Ryotaro Makihara
Ryotaro Makihara (牧原 亮太郎, Makihara Ryōtarō, born 1980) is a Japanese anime animator and director from Aichi Prefecture. After working for animation production companies such as Telecom, Shinei Animation and Production I.G., he is currently working mainly at WIT STUDIO.
Shisha no teikoku
The story of The Empire of Corpses takes place in 19th century Europe, and revolves around John Watson. He is scouted by the government to become a secret agent- However, Watson lives in a world where "Frankensteins"- human corpses that are re-purposed with a false soul in order to use them as laborers- are used to improve industrial development.
Haru
A man named Hal dies in a plane accident, and his girlfriend Kurumi loses the will to live. To open her heart and help her move on, a robot named Q01, designed to look and act like Hal, is sent to her house. Though reluctant at first, Kurumi slowly becomes fond of the robot Hal, as Robo Hal begins to uncover parts of Hal and Kurumi's past.