Tokyo DV

Skin, skirts, boots. Gawkers, hawkers, iPods, and telephoto lenses.. Gull-wing doors, independently-wheeled steering, and non-stick gas pedals (maybe).. “The latest in Toyota’s family of ‘Fine’ fuel cell show cars, the Fine-X is a small, four-seat minivan concept with massive gullwing doors. It features a compact fuel-cell hybrid powertrain, which drives electric motors in each of the [...]

Scenes from a robot expo in Yokohama, Japan. Celebrating Astro Boy’s 50th anniversary, this expo focused on cute, entertaining robots. Featuring Honda Asimo, Sony Qrio, and the cyclops Neon. Watch in stand-alone page with 720×430 video; W A T C H – B I G G E R !

Fuel-cell, yoke controller, swivel chairs, high boots, short shorts.. Toyota-roulette accelerator not included.. (hopefully) “… The Fine-N’s overall package consist of a low-flat floor with the length of a Corolla, but with a cabin even more spacious than the luxurious sedan Lexus LS430. The vehicle employs four in-wheel motors in an innovative “cabin on wheels” configuration. [...]

Silly little commercial for the KOMADORI Bros. t-shirt.. Woman looks seductively into camera, wanting, needing something. Woman gets startled, grabs to protect her most cherished possession(s); the t-shirt. Unfortunately, I only have one medium t-shirt left in stock. The quality is great and design original. If interested, order here. Watch in stand-alone page with 720×430 video; W A [...]

Gundam is influential in a lot of KOMADORI work; Ohashi-san is a huge Gundam fan. In this video, the Brothers climb into big, Gundam versions of themselves and battle it out with purple light-sabers and finger-ray guns.. Watch in stand-alone page with 720×430 video; W A T C H – B I G G E R [...]

One of the shows at Baan Boran in Koh Samui, Thailand. The Baan Boran serves fancy Thai dishes while you watch traditional Thai dances. This particular routine is called Khon (Thai Classical Masked Play): “This scene has been picked from the episode of Nang Loi (The Floating Lady); the demon-king Ravana needs to end the battle (Yuddha [...]

The KOMADORI Bros.: Culturally insightful, bizarre little stories with a touch of humor. In this clip, one brother is hunting his lost sibling.. Watch in stand-alone page with 720×430 video; W A T C H – B I G G E R !

I was so impressed with a KOMADORI Bros. video clip on NHKs Digital Stadium, I just had to track them down. At the time, they were International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences. We exchanged emails, drank beers, and shared DV stories. I asked if I could present their work to an international audience on TOKYODV. [...]

NHK had a program called Digital Stadium where amateur multimedia artists submit their work to be shown nationally. I was really impressed with the KOMADORI Bros.; they were both internationally understandable and culturally insightful. Bizzare little stories with a touch of humor. In this clip, the Bros. play a friendly game of ‘Jan ken pon’, also [...]

A visual tour of the Big Buddha (Wat Phra Yai) on Koh Samui, Thailand. Monks, bells, birds, airplanes, and of course the big guy himself.. From AisaRooms.com – “Also known as the Big Buddha Temple (Wat Phra Yai), Ko Samui, is a 15 meters tall statue of Lord Buddha built in 1972, which is located [...]