A girl walks through a world that exists in the space between night and dawn, where six billion people are utterly alone together. The animation doesn't move to impress you, it moves to make you feel small in the exact way the song requires. Maaya Sakamoto's voice carries you through darkness that never quite becomes day, and by the end you understand why she wrote a song about solitude that somehow feels like company.

A solitary girl moves through an otherworldly landscape caught between darkness and dawn, where countless stars faintly light the night sky. The magical realm around her belongs neither to today nor to tomorrow and is home to six billion lonely souls. As she travels alone through the night, the question is what she will come across along the way. This single-episode fantasy music video accompanies Maaya Sakamoto's song Universe, from her 2007 album 30minutes night flight. Production I.G animated the clip in a collaboration with Victor Entertainment.