Egao
笑顔A young woman brought a hamster back to her apartment. While watching the cuteness of the hamster was enjoyable, she suddenly recalled her boyfriend she used to have.... (Source: ANN)
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zulauf.donny - 2013-04-08 19:44:19
This little film came to be thanks to the Minna no Uta (“Everyone’s Songs") program by NHK and was a way to promote the singer Hiromi Iwasaki. The one who received the task to create a music video for her song “Egao” was none other than Makoto Shinkai. What he produced was a delightful little video about a girl and her newly bought hamster. This complements the already beautiful song extremely well and creates a charming whole.Every now and then I find myself re-watching Egao due to how simplistic it is. If I am to make a wild guess, this marks the only time where Shinkai followed the “simple is better” principle. This really works and has resulted in a short little music video full with honest feelings.And sometimes this is just what you need.