Everyone thinks this is a metaphor but I really see it as a woman who breeds alien slime and hides it in stuffed animals.

The train was actually the main character.

That girl's boredom accurately represents how I've been spending my time during the COVID-19 pandemic

From Wikipedia: "In a steam punk world, a young woman illegally creates alien life forms inside stuffed animals, but the authorities eventually catch up with her."

Am I the only one that was worried what might happen to the broken-jar-headed dude? He spilled his brain juice too much.

My eyes: wow My brain: What the fa...

I can’t have been the only one that was hella sad when the frog alien died...like dude he was... Baby.

Why does this feel like literal depression

When you’re a weird kid and cant make normal friends. *smuggles aliens in toys*

My ability to "what" has increased

This is something they could make a series out of. Seriously, this shit looks very interesting. I want more...

こういうスチームパンクみたいな路地裏みたいな世界観好き。

A full anime series with this art style and a dark story and mostly slow pacing would make an instant classic.

That was weird but oddly satisfying at the same time...

これ好きなんだよね何回も見たくなっちゃう

Superb artwork, the girl’s disaffected facial expressions and gestures and her grotty post-apocalyptic lifestyle are brilliantly rendered.

1:35 *_honey, that's not the proper way of mixing the ingredients_* ok, I was wrong. I thought she was going to bake some cake. *_ack_*

日本なのか外国なのか、未来なのか過去なのか、SFなのかファンタジーなのか この世界観、カナビス最高っす

逆再生してみたら、 7:19あたりは「みんなで」って聞こえるし、 11:13からのカエルさんの言葉は 「あれ？どこいった？」 「へんなのー」 「かたーい」 「なんでここはこんなにきついのかなー」 「よーしっと！うはー！…あれー？」 って幼い声が聞こえる。 こんな感じ…で文字にしてるけど、ちゃんと日本語でなんか喋ってる。

The engineer at the front of the train: "WOOOOO DOGGIE, THAT WAS A BIG ONE"

I wish this was an actual anime, I'd watch it with no hesitation.

I just realised that the doll was a frog and not a weird bear.

the train was a paid actor

I always view the alien things as drugs, as her face looks tired, absent and sad. She doesn't like their company, that's why she throws the bunny away. She doesn't like what her life has turn into. But here she is. Alone and sad. And then, the police. She doesn't want them to take them away, but at the same time is not like she wants to have it. But as any addict, she keeps doing so. Not only that, but she also sell it. (We know this by watching with subtitles). But at the end she is able to see what it has done to her, as we se her face of horror. As the monster attempts to eat her. I think the police was only trying to help her, by force, but help her. As they say, her neighbors call to stop her, before it became dangerous. At the end, yes she looks sad, but relief. Is over now. She stop fighting and takes the help, that she need it. But the harms was done already, I will love to see how she recovers. Or at least that's what I got for the animation, someone say it was creativity and how society crush it down, but if so, she would seem relief at the end of it. My opinion...

This should have been a Love Death Robots episode

you see, the train symbolizes the animation budget

Dang, she didn’t blink this whole time. Stone face champion.

wow.... the 3d mixing here is absolutely flawless. ghost in the shell 2 WISHES

I can relate to the girl's boredom on a personal level.

*_The train is definitely the main protagonist._*

I have been looking for this movie for about 10 years. Thank you for sharing this on UKposts :')

訳分からんのに最近のなろう系よりしっかりキャラが動いてる･･･

My thoughts on this: This "girl" was obviously drawn as she the way she was intentionally. She had the behaviour of a young girl, as shown by her TV binging, the style in which she dressed and the way she did her hair. However she was drawn as a maturing young adult, somehow lost in her evolution. Like she had stopped growing mentally, but not physically. This is possibly suggested by the extreme solitude she seemed to live in - the "dead end" written on the street - and by the lack of a parent or guardian. It's obvious she likes toys, as illustrated by her vast collection. She has also began doing something illegal - bringing in new lifeforms by incubating them within inanimate objects with the use of a strange machine (more lore explanation required here!). We also know that human brains are able to be contained and preserved within robots, as shown by the two accompanying the detective. They do not however seem to be feeling or human anymore. More like cold unfeeling machines than real organic conscious beings. Moreover, the last scene of the robot in her house apparently "dying" is the real clue. I believe this shows not a metaphor but an alternate reality in which a young girl, who's parent/guardian had been tragically taken from her, only to be replaced by what's left of them - a brain in a jar of an old robot lying in her doorway - happening to her at a young age (as suggested by her clothes and behaviour). Furthermore, this lack of parenting and guardianship eventually led her to try and create life, quite possibly perhaps out of loneliness or boredom, by trying to put it within something she can connect to - her toys. The last scene suggests 2 things: her face when she finally sees the lifeform for what it truly is is one of panic and realisation, the realisation of what she has done, and how dangerous it really is, and finally, the scene of the robot passing away suggests her final step of maturity. Of waking up to the real world and not being lost in her own. It's reflects a melancholic philosophy of old life passing on to new beginnings, and one of old philosophies and behaviours, made into new ones from mistakes realised. A lesson we can all learn and relate to. I wholeheartedly agree that the ideas put forward by this animation, it's unique art style and story, should be told in a more thorough manner. Exploring territory with the limitless form of animation is what makes this short story so appealing, and would truly benefit by becoming a movie or even an animated series in my opinion, and as many have suggested before me. It's an extremely well thought out animation, and is perhaps a great piece of film to be touched upon in schools. Not to find hidden meaning, but to read the clues for what they truly are. A great piece of work.

すんごい雰囲気とか絵とかがかっこいい なんかこう、レトロな感じとかその中にあるグロさとか不気味なポップさとかが

Wow what an awesome dystopian scifi short! Great job and THANKS for putting it up on UKposts!

出産と中絶を繰り返す女の子の話？って言う考察が1番近い気がする 途中操作の人によってうさぎのスカートの中から引っ張ったのが赤ん坊だったみたいな。 かえるから生まれたのはおおきく育ちすぎてしまった赤ん坊。 そう捉えると奥が深い

鉄コン筋クリートみたいに、 いい意味で色んな物がごちゃごちゃしている世界。 すごく好きです。

*Me*: Neat animation! *Everyone Else:* Duuuuude! It's a like, a metaphor, man. Like, the system hates imagination, man.

ジブンが全く知らない世界線(千と千尋の神隠しみたいな感じ)が好きすぎてずっと見てられる。 不気味さと美しさが中和された感じが物凄く良い。 島田サン？のメンインブラック感がめちゃくちゃカッコイイ

画風が凄く独特で引き込まれる。

This seems like one of those things that lack just enough context and are so open for interpretation that people come up with theories that fulfills their own personal desires and will never mean the same thing to two different people. For me it's about paint drying and my own sexual inadequacies.

I think it’s about drug addiction. The main character seems like an addict from her ashen skin, to the bags under her eyes and at the very end her bloodied nose. Her entire world is dull which is what it can feel like when you know what it is like on the other side. She stabs the sludge that she pours into the machine and when one of the dolls approaches her she throws it away which represent the fact that an addict knows what they’re doing is wrong. The investigation that comes to her house is a drug bust, they find the creatures in the toys and the one hidden in a room. The creatures themselves are drawn in a very psychedelic way, Ive seen some people interpret that as creativity, but I just can’t see her as being a very creative person, I dont think that was what they wanted us to think. The hallway that is shown many times says “dead end” and the robot on the chair says something like “lost life.” It’s a sad truth that many people who become addicted to drugs do not recover from it. This is simply my interpretation of the film, let me know what you think the film meant if you disagree. If you agree, feel free to add your interpretations of certain scenes that support this theory. Edit: another point I’d like to make is that the monster at the end wanted to devour her. Another thing I would like to add is the food she eats resembles pills and its all junk food which, similarly to drugs, we eat despite the fact that its bad for us just because it tastes good.

Don't know why but such background, pale colors were always there in my subconscious. This animation dragged me to my so called childhood imaginary world. Btw loved it😘

I hadn't seen this before tonight, in a word -great. Thank you for posting. PS. I'm watching this again. 12-31- 2019- Happy New Year everybody!

こういう鉄コン筋クリートみたいな退廃的な雰囲気好き

"In a steam punk world, a young woman illegally creates alien life forms inside stuffed animals, but the authorities eventually catch up with her." Is the actual summary of this short film. The director is Tatsuyuki Tanaka.....also you could have all just clicked the link in the description instead of coming up with these over the top deep meanings, it's not a film that's really for interpretation, it was simply a story.

Most people in the comments below: wE LiVe iN a sOcIeTy

I first saw this about ten years ago on TV when I was a teenager. I remember being so confused. And now this shows up in my UKposts recommendations and I was like: Could it be? I love it when things come back to you like that!

こういう独特な世界観すこ 頭が脳入り瓶の部下はもっとすこ

She's smuggling aliens through dolls. Quality content 👌

I seriously don't understand what's going on here at all

Wow, I never even heard of this, but the artstyle is impressive. The environments and color palettes really make this look very bleak and dystopian.

Can we just admire the animation like how long did this take?

UKposts: "so you ever done any drugs?" Me: "not really! why? UKposts: "wanna see what it looks like if you do!" Me: "ok"

I remember this animation, I watched when I was a kid, the film had its semi-premiere on my grandmother's town Barichara festival here in Colombia at the animation section

I really like how janky the movements of the robots are and how their hands are just hanging off their shoulders.

11:03にある｢掻爬｣の文字。 掻爬は中絶手術のこと。この事を踏まえて… 管理局の捜査員がうさぎのぬいぐるみをスカートの中に手を入れて、まるで腹から抉り出したようなシーンや 管理局の隣にいた機械のような2人のうち、1人が突き飛ばされるシーンでガラスが砕けて脳が飛び出すのがどこか子宮からまだ赤ん坊の形をしていない、“この世のものでは無い”ものを取り出すイメージ。 ※周りに飛び散ったのは羊水。 カエルのぬいぐるみに向かって声を上げ、手を徐々に開くシーンは超音波で中を探るイメージ。 また、11:23では｢不味いですよ。大きすぎます｣とガスマスクが。すでに意味はなくとも“言葉”を発している時点で、赤ん坊は胎内でかなり成長してしまっていた。 日本の法律ではある程度をすぎると堕胎する事は出来ない。だからこそ最後、この胎児を殺せるのは…この場合なら電車による事故かな…。 最後の12:25のロボットは、例えるなら…中絶をした女、もしくは中絶せざるを得なかった女…かな。 ただ、前半でカエル(胎児)は電車に轢かれて死んだ。そしてロボットの目の光も消えた(女も死んだ)。 腹から下が布で隠されているのもきっと無惨な事になっているからかな…。 最終的にはカエルのぬいぐるみ=胎児の母は腹が裂けていて、手術を受けたように思えた。 捜査員たちは中絶手術の医者。 小さい所では大出血という旗もちょっと違う意味な気がする。

*_"All we had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!"_*

なんかこう、今じゃ全然見れないレトロな感じが懐かしさとか切なさを出してていいよね。 色も派手なのを使ってないところとか

Everyone has their deep, complex and analytical perspective on what this movie may symbolize. I just think that this was a side story to how Thomas The Dank Engine got so much respect and notoriety, for being a true hero.

Is this about suppression of creativity?

Toy Story: Live toys This animation: aliens in toys

I love it, I've been looking for it for so long

I love how the aliens pop like cartoon balloons. Everything about this was great, especially the color scheme.

every frame makes a pretty great wallpaper

電車のジョイント音が好きすぎる あと手描きなのにすげえぬるぬる動くの凄い

This was my kind of Dark. Cerebral, well animated, correct amount of action vs tension. Well done.

これリンダキューブのキャラデザの人だな。あの頃から絵は変わってないけど、かっこよさも変らないのがすごい。

Those cyborgs are truly very imaginative. Their designing is simple, elegant and beautiful at the same time.

My eyes and brain: wtf have you brought upon this cursed land My mouth: Nice...

I've been looking for this for 2 years, now finally found it 😌

Amazing. Would love to see this as to he first 13 minutes of a movie. Provide the backstory in flashbacks during trial.

I never expected this, but I would dig this type of Animation style

ドアはもうちょっとやさしく開けてよォォおお！！

I've been trying to find this video forever, for the past year has been like a fever dream I remembered from years ago

I think this has the potential to be a really good, really disturbing movie. Like Akira.

日本人コメントを、全力で探す俺氏

誰かの安心のために日本語コメ残しとこっと

こういう異形のものが描かれているアニメーションは見てて面白い、次回があるならまた見たい

Whatever this was, it was freaking awesome, nice work!

彼女の動機が切ない。細かくてさりげなくてリアルで、すごい作品だ。

最後、女の子を助けようと手を伸ばしているように見えたのは都合良過ぎかな。

三年前に見てすっかり忘れてたんだけど、この前あのカエルの化け物が喋ってるのが夢に出て思い出したから来た　人って忘れ去ってる脈絡のないことでも夢では思い出すもんだな…

特別捜査官の島田さん好きすぎる

This sums up my trip to a Japanese Build-A-Bear 10 out of 10, would go again.

The frog has the cutest voice ever-

Got this in my recommendations YEARS ago but never got to watch it or save it even though was I interested. Glad to see it recommended again and finally get watch it

I'd been futilely searching for this a couple of days ago and it showed up in my recommended today.

The creature:*exists* Train: *THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE THEME FULL BLAST* haha nope

Uploaded one year ago today. First time seeing it. It has such a creepy, yet intriguing vibe

Who would win A humongous magic frog monster of unknowable power or one choo choo boi

ちょっとフワちゃんに似てて草

Lol made me think about animatrix immediately. Looked it up. Yep Studio 4°C. The nostalgia is real.

Nice to see an anime in which Japanese people actually look Japanese. The aliens seem inspired by the work of Jim Woodring.

中身はグロいのに消える時メルヘン

I loved it so much! The graphics, the shades of grey, the atmosphere, the feelings... I felt bad for the aliens :( The big one at the end was so... Cute?

All you had to do was follow the damn train CJ!!!!

初原画作品がAKIRAという凄いお方の作品ですね。数年後に老人Zのコンテ描いてるとかいう天才さんですね。御先祖様万々歳!とかスタジオ４℃とかとにかくとんがってるアニメーターさんですね。

This needs more screen-space to develop further and I love the uniqueness of this short-film...

この地味で素朴な色が好き