Yamamura Animation, Inc.

Eri

Written, Directted and Animated by Yano Honami
Adapt from Kasaumi Asakura “Who Is Else There?”(Gentosha Inc.)
Voices: Eri: Motola Serena, Sawa: Minami Kotona
Music: Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Supervising Producer: Yamamura Koji
Production: Miyu Productions, Au Praxinoscope

One spring, Eri, a Holstein cow, falls in love with Sawa, a Jersey newcomer. Eri idolizes Sawa and longs to be close to her, to become one with her. To refine her intense feelings for Sawa, Eri subjects herself to ascetic practices and rituals of her own making. In a world where those who do not bear children are disposed of, Eri has fallen for someone who shares the same fate.

REST

| Short animation | 2025 | Japan | 05'04" |

Director & Animation: Ryotaro Miyajima, Music & Sound Design: Takayuki Noami (Non-REM Studio), Producer: Koji Yamamura

When immersed in the contours swelling and waning in the forest of needles, the mundane world drifts away, and we only live to breathe.

Mwah to My New House!

Direction, Animation & Sound: Yuki Yoko, Voice: Midoriko Kimura, Supervisor, Producer: Koji Yamamura

Yon, a 8-year-old girl, often feels uncertain and anxious about parting with her cat Kiku, and about keeping her confined in a small human home.
One day, Yon’s mother takes her to visit a house in the woods to view a potential new home...
This animation reflects on childhood memories of growing up with a cat, and the search for a comfortable home shared by living creatures.

In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket

Text, Animation and Directed by Yuki Yoko, Music: honninman, Surround Mixing: TAKINO Masumi, Producer: YAMAMURA Koji

When it shrinks, it expands. It floats and it sinks. It separates but connects. When I think I’m watching them, they're actually watching me.
A charming animation rhyme that weaves together the many days of observing, recording, and experimenting.

DANTE AND THE ANIMATION CINEMA

700th Anniversary Project after Dante's Death Italy-Japan Collaboration Short Animation
Planning and Production: Yamada Hiromi, Marco Del Bene, Supervision: Koji Yamamura
"VITA NUOVA" Kim Yewon, "NELLA FORMA DEL QUINTO" Luo Sijia, "MORE, MORE" Huang Wenrui, "CHECKER CHECKER (DANTE)” Shibuta Naoaki,　"IL NOSTRO DUE" Song Yungsung, "DALL'ACQUA MERAVIGLIOSA" Murata Caori, "AMORE" Duanmu Junqing, "SIETE VOI QUI, SER BRUNETTO?" Yano Honami
Music: Carlo Forlivesi, Ravenna State Conservatory of Music, Denis Zardi
Narrated by Emi Del Bene
Premiere: Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival, 2021.10.30, Ravenna, Italy, »Site

A Bite of Bone

Directed by »Yano Honami, Voice: Ayamo Tano, Superviser, Producer: Koji Yamamura, Assistant Producer: sanae, Sound Design: Masumi Takino, Production, Distribution: Au Praxinoscope
A little girl reflects on her last summer with her father at his funeral.

Tokyo University of the Arts, Film and New Media Animation Department

| Produced Works | Short Films | 2008-2022 |

Geidai Animation |

The graduation works from the Department of Animation, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, where Koji Yamamura teaches.
Best Animation School: 23th Zagreb World Animation Festival

Representing Sound
Workshop-series My Title and Polyrhythm

Lecturer: Yamamura Koji
My Title, 2025.10.17
Polyrhythm, 2025.10.18
Academy of Fine Arts - Animation Studio

In "Polyrhythm", you will create three characters and calibrate the screen to match three rhythmic sounds. The difference in rhythm will create an animation with a narrative quality.
"My Title" is a workshop where participants create an animated story using a short randomly selected song title and five sound effects.
Both animation techniques are free, and they ask how ideas and stories can be created under limited conditions.

Representing Sound
Workshop-series Animation Circus and Polyrhythm

Lecturer: Yamamura Koji
Animation Circus: Atelier 1, 2025.09.27
Polyrhythm: Atelier 2, 2025.09.28
silent green Kulturquartier

Two short workshops will be held over two days. One is "Animation Circus" and the other is "Polyrhythm". Both workshops are based on the relationship between sound and animated images. In "Animation Circus", randomly selected sound effects will be expressed using animated movements. The aim is to synchronize sound and movement in a synesthetic way. In "Polyrhythm", you will create three characters and calibrate the screen to match three rhythmic sounds. The difference in rhythm will create an animation with a narrative quality.

Animation Workshop "Rhythm of the Body"

| Animation Workshop | 2017.02.05 | HD | 16:9 | No dialogue |

Yokohama Museum of Art Citizen's Atelier Room, February 5, 2017
Organizer: Yokohama Museum of Art
Lecturer: Yamamura Koji
Cooperation: Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Film and New Media

European Institute of Japanese Studies Koji Yamamura 5 days lecture and workshop

| Animation Workshop | 2017.11.27-12.01 | Quezersbert, Alsace, France | HD | 16:9 | No dialogue |

France, Alsace, Kaysersberg, »Centre Européen d'Etudes Japonaises d'Alsace - CEEJA, 11.27-12.01

Animation Circus Workshop in the 12th China International Animation Festival International

| Animation Workshop | 2016.08.29-30 | China | HD | 16:9 | No dialogue |

The 12th China International Animation Festival International
Lecturer: Yamamura Koji

Face to Face Workshop

| Workshop Work | 2015 | Japan, Australia | HD | 16:9 | No dialogue |

Tokyo University of the Arts + University of Technology Sydney Joint Exercise, Face to Face Workshop
Lecturer: Koji Yamamura

My title 01 @ La Poudrière

| Aimation Workshop | 2015.03.17-20 | France | HD | 16:9 | No dialogue |

4 days workshop at La Poudriere in Balance, France.
Students selects one Music from own music player. They use that "Title" for this short animation.
They also have to use the sound effects that were selected at random from sound library.

La Poudrière 2000 - 2015
DVD with those works
France

"Animatou" Workshop - Animation Circus 04

| Animation Workshop | 2014.10.06-10 | Geneva, Switzerland | HD | 16:9 | No dialogue |

Groupe A |

Groupe B |

Groupe C |

Workshop to create the "Animatou 2015" trailer at Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD Switzerland)

Carrefour du cinéma d'animation 2013

| Animation Workshop | 2015.03.17-20 | Paris, France | 2013 | 5:00| HD | 16:9 | No dialogue | Site | Movie |

Direction, Animation: 70 French Students
Forum des images
Based on a single picture by Koji Yamamura, each team will connect animations using various techniques.

KY&SK

| Animation Workshop | 2003.06 | Japan | 2013 | 0:08| HD | 16:9 | No dialogue |

Animation: Katori Shingo & Yamamura Koji
Animation Workshop with Katori Shingo at Super TV "Made in Japan／SMAP" Nippon Television).

Taketori Monogatari

Original script, animation: Ofuji Noburo
Superviser: Koji Yamamura, Copy right: Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art, Production: Yamamura Animation, restoration and assistant: Sanae Yamamura, Atsushi Wada, Ryo okawara, provide the materials from The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo<

Miru Shiru Tsukur Animation Kit

| VHS. DVD, booklet, work collection | 1995 | Japan | SD | 4:3 | Japanese |

Production, editing, animation: Koji Yamamura
Publisher: Children's Castle AV Division
MIRU KIT (VHS, DVD): An original animation and a making video that introduces how to make an animation in a fun way.
Shiru Kit (booklet, 4-color printing, 32 pages):
A "monitoring reader" that explains the process of creating an animation by mixing illustrations and photographs of the production scenery. Also features interviews with animation artists and the history of various video devices.
Supervision: The Imaging Society of Japan
Crafting kit (work collection): A collection of old-fashioned video toy craft patterns that move in a simple way. With detailed commentary.

Produced works

Eri

REST