PUPARIA 

(日本語のコメントも下にあります） Hi everyone, I’m Shingo Tamagawa, the director. I hope you enjoyed watching PUPARIA. Thank you so much for all the feedback! I’ve read all of them and seeing how they contain so much passion made me feel really glad to have made this film. I’m now starting on the preparation of my next film, little by little. My method requires a lot of time and effort, so I don’t think I will be able to release it easily. But I’ll definitely release it, and I’m planning to make something better than this film, so I hope you will be patient. And lastly, I hope you will be able to find some relief in this tough situation the world is going through right now, no matter how small it may be. 皆さんはじめまして、作者です。日本語が下になってしまってすみません。あまりにも英語のコメントが多いので・・。 たくさんの感想ありがとうございます。すべて読ませていただいていますし、その熱量のある感想の数々を見て、本当にこの作品を作ってよかったと感じています。 現在私は、少しずつではありますが次の作品の準備をし始めています。 とても時間と手間がかかる作り方のため、なかなか公開できないとは思いますが、必ず発表いたしますし、これよりも良いものを作るつもりでいるので、気長に待っていただけると幸いです。 それでは、大変な世の中ではありますが、皆様に何かすこしでも救いがあることを願っております。 Shingo Tamagawa

It felt like the video was watching me instead of me watching it.

2:27 The way this character’s eyes move is so incredible

I genuinely thought Puparia was a movie, I didn't know it was only 3 minutes. The eyes were captivating and the detail in this shows the immense amount of work done

I love the fact that their eyes are so expressive yet dead at the same time

I don't know what does it all mean, but design of face white hair girl is truly awesome

i found myself trying to figure out the meaning of this video then i just stopped and thought- it is such a human thing to do to always try to add meaning to things. we go our entire lives searching for meaning… why can’t this video just exist and be appreciated in its beauty without it having some deep, metaphorical meaning. the first thing i noticed about this video is the amazing detail and art. observed for us to see and experience what came from another persons beautiful mind. the fact that i can be here witness something so pure and beautiful is beautiful in itself.

When I was a kid, I would consistently have dreams that featured otherworldly creatures and sceneries; visuals like this. I’ve never seen anything in real-life illustrate the kinds of things I had in my dreams before. It’s just, words don’t do it justice, you know? Art is the only way to explain certain things. And for me I understood something from this that was so deep and meaningful to me-something I’ve..seen before. It’s hard to explain but the way art can make people feel is beautiful, isn’t it?

I swear that eyes have more personality than all of me

the eye movements of the white haired alien took my breath away

After watching the behind-the-scenes video of the animation, I changed my interpretation of the animation! Haha. Tamagawa says that he wanted to express his feelings clearly in the animation, and talks about what specifically, he says that the values ​​of humanity are being lost, and that he wanted to convey a certain comfort to the viewers in the animation, so I started watching Pulparia by different way than before, a representation of an alien invasion as I said in my last comment, in this one, I will comment scene by scene: - The animation really seems to "talk" about the degradation of humanity and a certain fear of the future that awaits us, the first scene seems to be a girl reflecting looking at us humans from the past, and the creature behind her may indicate that it is in the future , in addition to the remains of poles and other things contrasting with the beautiful flower bed, indicate that there may have been some war or conflict. - In the next very enigmatic scene, a man appears who appears to have a bionic eye (another indication that the animation takes place in the future), and is only in his underwear, which may or may not represent the loss of even modesty, showing that in the future that wouldn't even matter, so he looks scared and scared, as if he couldn't avoid what was coming towards him, a bizarre creature, a giant moth that you don't know if it's coming out of the cocoon or with its wings closed, and it comes very quickly, in my view, this moth, which even the name of the animation references (as Tamagawa says that Pulparia is a word similar to the word cazulo in English or the shell of the moth), represents the future and the man who is already in the The future is looking at it with fear because it is desperate when facing its own sad reality, or because it is afraid of what is yet to come, indicating that the future could be even worse than its present (which is our future), which is not It doesn't seem to be good, because the guy walks very sad and apathetic down the corridor in a hunchback posture looking down, the scenery as well as the first girl's clothes could be just another element of contrast between the time of the animation: future, and the past . - Next we see a girl with a red dress that seems to be futuristic, and who doesn't seem at all happy to see us, because her expressions when she seems to look directly at us, viewers, seem at first to hide a grudge, an annoyance, a hurt at the same time. sees us, then she expresses anger, then her look becomes sad, as if she is lamenting something, in fact in my vision, she is looking at us who are in the "past", and for the future which is her present being so bad, she He feels a mix of emotions when he looks at us, as if he were angry with us because we are still in the past and still have a chance to change, and as if he regrets what humanity has become, then points incisively in a direction , it seems like it is showing us the way out, as if saying, get out of my way, or even pointing to a moment even further in the future, that is, the final scene. - The final scene is very beautiful, and curious, not that the others aren't, but this one has a particular beauty. We see a girl who appears to be human, but with gray skin with different patterns in blue and red, big red eyes and white hair (in other words, she is probably an evolved human specimen), facing a horizon as enigmatic as she is, we see an immense empty space, with a colorful ground, which seems to match the initial colorful scene of the animation, that place seemed to be a beach without the sea, or even just a ground that was heavily explored and attacked, at the bottom of the horizon we see what appears to be factories releasing smoke into the air, and the sun setting, beginning the night. Then the animal that was next to the girl seems to look briefly at us and then at her as if warning that he was leaving, and for me, the animal represented comfort with the present, sleep, the deep sleep of our minds in relation to things that are happening in our time, as soon as the animal leaves, the girl seems to wake up and looks back, that's when she sees something curious, ancient humanity and that's when we see her too, so she looks with a perplexed expression and curious looking at the past, and we have varied reactions facing it, that is, our future evolution, some seem to be perplexed, curious, a woman even seems to be admiring with satisfaction, others seem to be judging, a woman seems to be very perplexed and confused in while the man next to him seems to be feeling guilt and worry about the future, and finally that boy who seems to be immersed in his thoughts, quite perplexed and reflective, then the girl from the future looks at the horizon again as if she is thinking, how can we get there? to such an extent? And this is what we have become? Then she looks at the viewer fearfully, she seems to be worried about us knowing what we would become, however, suddenly she smiles kindly and gracefully, as if saying to us: "I know you understood the message" "I trust you to create a different and better future", as if it were the altar himself telling us to pay attention to what our society is becoming, and how we are abandoning our values ​​as human beings, family values, morals, etc. Everything behind. However, as he said in the behind-the-scenes video, he wanted to send a message, but he also wanted Pulparia to be a consolation for us, and this animation, so beautiful and rich in details that it becomes hypnotizing, with this playful and thought-provoking soundtrack, managed do that. It showed us our future little by little, each scene seems to advance a little in the future, and they all indicate something bad, in the form of an alert and a warning, so in the end, we continue to be alerted by the empty and worrying landscape and by the girl's worried and fearful look. of the future, but at the end of it all she smiles at us from the "past" conveying the author's hope that humanity will be able to write a better future than that of Pulparia, and the beautiful yellow flowers that grow on the left of the wall (which represents the divider of past and future), amidst the many thorny plants, also highlights this. I hope I was able to decipher at least a little of this wonderful animation, say, did I get something right or did I completely trip? @ShingoTamagawa

I'm heart broken I'm so late to finding this. Still, even finding it now has brought me so much joy. It feels like a lifetime since I have felt so absorbed by a short film. To try to turn away from watching feels akin to ripping a scholar from their studies. This is a truly beautiful short film. Thank you so much for gifting this to us. ✌️ You wonderful soul.

3 years of making this 3-minute animation did not go to waste, wish to see more of your works king.

Kinda disappointed that this isn't a movie trailer. Imagine having 90+ minutes of this

The 'youth' at the end seriously feels like some kind of super organism who is the culmination of billions of years of evolution of a planet; where all iterations finally resulted in a godlike being of combined physiological and mental transcendence. His expressions make it seems like a tiny lifeform patiently endured everything to eventually come out on top, and he has both a higher vision of the ultimate purpose of life yet at the same time, a young, gleeful endearment to his own impressiveness. Really well done.

I will never get tired of Puparia, it really touched me with something fresh. Totally needed in the animations these days. Thank you Mr Tamagawa

This whole thing feels like snippets from some epic story we've only seen a tiny part of. The design and animation is gorgeous.

This feels like one of those things you gotta appreciate without trying to understand it.

なんだかディストピアとユートピアが混ざったような、境界線が曖昧で、美しさと恐怖が同時に存在してるような、、すごく心に感じるものがありました。 インタビュー動画も拝見して、共感する部分が多かったです。 ストーリーが面白いとか作画がすごい映像作品ももちろん素晴らしいけど、作ることそのものから作者の内面を感じることができる作品は多くないと思います。このPUPARIAは正直偶然RU-vidに出てきて知りましたが、運命のようにも感じました。たった数分の映像でも、何時間もその世界にいたような、超大作の映画を大スクリーンで見たような没入感とこの画面の奥に広がる世界に触れられた気がします。ありがとうございます。

Спасибо огромное автору за проделанную работу! Если я правильно поняла произведение,то куколка, а затем и взрослая особь это будущее, перемены. Люди чувствует приближение этих перемен,чувствуют, что мир изменился, и они боятся этих перемен и неизвестности. Лис, будто наше прошлое или настоящее,наш привычный мир, прощается и уходит, передавая эстафету новому времени. Люди испугано и с ожиданием смотрят и ждут, что же будет дальше, а будущее лишь улыбается, говоря, что не надо бояться. На душе как-то потеплело, от осознания, что не только меня пугает будущее и что все мы едины в этой беде. Правильно, не надо бояться будущего

I cannot believe how beautiful and artistic this is. The music, the animation, the emotion? I can’t wait to see more work from you. This is beyond words fantastic.

This is why we need to give artists more creative freedoms in media. I feel like everything is such a cash grab now. This was amazing.

Do not let MAPPA get their filthy paws on this animator bro 😭😭😭

I love the being at the end with the long white hair wish there was a full movie or something about them

imagine a full length feature film with this art style.

This whole thing gives me the chills I felt when I watched Princess Mononoke as a kid and saw the forest spirit turning to look at him for the first time

なんだこれ、たった3分なのに、何でこんなに引き込まれる、なんなんだ、なんなんだよこの感覚。

every frame is a wallpaper

It feels like a trailer for something that will never be made because it's too good

This looks like a trailer for some surreal animated movie that you can only dream of

Based on the interview, it now seems to me, that the "Puparia" is an depiction of the artist’s creativity path. Creatures and locations is his hobby and live. Drawing, as a calm and beloved place, that brings him joy and fun (first woman scene) became hostile and disturbing, (scene with man and rooms) because he start worked in anime industry. In some moment he leave his busyness and stopped drawing at all. (women in red dress without any creature) And finally he returned back reborned with "Puparia". People on last scene are us.

the last girl,s eyes and her smile at the end was so heartmelting ☺️

The white hair person... their smile was so warm, my heart skipped a beat.

This feels like the opening cinematic for some obscure JRPG that would have videos essays made about it 15 years later explaining why it's an underrated masterpiece.

This is amazing. Also love the smile you gave to the character...to nice and warm..reassuring

Such a beautiful work. Thank you for all the time and love you put into it. It shows 😊❤

I like how the crowd of people observing the alien at the end watch her like insects. They stay still and blink quickly like bugs. In contrast the alien is constantly moving and smiles in a warm, more human, way.

I wish more anime had this gorgeous style. Their faces have volume, their expressions are vivid and subtle. Everything about this is beautiful.

Автор потрясающе рисует и образы цепляют. Ощущение, будто последний персонаж бросил вызов чужой безучастности и апатии своей улыбкой - и он готов идти вперёд.

The main message of the animation, connecting all the parts, seems to be that an alien race invaded and dominated planet Earth to harvest resources or live here, we can't know for sure, but they seem to be destroying and leaving the planet deserted, and this alien girl from White hair seems to be different, kind, and curious about human beings and wants to understand more about us. So maybe the reaction of that girl alone in what appeared to be a horseradish forest, of surprise, anger and then fear and coercion when answering what seemed to be a question to someone, was why she was answering this alien girl, the direction where what was left of humanity was, and she seems to have responded to that against her will out of pure fear. So finally the alien girl finds what's left of humanity after the wall, and her reaction when she sees us is the same as ours when we see her, scared, surprised and curious. But her smile at the spectator, a human, and her worried and fearful expression when looking again at the horizon, seems to show that she is different from the others, and that she is worried about what is happening on Earth and what they are doing to us. Of course I could simply be traveling and this animation could simply be something beautiful and abstract for us to enjoy, but I still think it has a context and a message behind it haha. Tell me if I'm right? @shingotamagawa

Get this man in the anime or movie industry right now. What a talent.

This is what you would get if Studio Ghibli, Junji Ito, and Satoshi Kon had worked on something together.

I cried at the end. I was overtaken by some kind of relief and calmness. Thanks to the wonderful author for the work🙏🙏

Their eyes remind me of the fake eyes that butterflies often have on their wings! So pretty!

this feels like something an animator would send a studio as a resume

Not only is this some of the best animation I've ever seen, but that character design is also seriously the pinnacle.

Some of the best animation I’ve ever ever seen… art style too. Gosh I wish they would make a feature film. Escaflowne vibes, angels egg, just insane..

That last smile was such supportive and calm. Thank you for that masterpiece!

2:19 the way he looks at the direction where he want to turn before turning is surprisingly accurate to how we actually do that

If I were a multi millionaire, I’d fund this guy to turn this into a full on anime or movie

every now and again the shot 2:29 pops into my mind and im reminded that it's once again time to re-watch PUPARIA. have you ever seen such earnest, genuine and kind eyes? I'm absolutely enamored

I never seen a short film anime look so pretty and amazing it didn’t need a story just watching the beautiful works was enough

the contrast between realism and surrealism, stillness and motion.

I wish this artist had a Patreon 'cos I feel the need to throw large amounts of money at him. Purely magical.

I didn't even know this existed until I saw a single blurry frame on some random profile on a forum. I was so curious and mesmerised despite the low quality that I took a screenshot and used image search and was pleasantly surprised when I got the name of this video. I am so glad I did because I have never seen something so absolutely beautiful. It saddens me that I will never achieve this level of skill in anything I do. But I think this is the final straw that has inspired me to stop what I'm currently studying at University and take up art and animation. Thank you Shingo for sharing this with the world.❤😊❤️ I am just so happy to be able to witness art like this, it literally makes me happy to be alive.

The character and creature design… the environments…. It’s all exquisite. I just wish there was a full length film!

I understand it better now. More like I feel it better, relate to it, its making me feel better, it inspires me a lot more than before. It's moving and too beautiful. It's totally worth the hard work he did. Thank you for showing us something this amazing.

i have absolutely no goddamn clue what’s going on, but this looks so stunning

Thank you so much for this Shingo 🙏🏻❤️

This is so beautiful, the details and colors, woow! Love the esthetics of the characters. Just amazing. I'm so grateful for such a gift you've given us! Thank you, Shingo 🙏🏼

If there is ever going to be a faithful Berserk adaptation, this guy should be the one to direct the animation

Lost for words, BRAVO.

So beautiful. The colors, the patterns, the movement. ❤

Thank you for creating this story really.

The characters are so hypnotic, I feel like I already know them without even having a word given. What I wouldn’t give to watch this as an anime

Everybody talking about the smile. Im just here thinking the bug thing sliding through doors is the most horrifying thing I've seen in a long while and I love it. Gorgeous masterpiece

Не могу поверить, что этот шедевр сделал 1 человек. Рада, что ваша мечта сбылась

Анимация без компьютерной графики и нарисованная цветными карандашами 😮. Это титанический труд!!! Я не фанат манги из-за зачастую плоского смысла и детских диалогов. Но здесь за не полные три минуты я увидела глубокий смысл. Смысл о том что всё меняется, что не надо бояться, отпустить прошлое и идти вперёд и радоваться новому. А о «визуальном оргазме» я вообще молчу. С уважением 😊.

Everyone’s talking about the white haired girl. But the short black haired one is really fantastic as well. Her expressions are mysterious and wow! I Everything is amazingly well done. 💗💗💗

In a drawing class at the art school I attend, we watched this video to learn about camera shots and angles. I was so happy that we have analyzed this video among the whole class ✨

I absolutely love this art style. Im so glad there are people in this world keeping up with the traditional hand drawn art. It’s incredible. It’s something’s computer animation cannot do. Thank you for making it Shingo Tamagawa.

The smile at 2:30 immediately makes me smile and feel safe. The way your emotion transfers so smooth is amazing

Pretty cool! That last expression the last character makes was quite iconic. I've never seen such an expression captured so well in animation.

Why do I feel a strong sense of existential fear when watching this? Like the fact that this brings out so much feelings shows it's good art but like I also feel like I'm having a bad trip in a haunted house.

Beautiful work!! Fascinating and hypnotic!!

Masterpiece. Thank you, mr. Tamagawa. I hope to see more creations from you in the future!

This evokes an emotion of comfort, anxiety, wonder, amazement, curiosity, and almost nostalgia, all at the same time.

This feels like I’m an animal observing the human race

fast forward 3 years and still dream of someone making this into full length movie. This could be the next Angels Egg.

there's just this odd yet calming, otherworldly feel to this animation. the graphics, characters are absolutely gorgeous. can't say there's a strict storyline. but the plot somehow hangs in there via the eerie character expressions, somehow hopeful.

The textures are so gorgeous, and they add so much. It’s all digital coloring in animation and comics these days and it’s so flat, but then you see something like this where every frame is a painting and remember how beautiful traditional animation can look. I’ve got a feeling this is going to inspire a lot of artists to similar undertakings.

Thank you for this completely unexpected masterpiece

When i first saw this animation, i fell in love with it at first sight❤ the quality and effort when making this, i give you my respect. ❤

Why does this style make me feel so nostalgic. I love this so much because it fills me with the wonder anime did when I was a kid. Like Akira and Sprigan. 👍

If this took 3 years and the length of the video is 3 minutes, a minute of the video is equivalent to a year of work. That means that a second of the video equates to a sixtieth of a year's worth of work, so roughly 6.1 days. This means that if you blink once(which the average human blink is roughly a third of a second), you'll miss 2.3 DAYS worth of work. Let that sink in... Edit: slight mistake in calculation, thanks Albert Pemberton for correcting me

I have watched this so many times and it seems to me that all these characters are the same person. A man with different eyes displays a transitional state(red for alien, blue for girl). It seems to me that this story is about life, about getting rid of a cocoon (puparia), about the path to oneself and the formation of a personality. These small golden butterflies can symbolize the people who inspired the author (Shingo-san said in an interview for Archipel that he was inspired by many authors such as Hayao Miyazaki and Hideaki Anno, they inspired him to become an animator, perhaps the butterflies symbolize this inspiration that prompted the character get up and go in search of yourself.Perhaps this corridor symbolizes the long and thorny path of the animator, full of uncertainty and fear.The corridor is a very tight space, there were also a lot of frames and boundaries, which can symbolize the pressure of this industry of rigid rules and norms. Girl in a red dress, points a finger in an incomprehensible direction, I think this may mean a goal and a desire for it, to get out of this cramped room.The last character looks like an alien, maybe this is the true appearance he was going to. He is strange, unusual, but extremely mesmerizing, people look at him with fear, but also with adoration. society's acceptance of this individual. Anyway, I think it's a very autobiographical work. It made a lasting impression on me and inspired me on my own path. I really love this style of drawing and all the characters. Bravo!

Thank you for your hard work !

Shingo you did a terrific job!

Their eyes are human , but the way how they look at each other more fits for insects. Im scared now

2:19 i can’t stop rewatching this part; the movement of their pupils, the smile at the end,, im so transfixed- this film is amazing

That smile at the end gets me every time

I just found out about this movie and run to watch it as soon as possible. Needless to say, I'm glad I did. It gave me a sense of deepness and peace that's hard to put into words. Great job, hope to see more from you.

everyone's writing such beautiful comments abt how amazing this art is but i have no idea whats going on

I feel like I should be paying for this.

like 90 s anime style I miss this style 🤧🥺😭

Amazing work, so talented I love it!!! Thank you 🖤💜💙

That was the most beautifully animated smile I've ever seen, it just looked so genuine and loving. Jeez I wanna see more of these amazing characters you've created.

We stare at them like a painting just like how they stare at us back.

Thak you for your feelings and your work. This 3 minutes give me a hope, a hope that art is still alive.

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