Mirai Mizue Movies

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...

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

A short kaleidoscopic homage to Norman McLaren from Japanese artists Mirai Mizue and Yukie Nakauchi on the 100th anniversary of birth in 2014.

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

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

An ode to Norman McLaren from Mirai Mizue

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

The mutating forms of Tensai Banpaku, or “Genius Expo” create a stunning abstract orchestra.

Various dinners made with different living things...Short animation by Mirai Mizue

The idea of JAM was conceived while I was attending the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2008.After returning to Japan, I soon began making...

A new wave is building within the Japanese independent animation scene. In Vol.3, discover the most promising stars of the next generation, with a...

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...

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

This short experiments with the flow of oil ink over the surface of the water. Mizue manipulated the ink by blowing with straws or stirring with...

Short experimental animation by Mirai Mizue.

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

Short experimental animation by Mirai MIzue

Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese...

Minimalistic abstract hand made animation from the award winning Mirai Mizue.