Loundraw's 3-minute fever dream that'll make you ugly cry over a LINE Novel ad
Future Imaginations is a special animated PV released to celebrate the launch of the "Reiwa Novel Award" held by LINE Novel in collaboration with Nippon Television and Aniplex
Direction
Loundraw compresses an entire feature's emotional arc into 180 seconds
Cinematography
Signature soft-focus melancholy with impossible light
Score
Music that weaponizes your own unfulfilled potential against you
Director
Loundraw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Reiwa Novel Award was a real competition targeting smartphone-native writers, making this essentially a highend recruitment video for literary hopefuls.
Loundraw later adapted this aesthetic into feature films like Summer Ghost, suggesting Future Imaginations was a proof-of-concept for his commercial viability as a director. The three-minute runtime wasn't limitation — it was portfolio.
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