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AC-bu is a creative team especially known for their high-energy, highly-condensed imagery expressions. Their artworks can be seen in TV programs, commercials, music videos and more. In 2014, their high-speed picture show “Anzen unten no shiori (Safe Driving Guide)” earned a Jury Selection at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival. “Powder / New Tribe” was nominated at the 2019 Annecy International Animation Film Festival in the commissioned films category. In the same year, it was presented at the Ars Electronica Animation Festival. AC-bu have been guest professors at the Kyoto University of Art and Design since 2019. Recent major solo exhibitions are “9th ANNIVERSARY Iruka no irukakun Kyusyu no Meigetsu”（TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS, 2019） and “Kyukoshi -Transmorph-” (MITSUKOSHI CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, 2020).
A video for “Busu” by CreepHype. The song is about not being able to express your true feelings to the one you love, and the video adds a new story in-between the lyrics, creating a new unique tale. This new style of music video, which intentionally makes it hard to follow the original lyrics, thereby creating a sense of awkwardness, became an overnight sensation on YouTube, garnering over millions of views. The video packs a full-length film's worth of story into a four-minute video by using methods like fast-forward, situational illustrations and heavy use of subtitles.
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