Thinking and Drawing: Japanese Art Animation of the New Millennium

Directed by Takashi Ishida, Norihiko Iki, Mika Seike, Naoyuki Tsuji, Suwami Nogami, Tetsuji Kurashige and Kei Oyama

The walls of video rental shops in Japan are lined with hundreds upon hundreds of animation DVDs, but experimental and art animation on DVD are rare. To remedy this situation, Image Forum put together this showcase of the work of contemporary avant-garde animators trained in Kyoto and Tokyo.