Ryo Hirano

Animator, Comic Artist.

Born in 1988 in Kasukabe, Saitama, based in Fujimi, Nagano. Creates pop, deep, and bizarre works exploring the space between humans and non-human entities, incorporating elements of genre cinema such as sci-fi, horror, and fantasy.
The full-color comic series, “FANTASTIC WORLD Vol. 1 & 2,” is available from Leed Publishing. As an animator, original short films including “Paradise” (2014) and “KRASUE” (2022) have screened at numerous animation film festivals both in Japan and internationally. Also responsible for the “Mojamoja” segment on NHK’s “Miitsuketa!” and animated the music video for “Nyanko no Tetsugaku (A Cat’s Philosophy)” by Alliance de chat noir for NHK’s “Minna no Uta.”

Participated as an actor in the theater company Lolo’s performance “Hanarebanare Tachi.”
Currently attending a knitting class.

CONTACT
✉️ ryohirano63@gmail.com
X(twitter):@hira_ryo
Instagram:@hira_ryo

 

Exhibitions and Screenings

●　2011🎨 MogRagGarage Ryo Hirano Solo Exhibition “Yume Mitaina Mainichi(Dreamy Everyday)”

●　2012🎥 Slamdance Film Festival, Utah, U.S.A. “Hietsuki Bushi” was screened.

●　2014🎨 12th Fantoche International Animation Festival, Switzerland, exhibition “TEETH”, screening of animated films🎨

●　2014🎥🏆️Grand Prix, Japan Competition, The 1st New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival  ”PARADISE”

●　2014🎥 “Hirano Ryo Manga Matsuri”, uplink Shibuya, Dec. 13-19,

●　2014🎥 GEORAMA Film Festival 2014 Tokyo Venue, “Ryo Hirano’s “Paradise” Completion Commemoration Party”, Kichijoji Baus Theater, Tokyo,

●　2015🎨 Shibuya Atsuko Barouh “Power Spot” Exhibition: Ryo Hirano/NuQ/Saigo no Shudan

●　2015🎥 Official Selection, Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) ”PARADISE” 🎥

●    2015🎥 Santiago, Chile, South America “12th Media Art Biennial” Manga exhibition, animation screening

●　2015🎥🎨 Japan Media Arts Festival Kagoshima “Between Boundaries” Kagoshima Prefectural History and Archives Center Reimeikan, exhibition of manga works

●　2016🎨 Matadero Madrid, Spain: Special Exhibition “Fantasy of Convergence: A Cross-Section of Japanese Media Art,” exhibition of manga works

●　2016🎥 San Francisco, U.S.A. GLAS ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Special Program: Kamishibai (Paper-show performance) and screening of animated works

●   2016🎨 Gigmenta 2016, organized by Bijutsu Gakko, exhibition by Hitoshi Odajima and Ryo Hirano, “UTOPIA!

●  2016🎥 Niigata Japan Media Arts Festival, Niigata, Japan “Monogatari of Memory and Record” Animation work screening

●  2016🎥 “Fukuoka Short Animation Film Festival 2016” Film screening, workshop, talk Show with Kyohei Sakaguchi and Nobuaki Doi

●  2017🎨 Marunouchi “Art, Media and I, Tokyo – AMIT2017” Animation Workshop

●  2017🎥✒️ “aniventure COMIC CON”, Bulgaria: Animation screening and manga exhibition

●  2017🎥✒️🎨 Denmark “Viborg Animation Festival – KAWAII & EPIKKU” Animation screening, manga exhibition, lecture

●  2018🎥 Kyoto “ANIME ASEAN Kyoto Tour” film screening and talk

●  2019🎥 Sukagawa City, Fukushima “Japan Media Arts Festival Sukagawa Exhibition “Line of Creation, Line of Life”” Animation work screening & talk show

●  2020🎨 Towada Hibernation Film Festival vol.1: Kaifu no Izumi (Towada Hibernation Film Festival vol.1), Contemporary Art Museum, Towada City, Aomori

●  2021🎥 Chitose New International Airport Animation Film Festival, “Krasue” International Competition screening

●  2021🎥🎨 Exhibition “Ryo Hirano’s New Animated Short Film “Krasue” SCREENING & SPECIAL EXPERIENCES, Takadanobaba BaBaBa

●  2022🎥🏆️ The 14th Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions “Krasue” Short Animation Screening and Exhibition

●  2022🎥Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France, Short Animation Competition “Krasue”Screening.

Awards & Recognition 🏆

• Apple Student Digital Contest (2009): Grand Prize, Movie Division for “Kappa no Ude”
• Student CG Contest (2011): Grand Prize for “Holiday”
• 3rd Shimokitazawa Film Festival (2011): Runner-up Grand Prize for “Holiday”
• 15th Japan Media Arts Festival (2011): New Face Award, Entertainment Division, Music Video Category for “Hietsuki Bushi-Omodaka”
• 15th Japan Media Arts Festival (2011): Jury Selections, Animation Division, Short Animation for “Holiday”
• 18th Japan Media Arts Festival (2014): Jury Selections, Manga Division, Online Comic “Fantastic World”
• 1st New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival (2014): Domestic Grand Prix for Short Animation “Paradise”
• Phenomena Film Fest 2022 (São Paulo, Brazil): Night Mask Award for “KRASUE” 

Other

●  2015 New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2015, International Jury
●  2016 GIF animation competition “the GIFs 2016”, Jury
●  2017〜 “INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CREATIVE AWARD 2017”, domestic visual content category, jury
●  WIRED.jp, “World Animation Atlas,” a series of articles on short animation from around the world, together with Nobuaki Doi