A wide-ranging batch of independent animation and music-driven shorts has arrived on YouTube, offering a look at experimental projects and digital idol collaborations.
Spunky Afro Tiger Jet serves as a high-energy music video for TIGARAH, while Play Goodbye features the distinct visual style of amazarashi’s "Sayonara Gokko." Gift nor Art showcases a collaboration with Hatsune Miku, and ascension from the HELL presents a stylized music video directed by Takashi Ohashi.
Several titles explore the iMarine project, where creators reimagine the classic Marine-chan character; this includes the sequel Deep Blue Song, along with Marine Mirage, Sea Breeze, and the 2017 iteration of Deep Blue Song.
Rounding out the list are experimental and award-winning works: The Lamp Man stands out as the winner of the 16th Indie Anime Festa 2018, while Tamayura no Yume offers a somber narrative regarding a sudden life-changing diagnosis. Finally, Haitoku Pistols no Kinkyuu Kaigi? provides a lighthearted pseudo-documentary style short created to commemorate a live performance at XFLAG PARK 2017.
