Tomorrow’s Leaves

Action / Adventure

Modest Heroes will consist of three shorts by three different directors: "Kanini & Kanino" ("Kani no Kanino") by Hiromasa Yonebayashi will be a 15-minute fantasy adventure story of two crab siblings, and will be long. "Life Ain't Gonna Lose" ("Samurai Egg") by Yoshiyuki Momose will be a 15-minute "human drama" showing the love between a mother and a boy. "Invisible" ("Toumei Ningen") by Akihiko Yamashita will be a 14-minute "action spectacle" that centers on the lonely struggle of one invisible man. Studio Ponoc describes the shorts as "tales of modest heroes of our times." (Source: Anime News Network)

Music / Sports

A CalorieMate web movie directed by Takumi Shiga featuring the song "Surges" by Orangestar, with vocals by Kase and Loin. The video carries an eclectic animation style, as the story follows high school students from various clubs pouring their effort into sports in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic. (Source: Anime News Network, edited) Note: Initially published on the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Official YouTube channel in July 2021, it was later reuploaded on Orangestar's YouTube channel under the song title "Surges", republished on August 12, 2021.

Adventure / Fantasy

"Dream" was the first work from the Toei Animation Production Department original project. Everyone has had a dream at least once, but have you ever seen someone else's dream? We invite you to take your eyes away from the real world and enter a child's dream world in this wondrous story of a young boy's dream featuring a cat named Pero. (Source: Official Youtube)

Comedy / Slice of Life

noitaminA's 10th anniversary commemoration short special.