Marie Yasui animates what Eve's song already knew: that drowning has a rhythm. The frames move like water pressure, each cut a breath you're not allowed to take. Tomoki Numano's arrangement doesn't accompany the visuals, it is the visuals, and by the time you understand what you're watching, the song has already pulled you under. This is what happens when a music video stops pretending to be anything other than controlled collapse.
Shinkai is a single-episode music video made for Eve's song of the same name. Marie Yasui handles the animation, and Tomoki Numano, also credited as Numa, provides the arrangement. The piece carries a psychological label. Outside the video, the same song also appears as an insert song in the film Josee to Tora to Sakanatachi.
Streaming Shinkai legally, as of the last catalog refresh. Availability changes by region.
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