This week’s update features a diverse collection of short-form animation, ranging from high-production music videos to experimental graduate works.
Living Idly and Dying as if Dreaming is the visual accompaniment to Eve’s "Yuuseiboushi," while YOASOBI’s Love Letter and Romance offer stylized music storytelling. Bad Habits features a unique animated take on Ed Sheeran’s track by animator Rui Ikeda, and Princess♂ brings TOPHAMHAT-KYO’s song to life. Unmei showcases a collaboration between Harumaki Gohan and NILFRUITS, while Stay Foolish serves as the latest visual from ZUTOMAYO.
Franchise-related content includes Shiny Racers, a solo track video for Love Live!'s Mari Ohara, and Sprechchor, a promotional video for the BanG Dream! band Roselia. The Ensemble Stars! universe is represented by I "Witch" You A Happy Halloween! and Honeycomb Summer. From the Irodorimidori project, we have We Are Us and Over Heart, the latter focusing on Kanade Nogezaki.
Experimental and promotional shorts round out the list: Nageki no Ice Candy offers a popsicle’s perspective on summer, Natsu ga Hajimaru. features a collaborative CalorieMate promo, and Zdravstvuite! explores a surreal day at the beach. Nosferatu Maiden is a notable graduate work from the Tokyo University of the Arts, while Sunset Flower Blooming provides a historical vignette set in 1960s China. Caesura of Despair features the VTuber IRyS, and Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song Pilot offers a rare look at the original concept work for the acclaimed series.
Rounding out the update are Pont Qiao Mini, Shiro the White Java Sparrow, and the feature-length Netflix addition Bright: Samurai Soul, which follows a ronin and an orc during the Meiji Restoration.
