Mirai Mizue Movies

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

A music video for BAKEYO by the Japanese band domico.

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...

Mirai Mizue’s familiar amoeba-like cells cross with kinetic sketched lines and shapes in a colorful burst of energy suited for all audiences....

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...

Documentary about the early Mirai Mizue animation films between 2003-2010

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

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

A music video for A Viva Non Non by Tempalay, animated by Mirai Mizue and directed by OSRIN.

An ode to Norman McLaren from Mirai Mizue

RIKEN's (The Incorporated Administrative Agency Rikagaku Kenkyusho) promotional video with animation by Mirai Mizue and music by twoth.

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...

A surreal short animation by Mirai Mizue.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A city as a pulsating organism. Repetitive movements are made by drawing on graph papers. Supported by SICAF 2009. Mirai Mizue's first time...