Naoaki Shibuta

History

Born in Japan in 1985. He holds a doctorate in animation film from the school of visual studies of the Tokyo State University of Fine Arts. He currently works as a commercial animation filmmaker and recorder. What fascinates him most are the empty spaces, the metamorphosis and the visual illusion, well summarized in the checkerboard drawings, with which he makes animated films, a line of research that he intends to continue in the years to come.

Movies

Fireworks
Key Animation
Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.
Better back then
Animation
A girl is kept on the [move] by a witch and continues to peel potatoes. She is fed up and tries to escape in vain. She gets desperate and decides to beat the witch. . . what will she find? What is her intention? Can we undo what has been done?
Better back then
Director
A girl is kept on the [move] by a witch and continues to peel potatoes. She is fed up and tries to escape in vain. She gets desperate and decides to beat the witch. . . what will she find? What is her intention? Can we undo what has been done?
come back to my mind
Director
The protagonist is with friends but bored with the conversation. His mind often slips away to his own imaginary world and comes back to them. . .