Mirai Mizue

The 365 days animation consists of sequence of 8760 pictures, all different shape and color, hand-drawn by the director every day in 365 days. This is the ultimate analog approach by the abstract animated film creator in digital era.

Simple rectilinear figures assemble into surprisingly complex “cities” that pulse along to Scarlatti Goes Electro’s hyperkinetic score.

A burst of cheer and refreshment that it seems perfectly suited to a late July afternoon.

A compendium of independent Japanese animation, featuring a wide range of experimental techniques from drawn animation to pixilation.

A new wave is building within the Japanese independent animation scene. In Vol.3, discover the most promising stars of the next generation, with a particular focus on powerful female talents, who will dazzle you with their exhilaratingly original perspectives!

Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese independent animation which has been flourishing and stronger than ever.

The 365 days animation consists of sequence of 8760 pictures, all different shape and color, hand-drawn by the director every day in 365 days. This is the ultimate analog approach by the abstract animated film creator in digital era.

Simple rectilinear figures assemble into surprisingly complex “cities” that pulse along to Scarlatti Goes Electro’s hyperkinetic score.

A burst of cheer and refreshment that it seems perfectly suited to a late July afternoon.

A compendium of independent Japanese animation, featuring a wide range of experimental techniques from drawn animation to pixilation.

A new wave is building within the Japanese independent animation scene. In Vol.3, discover the most promising stars of the next generation, with a particular focus on powerful female talents, who will dazzle you with their exhilaratingly original perspectives!

Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese independent animation which has been flourishing and stronger than ever.

A "remix version" of Modern with a soundtrack by Matsuo Oono, which turns the satisfying orderliness of Modern into a cold, disturbing landscape.

Line drawn animation journeying from individual cell through multiplication, growth and formation. The cycle rises and falls twice.

The mutating forms of Tensai Banpaku, or “Genius Expo” create a stunning abstract orchestra.

Mirai Mizue’s familiar amoeba-like cells cross with kinetic sketched lines and shapes in a colorful burst of energy suited for all audiences. Music by Twoth. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

A short kaleidoscopic homage to Norman McLaren from Japanese artists Mirai Mizue and Yukie Nakauchi on the 100th anniversary of birth in 2014.

Various dinners made with different living things...Short animation by Mirai Mizue

A collage of colors and shapes intersect and flow - from Mirai Mizue,

A grand collision of Mizue’s signature visual music forms and Onohana’s mesmerizing impressionistic illustrations, featuring music by Twoth.

A special follow up version of Mizue Mirai's Timbre A-Z.

Umibouzu plays with metamorphosis. Tribute to GeGeGe no Kitarou, screened at Kitaro Expo that was held at Ikebukuro Sunshine.

This is no animation, it's one picture. Short experimental film by Mirai Mizue

In the darkness of a cave, one man who had never seen even his own figure found a hollow flooded with light. An expression of a chaotic world. This experimental graduation film is a mixture of different animation techniques

In the darkness of a cave, one man who had never seen even his own figure found a hollow flooded with light. An expression of a chaotic world. This experimental graduation film is a mixture of different animation techniques

As the Sun threatens to explode and end all life on Earth, Goku wakes up and goes on a Journey to the West, in quest of meaning, guidance and wisdom. His adventures will make him face the most dangerous opponents and will decide the fate of humanity.

A subjective view of an UFO. Shot frame-by-frame along the Tama River.

No synopsis available yet.

Mirai Mizue set up a camera over a water tray with an illuminated white background (presumably an animation table) and experimented with the flow of aqueous ink over the surface of the water using stop motion animation techniques.

CALF's first series is a collection of films by widely acclaimed Japanese independent animators. Mirai Mizue is a rising star of abstract animation in Japan. He entered the field in 2002 and continues to make non-narrative films at a surprisingly high rate.

My body melts into the surrounding universe and abstracts without being able to hold its shape.

A 21-minute journey through space that repeats creation and expansion.

It is a fantasy piece about a young man disappointed with the world and himself who bargains with God for salvation.

Short experimental animation by Mirai Mizue.

Minimalistic abstract hand made animation from the award winning Mirai Mizue.

Mirai Mizue continues his experimentation with music and movement in his latest "cell animation," Tatamp. Not to be confused with the animation technique of "cel animation," Mizue’s unique style of "cell animation" is hand-drawn and colored on paper then scanned onto the computer for editing. The name refers to the fact that the creatures that he draws resemble amoeba and other minute organic creatures one might find under the lens of a microscope.

A series of geometric animation shorts published by Mirai Mizue on Vimeo in February 2012.

Mirai Mizue's contribution to the SPACE SHOWER TV Canvas 2.0.0 campaign.

An ode to Norman McLaren from Mirai Mizue

The idea of JAM was conceived while I was attending the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2008.After returning to Japan, I soon began making the film and completed it in four months.This film is based on a very simple idea: the increasingly varied the sounds, the greater is the number of creatures. I wanted to rid myself of the frustrating experience of making Devour Dinner, which was highly unsatisfactory from the viewpoint of the movement in the film. My intention in this film was to fill the screen with chaotic movements.

This short experiments with the flow of oil ink over the surface of the water. Mizue manipulated the ink by blowing with straws or stirring with toothpicks and used stop motion animation techniques to shoot the resulting effects.

The story of Adam and Eve with jazzy music. Short experimental animation without words.

Short experimental animation by Mirai MIzue

Follow-up version of Mirai Mizue's Timbre A to Z.

Short experimental animation by Mirai Mizue.

A surreal short animation by Mirai Mizue.