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UEKUSA Wataru
In this work, a line is used to reflect emotion, and the theme is the sublimation of a complex and continuous moment, like following one phrase of a song.
© Wataru Uekusa
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UEKUSA Wataru
Born in Chiba in 1987. Graduated from the Department of Animation, Faculty of Arts, Tokyo Polytechnic University in 2009, then graduated from the Department of Animation, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2011. As well as working on short animated sequences for the Fuji Television program SMAP x SMAP, his extensive experience also includes having a short manga published in the French graphic novels SILLAGE Gaiden (Wake's Chronicles), which are published by Delcourt-Neopolis.