A collaboration of Mamoru Oshii, Koji Morimoto, and KENWOOD. This short animation is inspired by "Smart Headsets" (earphones with AI assistant) that depicts future life with a unique interpretation, set in a fictitious city where devices have become commonplace.
Direction
Oshii's live-action eye meets Morimoto's liquid animation.
Production
KENWOOD commissioned art that hates its own product.
Director
Mamoru Oshii
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was commissioned as actual KENWOOD advertising—corporate irony so thick you could cut it.
Oshii reportedly storyboarded this in a single night, treating a product demo with the same paranoia as Ghost in the Shell.
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