Fumiko's Confession, Pure Win Anime Short

Hiroyasu Ishida - this guy right here, this is what Japan's anime industry needs more of! At 21 years of age, he now has a fantastic anime short under his belt, which he independently directed, animated, edited and recorded. Ok, so he did receive some assistance on other aspects of the production. But that doesn't chip away one bit of awesomeness from this doujin anime - titled, by the way, Fumiko no Kokuhaku. Or Fumiko's Confession.



In just a bit over 2 minutes, this frenetic short follows a school girl's rejected attempt to confess her feelings, and her subsequent downhill rampage through the narrow streets and parks of a hillside town. A very, very steep hillside at that. Pantsu shots included.

Ishida generously released his work online - you can watch it here - along with tons of other associated graphical materials. Although this isn't his first animation work, it's certainly the most breathtaking. Still, I strongly urge you to check out his other shorts as well, over on Ishida's YouTube channel (via ANN). In particular, check out those "Azure Dream" clips; it's a nearly 14-minute long anime that he produced "as graduation work of high school". And to think my graduation "work" was pretty much copy-pasted from Encarta.







I'm not quite sure what to make of that DVD cover...