Cockroach Anime
Haruka Suzuki's graduation film.
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A story about love, friendship, and effort that cockroaches and their friends put into living behind a refrigerator in an ordinary salaryman's family home. Cockroaches who are hated by all humans strive every day to be liked by everyone in the family; will the day when they are accepted by the family come?
Hybrid film with animated cockroaches interacting with live-action actors. In a trashy bachelor pad lived a colony of roaches who were able to roam freely for food or for games. Because of the homeowner being gentle with the roaches, they have no fear of traps, spray, or being stepped on. However when the homeowner starts bringing over a woman over, life starts to change for the roaches who are already living an easy life. (Source: ANN)
Gokicha is a small cockroach girl who has moved from Kanto to Hokkaido. She hopes the people in Hokkaido, who are less used to her kind, will become her friends. Despite her best intentions, however, she always seems to find herself on the bottom of someone's shoe or covered in insecticide. As Gokicha and her friend Chaba try to make it on the streets, it becomes apparent that the lives of cockroaches are full of peril. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
The time is the near future. Cockroaches and other household pests have become immune to all forms of insecticides. In response to this crisis, a Japanese company has created small, doll-like, insect exterminating robots called Hoi Hoi-san. A competing company has also released their own version, Combat-san. Because of their adorable appearance, these little robots have become somewhat of a phenomenon and have gained many fans. Late at night, in the home of one such fan, Hoi Hoi-san and Combat-san search for insects to exterminate... but Combat-san is not above trying to exterminate Hoi Hoi-san while she's at it.
This five-minute video tells the simple tale of a young woman imagining her normal life being a bit more extraordinary. (Source: ANN)
An anthology work produced by the Japan Animation Association for their Into Animation 7 festival held at The National Art Center, Tokyo.