Atsushi Wada

Movies

Bird in the Peninsula
Storyboard Designer
The boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but is not allowed to join in. When one of the boys chases after a strange bird, she follows him without knowing why. One day, the boy will no longer be able to see the bird either.
Bird in the Peninsula
Editor
The boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but is not allowed to join in. When one of the boys chases after a strange bird, she follows him without knowing why. One day, the boy will no longer be able to see the bird either.
Bird in the Peninsula
Director
The boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but is not allowed to join in. When one of the boys chases after a strange bird, she follows him without knowing why. One day, the boy will no longer be able to see the bird either.
My Exercise
Director
A boy is doing his exercises with his dog.
Autumn from Antonio Vivaldi “The Four Seasons”
Director
Dear Mr. Vivaldi, I apologise for setting your music to animation without your permission. But I wanted to depict “autumn” in my own way with various animals. Thank you for understanding. Yours sincerely, AW.
四季
Animation Director
A Japanese-produced animated film using Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons as its soundtrack. The four seasons all have separate animation directors. Its production was partly crowdfunded. The film premiered in Kitakyushu in 2017 along with a live performance of the Four Seasons and this performance was recorded and distributed to supporters of the project.
My Marsh
Director
The activities of cats, kobito, carp, and an uncle dressed as a woman on a swamp.
L'Animation Indépendante Japonaise - Volume 2
Director
Astonishing, mysterious, eccentric, adorable, melancholic, sensual and delightful - the Volume 2 of the weird and fascinating world of Japanese independent animation which has been flourishing and stronger than ever.
The Mechanism of Spring
(voice)
Everybody is excited to see the arrival of spring. This film tries to depict the excitement spring brings.
The Mechanism of Spring
Everybody is excited to see the arrival of spring. This film tries to depict the excitement spring brings.
The Mechanism of Spring
Animation
Everybody is excited to see the arrival of spring. This film tries to depict the excitement spring brings.
The Mechanism of Spring
Sound Recordist
Everybody is excited to see the arrival of spring. This film tries to depict the excitement spring brings.
The Mechanism of Spring
Editor
Everybody is excited to see the arrival of spring. This film tries to depict the excitement spring brings.
The Mechanism of Spring
Script
Everybody is excited to see the arrival of spring. This film tries to depict the excitement spring brings.
The Mechanism of Spring
Director
Everybody is excited to see the arrival of spring. This film tries to depict the excitement spring brings.
Anomalies
We try to enrich ourselves through prayer, faith and devotion to someone or something ‘other’. Similarly, we believe in the existence of ‘anomalies’, such as unknowable and uncontrollable monsters. But can such beliefs advance us?
Anomalies
Editor
We try to enrich ourselves through prayer, faith and devotion to someone or something ‘other’. Similarly, we believe in the existence of ‘anomalies’, such as unknowable and uncontrollable monsters. But can such beliefs advance us?
Anomalies
Animation
We try to enrich ourselves through prayer, faith and devotion to someone or something ‘other’. Similarly, we believe in the existence of ‘anomalies’, such as unknowable and uncontrollable monsters. But can such beliefs advance us?
Anomalies
Screenplay
We try to enrich ourselves through prayer, faith and devotion to someone or something ‘other’. Similarly, we believe in the existence of ‘anomalies’, such as unknowable and uncontrollable monsters. But can such beliefs advance us?
Anomalies
Director
We try to enrich ourselves through prayer, faith and devotion to someone or something ‘other’. Similarly, we believe in the existence of ‘anomalies’, such as unknowable and uncontrollable monsters. But can such beliefs advance us?
The Great Rabbit
Once we called the noble, profound and mysterious existence The Great. We have moved with the time, our thought and consciousness has changed. And yet what makes us still keep calling it The Great?
The Great Rabbit
Animation
Once we called the noble, profound and mysterious existence The Great. We have moved with the time, our thought and consciousness has changed. And yet what makes us still keep calling it The Great?
The Great Rabbit
Editor
Once we called the noble, profound and mysterious existence The Great. We have moved with the time, our thought and consciousness has changed. And yet what makes us still keep calling it The Great?
The Great Rabbit
Script
Once we called the noble, profound and mysterious existence The Great. We have moved with the time, our thought and consciousness has changed. And yet what makes us still keep calling it The Great?
The Great Rabbit
Director
Once we called the noble, profound and mysterious existence The Great. We have moved with the time, our thought and consciousness has changed. And yet what makes us still keep calling it The Great?
Avatar
Director
Michiko lost her dad in a car accident when she was 10 years old. After the car accident, Michiko has lived with her mother Kyoko. Michiko, now in her 2nd year of high school, gets a cell phone from her mother as a birthday present. Michiko is so excited to have her very first cell phone. Soon afterwards, she is forced into joining social networking site "AvaQ" by classmate, and queen of the classroom, Taeko.
In a Pig's Eye
Writer
A huge pig lies by a house. The family of the house go about their everyday life, pretending to ignore the pig’s existence.
In a Pig's Eye
Director
A huge pig lies by a house. The family of the house go about their everyday life, pretending to ignore the pig’s existence.
Well, That's Glasses
Director
How was this made? Why? For what purpose and using what materials? What is this anyway? There are lots of things we need to find out about.
Tokyo Loop
Director
A series of 16 "short stories" created by the creator's group Images Forum.
A Manipulated Man
Director
If there is a fixed number of words that a person speaks within his/her lifetime, and if that number is controlled from somewhere by someone, then it would probably be like the story in this film.
Gentle Whistle, Bird, and Stone
Animation
A lot of wrong may happen, but no problem. A whistle, a bird, a stone, a human, they are gentle.
Gentle Whistle, Bird, and Stone
Sound Recordist
A lot of wrong may happen, but no problem. A whistle, a bird, a stone, a human, they are gentle.
Gentle Whistle, Bird, and Stone
Editor
A lot of wrong may happen, but no problem. A whistle, a bird, a stone, a human, they are gentle.
Gentle Whistle, Bird, and Stone
Script
A lot of wrong may happen, but no problem. A whistle, a bird, a stone, a human, they are gentle.
Gentle Whistle, Bird, and Stone
Director
A lot of wrong may happen, but no problem. A whistle, a bird, a stone, a human, they are gentle.
Day of Nose
Animation
A haptic animation with comfortable noses.
Day of Nose
Sound Recordist
A haptic animation with comfortable noses.
Day of Nose
Editor
A haptic animation with comfortable noses.
Day of Nose
Script
A haptic animation with comfortable noses.
Day of Nose
Director
A haptic animation with comfortable noses.
Dancer of Vermicular
Director
A worm in this river looks shiny to me.
A Clerk in Charge
Animation
A clerk has his own duty. A clerk does his own work. This is what a clerk should do.
A Clerk in Charge
Sound Recordist
A clerk has his own duty. A clerk does his own work. This is what a clerk should do.
A Clerk in Charge
Editor
A clerk has his own duty. A clerk does his own work. This is what a clerk should do.
A Clerk in Charge
Script
A clerk has his own duty. A clerk does his own work. This is what a clerk should do.
A Clerk in Charge
Director
A clerk has his own duty. A clerk does his own work. This is what a clerk should do.
The Thing of Rotation of Child
Animation
For whom does a girl keep rotating? A story of a weird relationship between a child and adults.
The Thing of Rotation of Child
Sound Recordist
For whom does a girl keep rotating? A story of a weird relationship between a child and adults.
The Thing of Rotation of Child
Editor
For whom does a girl keep rotating? A story of a weird relationship between a child and adults.
The Thing of Rotation of Child
Script
For whom does a girl keep rotating? A story of a weird relationship between a child and adults.
The Thing of Rotation of Child
Director
For whom does a girl keep rotating? A story of a weird relationship between a child and adults.
Yellow
Animation
Everybody wants to be fashionable and praised. So do grandmothers.
Yellow
Sound Recordist
Everybody wants to be fashionable and praised. So do grandmothers.
Yellow
Editor
Everybody wants to be fashionable and praised. So do grandmothers.
Yellow
Script
Everybody wants to be fashionable and praised. So do grandmothers.
Yellow
Director
Everybody wants to be fashionable and praised. So do grandmothers.
A Whistle
Animation
Based on a poem by Sakutaro Hagiwara. A child and an adult have different troubles.
A Whistle
Sound Recordist
Based on a poem by Sakutaro Hagiwara. A child and an adult have different troubles.
A Whistle
Editor
Based on a poem by Sakutaro Hagiwara. A child and an adult have different troubles.
A Whistle
Script
Based on a poem by Sakutaro Hagiwara. A child and an adult have different troubles.
A Whistle
Director
Based on a poem by Sakutaro Hagiwara. A child and an adult have different troubles.