Music

Works that treat rehearsal, breath, and resonance as drama, following how music reshapes those who play it.

Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night

Release: 2024-04

A group of young people struggling with self-expression cross paths at night, forming fragile connections as they search for meaning, voice, and belonging.

dAIa-log 004: Shibuya in Anime — Why an Unfinished City Feels Like a Narrative Core
2026-01-11

Exploring how Shibuya’s unfinished cityscape comes to function as a narrative core in anime, through works like Jujutsu Kaisen, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Oshi no Ko, and Hi Score Girl.

Sound! Euphonium

Release: 2015-04

Kumiko joins a struggling high school brass band, confronting past failures as the club aims for the national competition.

dAIa-log 003: Reimagining “Wa”: How Anime Curates and Transforms Japanese Aesthetics
2025-12-08

How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.

Music

dAIa-log 004: Shibuya in Anime — Why an Unfinished City Feels Like a Narrative Core

dAIa-log 003: Reimagining “Wa”: How Anime Curates and Transforms Japanese Aesthetics