A single song about a pig that just wants to eat and be happy, animated with the kind of unhurried warmth that makes you forget you're watching something so simple. The melody does the heavy lifting here, it carries you through without needing plot, without needing anything except permission to exist in something gentle for three minutes. This is what healing looks like when it stops trying so hard.

Butaman Gokoro is a single-episode animated music video built around a song of the same name by Asei Kobayashi. The piece was featured on Minna no Uta, a program aired by the Japanese broadcaster NHK. Rather than telling a story across episodes, it pairs the song with animation in one short release.