Nobody talks about this one. Tomita builds an entire emotional landscape in six minutes, a woman in a studio, light moving across her face, the song doing what the visuals refuse to spell out. The music doesn't accompany the image. The image gets out of the way and lets you hear what's really happening. You finish it and immediately want to watch it again to catch what you missed the first time.
Atelier is a one-episode music video made for the song of the same name by Shiranui Flare. Yoshimitsu Tomita directed it. A short slice of life music video, it stands alone as a piece built around the song rather than a full series.
Streaming Atelier legally, as of the last catalog refresh. Availability changes by region.
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