary promo (dublab, United States)
2010 Little Vs, Vimeo Festival & Awards promo (Vimeo, United States)
2010 Bless, music video for Kira Kira (United States/ Iceland)
2009 Bryum & Kapok, music video tryptich for Hauschka (FatCat Records, United States/Germany/UK)
2008 Animal Sounds, music video for television program, Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon, United States)
2007 Rhubarbidoo, music video for Múm (FatCat Records, United States/Iceland/United Kingdom)
2006 Sesame, personal animation (Sweat Lodge/ Mail Art Gallery, Japan)
2005 Cosmic Talento, animated interstitials (Cartoon Network Japan, Japan)
2005 Uzugiriyama, personal animation (Weave/ Loopline Gallery, Japan)
Festival
Sapporo International Short Film Festival 2012 (Japan), 2012 Raindance Film Festival (UK), Fest Anca (Slovakia), Supertoon (Croatia),  The First Setagaya Video Festival (Cafe Study, Japan)
2011
Animated Dreams (Estonia), Salt Lake City Film Festival (United States), Melbourne International Animation Festival (Australia), International Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart (Germany), Citrus Cel Animation Festival (United States), XIII Mecal International Short Film Festival of Barcelona (Spain)
2010
Istanbul Animation Festival (Turkey), Vimeo Festival and Awards (United States), DOTMOV (SHIFT, Japan), Open Circuit, FatCat Records Festival (Belgium), Green Design Festival (Greece), Krakow International Film Festival (Poland), Psychedelic Midnight Mix (Pictoplasma, Germany), KLIK! Festival (Netherlands), FANTOCHE (Switzerland), SPORE Incident (Mexico) 
2009
Swatch Young Illustrators Award Nominee (Illustrative, Germany), Little Pencil Workshop (Institute of Contemporary Art London, U.K.), Imaginaria Film Festival (Italy), TWEAK (Ireland), 30th Durban International Film Festival (South Africa), NIPPON Connection, Indie Animation Festival, Laputa Animation Festival (Animation Soup, Japan/ South Korea), PICTOPIA (Pictoplasma, Germany) 
2008
DOTMOV (SHIFT, Japan), MirrorBall Festival (Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland), Floating World Animation Festival (Floating World Comics, United States), Animation Soup (Japan), KITCHEN MOTORS NIGHT (Kitchen Motors, Belgium)
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Music
2012 Kira Kira, Feathermagnetik (Morr Music, Germany, United States)
2012 Rayons, After the Noise is Gone (Hipland Music, Japan, United States)
2009 AZUL/Six Organs of Admittance (PSF Records, Japan)
2008 Kira Kira, Our Map to the Monster Olympics album design (Smekkleysa, Iceland)
2008 Amargosa, S/T (self released, United States)
2007 KiraKira, Minimonster EP (Smekkleysa, Iceland)
Magazine, Book, Print
2011 Perfect Wave Issue #1 (United States
2010 KASINO Annual (Finland)
2009, 2008, 2007 Kasino A4 Magazine Issue #6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (Finland)
2009, 2008, 2007 PlanB Magazine Issue #18-39 (United Kingdom)
2009 Shift Magazine Online Cover (Shift Magazine, Japan)
2008 German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo (DIJ, Japan/Germany)
2008 Playful Type: Ephemeral Fonts and Illustrative Type (Die Gestalten, Germany)
2008 Veli Magazine (Finland)
2007 oneonenine Issue #2 (United States)
2006 USE Paper, Issue #2 (Germany)
Apparel
2012 MAGI NIGH Tshirt (Magi Union, Japan)
2010 Oneiric Caravan Tshirt (flau, Japan)
2010 UNIQLO Playful Type (UNIQLO, Japan)
2009 KASINO A4 R.I.P. Tee (KASINO A4, Finland)
2007 Design TShirt Store Graniph (Graniph, Japan)
2007 Poketo (United States)
2006 FatCat Records (United Kingdom)
2006 BEAMS-T (BEAMS, Japan)
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Event/ Performance
2012 Fruiting Bodies 1 & 2 (dublab.jp, Japan)
2012 Projecting Together (Movie Theater Liberté, Japan)
2012 MAGI NIGH Ritual Exchange (Super Deluxe, Japan)
2012 MAGI NIGH Wayfinding (Myonichikan, Japan)
2012 MAGI NIGH Lodge (Minami no Kaze Sansou, Japan)
2012 Labrat Matinee 10: The Light Bends (dublab, United States)
2011 Labrat Matinee 09 (dublab, United States)
2011 Peskeomskut Noisecapades Inaugural (United States)
2010 Storytellers (STONE/ Kichimu, Japan)
2010 Storytellers (Ivana Helsinki & Love Contemporary PopUp Store, United States)
2010 Oneiric Caravan (flau, Japan)
2010 Storytellers (Arthur Radio, United States)
Group Exhibition
2012 Pictoplasma Festival (Pictoplasma, Germany)
2011 Post Digital Monsters (Pictoplasma/ la Gaîté Lyrique, France)
2011 Let's Sweat! Summer Tshirt Show (Kichimu, Japan)
2010 Alfa Romeo Anniversary Exhibition (Illustrative/ Alfa Romeo, Italy)
2009 Yo Gabba Gabba! Exhibition (Pink Hobo Gallery, United States)
2009 Phobia Exhibition (MOYTOY, Lithuania)
2008 Greetings From _____, Postcard Exhibition (Sunshine Studio, Japan)
2008 Wine Label Exhibition (Chubby’s, Vin Santo, Japan)
2008 POKETO First Editions Print Show (Poketo, United States)
2007 Forever Home (Little Cakes Gallery, United States)
2007 Wurstminster Dog Show (Wurst Gallery, United States)
2006 Flywheel (United States)
2006 Art Space Tinderbox (United States)
2005 Weave (LoopLine Gallery, Japan)
Solo Exhibition
2010 MoonHare (Blue Ballen Gallery, VACANT, STONE, Japan)
2010 Elliot St. Cafe Exhibition (Elliot St. Cafe, United States)
2008 Caffeine Exhibition (Mocha Maya’s, United States)
2007 Matatabi Matsuri (Through the Music Gallery, United States)
2006 Sweat Lodge (Mail Art Gallery, Japan)

////PressPublications
2012 The Character Compendium (Pictoplasma, Germany)
2011 映像作家100人(100 Video Artists) 2011 (BNN, Japan)
2010 Public-Image.org Interview (Public-Image Ltd., Japan)
2010 QUOTATION (Japan)
2010 "The New Twenties" (IdN x Society6)
2010 FrizziFrizzi Interview (FrizziFrizzi, Italy)
2009 CG Magazine (China)
2009 Atmosphere (GAS AS INTERFACE, Japan)
2009 Playground (Spain)
2008 AFTERHOURS Issue 25 (AFTERHOURS, Japan)
2008 SHIFT Interview (SHIFT, Japan)
2007 Public/Image.tv (Public-Image Ltd., Japan)