Ai passed away on July 7th, the Star Festival Day.
The meeting and parting with Ai, an adopted dog
I wanted to make the proof of Ai’s life in shape.
This animation made that wish come true.

I’m truly fulfilled to see my strong feeling for Ai became such a wonderful creation. More than that, I deeply appreciate all the creative artists who got involved in making this.

The animation artist of this video is Hachimarumon.
I met him on the Internet service called “Coconala,” a skill-market to buy and sell people’s talents.
https://coconala.com/users/1252559

I was amazed and fascinated at a glance when I saw Hachimarumon’s magnificent fantasy world in his past work.
That video was made for a wedding reception, and it showed the bride and groom’s story until they marry each other. Many episodes before their marriage were drawn in a fantastic taste, and every picture was stylish, splendid, and surprising. One after another, those beautiful pictures filled the screen. Especially the scene where they were riding a bus on a date caught my eye. It was just like the feeling when I saw the “Catbus” in “My Neighbor Totoro,” and I was drawn into that mysterious fantasy world.

So, I immediately asked Hachimarumon to make one for me.
He said that making an animation is very tough work, and he can’t accept many requests at one time. When I contacted him, he was working on another animation, so I had to wait for three months. Of course, I waited. I got the valuable and worthful waiting number 1 of his customer list.

At that time, I told Hachimarumon to include a scene where Ai and her previous mother go for a drive in the Milky Way, just like the magnificent fantasy world on the bus in his past animation work.

Then three months later, the animation work of Ai and my story started. Of course, his drawing skills are excellent, and that is needless to say. But every time I received a message from Hachimarumon showing each scene’s progress, I was always amazed by his creative ideas and sense.
I want to thank Hachimarumon sincerely from my heart, spending about a year on this work with continuous passion.

Also, I asked a famous professional music producer on Coconala to make music for the video, and he said yes. The music pieces were composed newly for this animation, matching the mood of each scene. All of them were the best and fantastic music ever. And many other wonderful creators supported me to make this terrific animation. I want many people to watch this video to show my appreciation to all the people involved in this work.

Now, please watch the video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITeje6Z8AOg
(Subtitles available: English, French, German, and Korean)