Keiichi Tanaami Movies

A compendium of independent Japanese animation, featuring a wide range of experimental techniques from drawn animation to pixilation.

The late Fujio Akatsuka is revered by many Japanese artists and scholars for his developments to early comedy manga, but his contributions aren't...

Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly dynamic art – ranging from the delicate...

A joyfully psychedelic animation inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.

'There is a fusuma (paper sliding door) work based on the Hannya Shingyo (Prajna-paramita Hrdaya Sutram) by woodblock print artist Shikou Munakata....

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.

In Madonna, Tanaami employs his signature collage-style animation, combining pop art influences, retro aesthetics, and surrealistic motifs. The film...

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.

Animation by japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami for John Lennon's song "Oh Yoko!" -- the song was released in 1971, and the animation made in 1973....

Short animated film by Tanaami Keiichi.

The experimental animated short is a collaborative work between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara.

An experiment concerning the attempts at creating a ‘moving image’ long before the invention of cinema. A re-experiencing of the history...

A kaleidoscope of painted cartoonish images including an obscene mouse. Born in 1936 in Tokyo, Keiichi Tanaami is one of the leading pop artists of...

An erotic pop animation seemingly symbolizing his youth when his soul was taken by the Hollywood actress.

A work with two projectors, Human Events is a film made for a dance performance by Kazuko Tsujimura at Kinokuniya Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo. The images...

An animation mixing hand-drawn and cut-out techniques depicting the daily rituals of weekday morning that is occasionally interrupted by flights of...

Psychedelic –and at times sinister– music by Shinpei Kikuchi accompanies a disorienting display of reproduced imagery taken from...

A short film by Keiichi Tanaami.