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5 Requests Per Second (5 RPS) is a dark yet humorous take on the `fake it till you make it` startup culture in the tech industry, about a fraudulent tech startup founder who travels to Japan to amass millions of dollars from investors by creating vaporware demos and fake growth metrics.

Remote Startup Senpai continued the Venture project after Venture was acquired by 555 Comic Co.. It is currently an Instagram page of animation shorts, with the character designs created by Takeyukimi.

Venture is an anime series set at an international tech startup in Tokyo, where Japanese and foreign staff go through their day-to-day lives working on engineering and business challenges as a small team. After Venture was acquired by 555 Comic Co., the project continued as Remote Startup Senpai. The first short episode (Episode 1.1) has won awards and official selections at the following international film festivals: ・ Five Continents International Film Festival (Venezuela) - Winner (Best Young Director, Best Web Series, Best Animation Short Film Original Score) ・ Alternative Film Festival (Canada) - Winner (Spring Award, Best Animation) ・ Couch Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) - Winner (05:01 - 10:00 minutes, Best Animation) ・ Best Animation Award (UK) - Winner (TV Series) ・ Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival (London, UK) - Award Nominee (Best Character Design) ・ Athens International Monthly Film Festival (Greece) - Honourable Mention ・ Indie Short Fest (Burbank/Hollywood, USA) - Award Nominee (Best Web Series/TV Pilot) ・ IndieX Film Fest (Burbank/Hollywood, USA) - Award Nominee (Best Web Series/TV Pilot & Best Animation Short) ・ Filmhaus Berlin (Germany) - Award Nominee (Best Animation) ・ Independent Shorts Awards (Burbank/Hollywood, USA) - Finalist ・ Best Indie Film Award (UK) - Finalist ・ Košice International Monthly Film Festival (Slovakia) - Finalist ・ Prague International Monthly Film Festival (Czech Republic) - Official Selection ・ Hollywood Golden Age Film Festival (Hollywood, USA) - Official Selection ・ X World Short Film Festival (Rome, Italy) - Official Selection

Venture's pilot episode has won awards and official selections at the following international film festivals: ・ KINNO (Russia) - Winner (Queen Category) ・ Indie Short Fest (Burbank/Hollywood, USA) - Nominated for Best Web Series/TV Pilot, Best Animation Short, and Best Sound Design ・ IndieX Film Fest (Burbank/Hollywood, USA) - Nominated for Best Animation Short ・ Independent Shorts Awards (Burbank/Hollywood, USA) - Honourable Mention for Best Web Series/TV Pilot ・ Prague International Monthly Film Festival (Czech Republic) - Honourable Mention for Best Animation ・ Couch Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) - Finalist ・ Košice International Monthly Film Festival (Slovakia) - Finalist ・ Lift-off Showcase: Online Extravaganza (Slough, UK) (Online) - Official Selection ・ Moscow Shorts International Short Film Festival (Russia) - Official Selection ・ Tokyo Lift-off Film Festival (Tokyo, Japan) - Official Selection

Moon is a short film based on Natsume Soseki’s famous line, "The moon is beautiful". It was an official selection at 2019 Mt. Fuji-Atami Film Festival and 2019 Tokyo Lift-off Online Film Festival.

Brighter is a short film based on Paramore’s 2005 song of the same title. Aside from being a form of artistic expression, this short film is also a research project on improving the efficiency without sacrificing the quality and feel of traditional, frame by frame Japanese animation using 3d modeling guides, motion capture, and deep learning (AI) libraries.

We Have to Grow Up is a short film about gracefully surrendering the things of youth. It was my first attempt to release a complete short animated film.