This isn't a show, it's a music video. A single minute where Mayo Okamoto's voice dissolves into watercolor light. Mariko Kikuta's art doesn't move to serve the song, it moves because the song demands it, frame by frame, breath by breath. If you've ever needed something to exist that asks nothing of you except to listen, this is it.

A music video set to Mayo Okamoto's song Happy Happy Birthday, which was featured in the lineup of NHK's Minna no Uta. The visuals come from illustrations by Mariko Kikuta, which CoMix Wave put into motion for this single piece. Anyone curious about Kikuta's art or CoMix Wave's animation can find both combined here.