“One Pair” by Yuyama
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Title:
- One Pair
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Company / Institution / Agency:
- OLM Digital
Description:
Two male cormorants living in Tokyo are currently between girlfriends. One spring day they decide to work together to make a splendid nest, believing that it will help attract a female. After much hard work, they complete the nest, but an unfortunate accident occurs on Christmas night …
Great cormorants are known for their interesting behavior. Sometimes a male bird who does not have a mate joins with another single male to build a nest. In this species, nest building is a male role, and two males can produce a large, impressive nest. Of course, without mates the nest is of no use, and science cannot tell us why the birds make this seemingly pointless effort.
Humans are known for similar behavior. Sometimes we, too, pursue goals that outwardly have little chance of success, even to the point that our friends politely suggest that we are “beating a dead horse.” Everyone, at some point, undertakes an impractical quest that cannot be understood by others. So enjoy the story of “One Pair” and share the desires of their unfulfilled hearts! One Pair
Additional Contributors:
Story & Director Kunihiko Yuyama
Executive Producer: Toshiaki Okuno
Cast: Wohl Kazuki, Kosakai Remo, Koichi Yamadera
Narration: Mami Koyama
Character MockUp: Toshio Asakuma
Art Director: Hiroshi Kato
Music Director: Masafumi Mima
Composer: Shinji Miyazaki
Technical Director: Ken Anjyo
CGI Director: Minoru Tokushige
Producer: Misako Saka
Lead Animator: Shinji Morohashi
Chief 3D CG Designer: Fumiaki Asayama
3D CG Designers: Ryu Harada, Chinae Nakajima, Jun Toyoshima, Yuma Miyazaki, Takuya Tsutsumi, Osamu Karasawa, Takuya Fujimoto, Shigeyuki Tabata, Hisashi Egawa, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Kouhei Funamoto
Compositors: So Hashimoto, Aki Fujita, Takashi Hosokawa
CGI Assistance: GENERAL ASAHI Co., Ltd., Takuhiro Harada, Hiromitsu Hirashima
Research & Development: Yosuke Katsura, Bernard JP Edlington
System & Network: Satoru Yamagishi, Akira Mizubata
Production Assistants: Ayumi Kimura, Miho Matori
Graphic Design: Keiichi Yamamoto, Kaori Haki
Wedding Timer Design: Kenichi Chikanaga
Key Animators: Satoru Iriyoshi, Fumiko Yoshida, Miwa Sakai
Animation Camera Shooting: Miyuki Hirama, Mitsutoshi Yamazaki, Miho Ishimaru
2D Production Manager: Kenji Otake
Editor: Ayako Miura
Audio Production: HALF H¡EP STUDIO
2D Animation Production Manager: Tsukasa Koitabashi
Acknowledgement: This work is partly supported by the CREST project, Japan Science and Technology Agency