My first animation in English!

This is my first animation in English. Four years ago, I started to study making animation. ENGAWA KOMYU-KOMYU is my first series with narration. I have already made five episodes, but this is the only episode in English. I couldn’t make the other episodes in English because they all involved word-play. Word-play can’t be translated.

ENGAWA means a Japanese style porch. This kind of porch is disappearing now. KOMYU-KOMYU is my own coinage, derived from communication. I have wanted to make short stories that people would tell on the porch.

As I experienced when with the Nagoya Players (an English Theater group in Nagoya), acting in English is difficult to me, especially with a disguised voice. Maybe my acting voice is difficult to hear and awkward. I will continue to make animations in English. I hope someday my acting in English will be better.

This episode is a parody of Death Note. I really enjoy and respect the original Death Note. I believe you can enjoy this animation even if you don’t know anything about Death Note but I strongly recommend you to read the original comic or watch the movies. These are all translated into English.

In my animation, basically the old man loves his son but recently they have always been fighting. The old man feels jealousy for his son’s youth.

I hope you enjoy this episode. If you think up plots for new episodes, let me know.

You Tube short animation