Kiyubaru きゆばる

「地下幻燈劇画少女椿」(1992) のクライマックス部分のどこかに、一瞬カメラマンの手が大きく写っています。また 白装束の男が歩くカットで、背景に人の顔が見えます。これは意図的に作画されたものです。

”Akatsuki no foufuku”(暁の報復/Revenge at Dawn) 1977 *Excerpt. Silent. (Created by Hiroshi Harada and Isao Okabe)

The last two shots are excerpts from the unfinished film at the time. (by Hiroshi Harada)

A small portion of "Akatsuki no foufuku," a collaborative work between Harada and his friend Okabe when Harada was 15 years old, has been discovered.

While this film is a collaboration with Okabe, the animation posted online is by Harada.

Before Harada knew of Marx, he created this work by imitating existing animations. Therefore, it lacks any ideological depth, and Harada says, "I didn't really want to release it. The drawings and techniques are crude; even 15-year-olds today can draw better."

At the time, there was very little information available about independently produced animations, so Harada and Okabe created this film by trial and error.

However, what it has in common with Harada's latest work is that, like "Gertie the Dinosaur," each drawing is hand-drawn on white paper with a pen.

postscript:

「戦争中、国のために働かない者は 周りから白い目で見られた。東條内閣は「産めよ増やせよ!」といい、10人以上産むと国から表彰された。男の子は少年兵として国にとられた。 どこの世界に自分の子どもを戦場に送って嬉しい母親がいるものか。 でも、そんな事は一言でも口に出せない時代だった」

”Winter city”

"Life in the Zashikiro: A Discussion with Hiroshi Harada"

November 28, 2025

In front of the Prime Minister's Office,

An emergency protest is underway calling for Prime Minister Takaichi to retract her remarks.

In front of the Prime Minister's Office, 1,000 citizens read out the Japanese Constitution, which clearly renounces war.

#NOWAR

November 21, 2025

In front of the Prime Minister's Office.

NO WAR: An emergency protest was held calling on Prime Minister Takaichi to retract her remarks.

Young people in Japan say, "It's sad that our friendships with our Asian friends are being torn apart by the government," and "The government is preparing to turn Japan into a country capable of going to war."

”Daytime Illusion” (ftom Boo)　

The Outside of the Universe This scene depicts Harada’s fantasy that “the outside of the universe is a single atom.”