Incredibly Bizarre Car Ad by Anime Legend Koji Morimoto

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For those of you who aren't hip to the anime scene, Koji Morimoto is the director behind Akira  and The Animatrix. Recently, he was commissioned by Lexus to do a conceptual short featuring one of their vehicles. Their final product? Kids driving a car through a bizarre future in which they get devoured by a panda, almost kidnapped, and peed on by a giant tree. That last part is only half true, but you'll know the scene I'm talking about when you see it. My one question after viewing this is how exactly does this convince anyone to buy a car?! For better or worse, this is "A  Better Tomorrow."

I was commissioned to compose the music for the film 'A Better Tomorrow', produced by The Weinstein Company and sponsored by Lexus. It features live-action and anime, directed by Mitsuyo Miyazaki and Koji Morimoto (Akira, Animatrix). Watch the animation sequence above.