Shinichi Suzuki

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names in animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long).

Tokiwa was the apartment complex where a group of stellar artists lived in 1953. Hiro Terada, Motoo Abiko and Hiroshi Fujimoto, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka shared the trials and tribulations of being struggling young artists and writers with no money and no luck with editors or girls, with a spirit of insane youthful enthusiasm that enabled them to survive the lean years and emerge as stars of the manga firmament.

Mitsuo Suwa is an elementary school student who is not good at studying or sports. He happens to meet Birdman, a righteous alien who visits Earth, and is appointed as Perman No. 1, a superhero who protects peace on Earth. Perman No. 1 is entrusted with a helmet that increases his power 6600 times and makes his body immune to bullets, a cape that allows him to fly freely, and a badge that can also be used as a communication device and oxygen tank . Together with his partner, the chimpanzee Perman No. 2 , Perman No. 1 must face various villains and accidents. Then, in front of them, Mitsuo's classmate Michiko is kidnapped!

A short movie by Otogi Production.

Independent animation by Suzuki Shiniichi

Independent animation by Suzuki Shin'ichi.

An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the traditional collaborative nature of the source material – the visuals for each of the 36 stanzas were independently created by 35 different animators. As well as many Japanese animators, Kawamoto assembled leading names in animation from across the world. Each animator was asked to contribute at least 30 seconds to illustrate their stanza, and most of the sequences are under a minute (Yuriy Norshteyn's, though, is nearly two minutes long).

Tokiwa was the apartment complex where a group of stellar artists lived in 1953. Hiro Terada, Motoo Abiko and Hiroshi Fujimoto, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka shared the trials and tribulations of being struggling young artists and writers with no money and no luck with editors or girls, with a spirit of insane youthful enthusiasm that enabled them to survive the lean years and emerge as stars of the manga firmament.

Mitsuo Suwa is an elementary school student who is not good at studying or sports. He happens to meet Birdman, a righteous alien who visits Earth, and is appointed as Perman No. 1, a superhero who protects peace on Earth. Perman No. 1 is entrusted with a helmet that increases his power 6600 times and makes his body immune to bullets, a cape that allows him to fly freely, and a badge that can also be used as a communication device and oxygen tank . Together with his partner, the chimpanzee Perman No. 2 , Perman No. 1 must face various villains and accidents. Then, in front of them, Mitsuo's classmate Michiko is kidnapped!

A short movie by Otogi Production.

Independent animation by Suzuki Shiniichi

Independent animation by Suzuki Shin'ichi.