普段の活動といえば150年前のアニメーションおもちゃを現代に甦らせて「博物ふぇすてぃばる」で発表したりしてます。どうぞよろしゅう。 pic.twitter.com/2XV2TTkpgF
— シカクガング (@shikakugangu) April 19, 2023
Japanese Twitter user @shikakugangu makes tiny automata that display little creatures in motion.
ネコの日③ pic.twitter.com/uZzr2HNYDW
— シカクガング (@shikakugangu) February 22, 2023
Information about him and his work available in English is very limited, but I gather that he first attracted internet fame in the English-speaking world for this simple paper animation of frightened cat on Feb. 22, which is Japan's National Cat Day (yes, really).
走る知里ちゃん!#つらねこ #青騎士 pic.twitter.com/6X525ABTwp
— シカクガング (@shikakugangu) March 12, 2023
Many of his animations are based on flipped images--like a flipbook made of plastic sheets. Shikakugangu is a fan of the manga Tsuraneko and composed this animation in a bottle of the main character running. This video shows his creation process.
おはようございます
— シカクガング (@shikakugangu) March 31, 2023
昨晩作ったオバケ pic.twitter.com/xlOoGt8SEp
The containers for his automata are part of the expressions. He made a series of ghost-focused automata inside coffins.
ネコの日② pic.twitter.com/lMKxdUekvm
— シカクガング (@shikakugangu) February 22, 2023
Most of his animations are mechanically simple, but others are complex, such as this nodding cat.
ネコの日① pic.twitter.com/CuD6Uhs7f7
— シカクガング (@shikakugangu) February 22, 2023
I don't know how this one works. Can you figure it out?