Directing
Mayo Kobayashi
I mostly make cut-out animation. It would be great if children and adults could take a look at my work. I was born in Tokyo in 1994 and graduated from the Department of Intermedia Art at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2018. I went on to study animation in the same university's Graduate School of Film and New Media where I will receive my master's degree in March 2022.
Acting credits
NRIn the year 20XX, on a remote planet at the edge of a galaxy, high schoolers Moyori, who loves collecting junk, and Kayo, a fantasy-loving girl, spend a mysterious summer day together.
The Countryside Planet
2025
NROne day, while the main character is dozing off, he is abandoned by the owner of the shadow that he lives in. This creature who has lost his home wanders through the night city in search of his shadow.
Psyche
2019
NRThe fourth-grade protagonist is going through physical and emotional changes and feels awkward as she can't help but compare herself to her friends. One day, she is blown away by her classmate Aya's swimming and realizes that she has feelings for her.
Fourth Period Swimming Class
2022
Behind the camera
NRIn the year 20XX, on a remote planet at the edge of a galaxy, high schoolers Moyori, who loves collecting junk, and Kayo, a fantasy-loving girl, spend a mysterious summer day together.
The Countryside Planet
2025
NRThe fourth-grade protagonist is going through physical and emotional changes and feels awkward as she can't help but compare herself to her friends. One day, she is blown away by her classmate Aya's swimming and realizes that she has feelings for her.
Fourth Period Swimming Class
2022
5.0The little girl has a complex because she doesn’t look like her mom, and the mom wants her daughter to look more ladylike. Their faces don’t look alike, but their hands do. The girl treasures this resemblance, which also enables the mom to treat her daughter with tenderness.
My Hand, Her Hand
2020