A children's song that moves like a lullaby, stop-motion apples and leaves that breathe with their own quiet rhythm. Ringo Sheena's voice settles over animation that knows the power of stillness, nothing rushes, nothing performs. This is comfort distilled to its purest form, the kind of thing you return to when the world is too loud.
Ringo no Uta is a single music video set to the song of the same name by singer-songwriter Ringo Sheena, whose real name is Yumiko Shiina. It aired as part of Minna no Uta, a program on NHK. The animation is done in stop motion by Enjin Productions, with character designs by Hiroko Saitou. Anyone curious about Sheena's music or about handmade stop motion work on Japanese television will find a short piece that brings the two together.
