Yûichirô Tanaka

Arigato, Monster

Mushitaro spends everyday life without any hope or dreams. He occasionally hears delusional voice of people in suffering, which made him lose emotions. Johnny mentally controls Mushitaro with sophistry just to satisfy his greed. Working as garbagemen, they are struggling actors in a small theater. Not talented and not making much effort, they survive everyday living together in a old fork house in Osaka. Mushitaro and Johnny have messed up the stage many times, trying Johnny’ s selfish method in acting and finally get fired by the theater company. Nevertheless, Johnny never accept the reality. For him, he is right and the others are wrong. !en, one day he encounters his God “Joker”, the monster of hatred. Influenced by Joker, Johnny transforms Mushitaro and himself into monsters to make revenge to the theater and also to the society that doesn’t treat them right. Which will lead the reckless two to an unexpected disaster.

Chicken Phoenix

Childhood friends Sota, and Rakuto are on a journey to find the Phoenix, which shouldn't exist. As adults, there remains a dark shadow over each of them as their lives have progressed, thus they seek a bit of escapism in their travels. Parallel to their own story, is the mysterious bride. Not to mention a deserted youkai snack bar in the underworld, a gang from an SM Castle, an agricultural rapper, a young man on a bike trip, a monk peaching about enlightenment, the owner and operator of an empty movie theater, and more that the duo meet on their aimless journey. The hints of the true colors of life are within the journey, so what kind of Phoenix are they looking for?

Chicken Phoenix

Childhood friends Sota, and Rakuto are on a journey to find the Phoenix, which shouldn't exist. As adults, there remains a dark shadow over each of them as their lives have progressed, thus they seek a bit of escapism in their travels. Parallel to their own story, is the mysterious bride. Not to mention a deserted youkai snack bar in the underworld, a gang from an SM Castle, an agricultural rapper, a young man on a bike trip, a monk peaching about enlightenment, the owner and operator of an empty movie theater, and more that the duo meet on their aimless journey. The hints of the true colors of life are within the journey, so what kind of Phoenix are they looking for?

Smokin' on the Moon

Two slackers work at a midnight bar while also selling marijuana; when they get dangerously close to some unhinged yakuza, they follow wildly divergent fates.