Journey to the Bosei no Mezame
English title: Journey to the Maternal Awakening
Japanese title: Journey to the 母性の目覚め
Type: Movie
Source: Original
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: 2021
Duration: 5 min
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Producers: Geidai Animation
Genres: Avant Garde, Drama

I was heading to junior high school one day when my maternal instincts suddenly kicked in. After being held hostage to those urges for a decade, I started to wonder if this feeling was really about motherliness. Virgin birth, genes, pregnancy… I journey through 10 years in search of the maternal.

(Source: Geidai Animation)

Graduate Work 2021 by Shiika Okada, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation