Snowbugs is an award winning creative agency in Japan.
The company creates digital contents, mainly short films, 2D character designs and animations. It also distributes and licenses these works.
The recent works include SILENT LAKE, a short film directed by Eiji Shimada. The film was sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and premiered in the prestigious Yubari Fantastic Film Festival.
In 2007, INSTRUCTION, a short film directed by Junjiro Kodama, won Grand-Prix in CLSA Film Festival (JAPAN).
Snowbugs is also known for its sophisticated character designs. Kolme, a series of character designs created by Tamas, is available at apple's download site. Tamas works internationally in recent years. The team participated Creative Lapland Project (Finland) in 2005 and also in 2006. With other project members, they developed a character called tonttu. Junjiro, the creative director of Tamas, was invited to stay at Fabrica, the Benetton research centre in Italy, and collaborated with other internationally-active, young creators.
22 December 2009
KOLME ZOO realeased at Asahiyama Zoo Mobile
21 August 2009
Under Ginkgo Trees won Best Foreign Film!
17 March 2009
KOLME New Series LOCKE THE SUPERMAN!
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03 March 2009
"INSTRUCTION" is now on DVD
SAPPORO Short Film Festival DVD vol.2 is now on sale.
The festival kindly included "INSTRUCTION" directed by Junjiro Kodama.
23 February 2009
[FALSH WEB] "BATON" produced by Shunji Iwai
We were asked to make a full-flash website for an animation series, "BATON", which is produced by the famous film director Shunji Iwai.
© Rockwell Eyes
Client : Rockwell Eyes Inc.
Planning : Snowbugs ltd.
Production Manager : Akira Hatsusegawa (Snowbugs)
Art Direction : 3KG
Flash : Sadahiro Takahashi
Special Thanks : Tetsu Yamamoto (Artfreaks)
23 February 2009
2 new shorts coming up. 1 new festival selection.
We've been working on 2 short films since the end of last year.
One is called "Potato Mayonnaise" directed by Eiji Shimada, and the other is called "Summer Christmas".
"Potato Mayonnaise" is set in a nicely old-fashioned bakery and tells the story about family ties.
"Summer Christmas" is made under an international collaborative project between Sapporo and Queensland, and all scenes were shot in Australia. Exciting.
"SILENT LAKE" directed by Eiji Shimada has been recently selected by California Independent Film Festival.
10 November 2008
KOLME new series "Journet to the West" is now available. Check out our new oriental characters.
Familiar with the Chinese classic story "Journey to the West"? It's a Buddhist story of a priest's journey to Tenjiku. We've made character icons of 5 main protagonists, plus Iron Fan Lady. More to come. KOLME website
1 October 2008
"Omotenashi" goes to Italy!
Omotenashi, a short film directed by Eiji Shimada, was selected for No Words competition at Bolzano Short Film Festival.
18 September 2008
"Instruction" won Best Hokkaido Short at SAPPORO International Short Film Festival and Market 2008
"Instruction" directed by Junjiro Kodama (Tamas) won Best Hokkaido Short Award at SAPPORO Short Fest 2008 (Sept 10 ~ 15).
As a prize, the director is given a grant for making a film in Queensland, Australia. The details will be announced in October.
13 June 2008
"Instruction", "SILENT LAKE", "Picnic1", "Oiran Lyrics" Festival Screenings Info
Information about coming festival screenings
"Instruction" directed by Junjiro Kodama
"SILENT LAKE" directed by Eiji Shimada
SAPPORO Short Fest 2008
"Picnic 1" directed by Eiji Shimada
"Oiran Lyrics" directed by Ryosuke Ogawa
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03 June 2008
Sapporo iCommons Summit
In the wake of Sapporo iCommons Summit 08, Magnet, a local freepaper, has featured Creative Commons with a long interview with Joey Ito, Digital Grarage, and also interviewed our CEO.
22 May 2008
"Snowman Theory" goes to Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2008
"Snowman Theory", a shortfilm directed by Eiji Shimada, was selected for this year's Short Shorts Film Festival. It's one of "Neo Japan Program" films. For more information, please check SSFF website.