Synopsis

The small rice ball, Konigiri-kun, is at the Sports Day with his kitchen friends today. However, Konigiri-kun got excited when he spotted ninjas as he has been aspiring to become one. He immediately became a ninja apprentice. But... wait. What they are aiming for is... the medal?! Even if it is the same medal, you will feel much happier if everyone else congratulates you on the medal that you have earned through hard work, rather than obtaining it through dishonest means. This is the type of message that this piece of work aims to convey.

Mari Miyazawa

Mari Miyazawa graduated from Nihon University, College of Art, Department of Fine Arts (1983), and from the Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media (2014). She worked as a graphic designer for computer games until 2000. Since 2002, she presents her 'oekaki bento' (kyaraben) works as an exploration of 'food art'. She had solo exhibitions in Ginza (Tokyo) and Umeda (Osaka). From 2007 she directed short animated films using food as material, aired on J:COM (Japan's largest CATV channel).