Ichika Souya Joins Art Animation Team For Natori's Pupa Music Video
The credit puts a Nanashi Inc. talent on a natori video at the illustration and animation layer, alongside director Fukayama and illustrator TENATEL, rather than in front of the camera.
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Nanashi Inc. announced on October 22, 2026 that Ichika Souya is an art animator on the music video for natori's "pupa." Emi Fukayama directs the video, with illustrations by TENATEL (ARUGA Utena), who is working on a natori video for the first time. "pupa" was released digitally on October 1 and written for the drama "Chinggis - VIVANT THE ORIGIN STORY -," which streams on U-NEXT.
The art team lists ten animators on the "pupa" video, among them Azuki Osanai, Shuhei Kobayashi, Haru Yamao and Kana Kurimoto. Yamao also handled location design, and Shiori Saeda of STUDIO mojito is credited for still artwork. Fukayama is credited as director, editor and compositor.
The song itself was written for the U-NEXT drama "Chinggis - VIVANT THE ORIGIN STORY -," built around the childhood of the VIVANT character Chinggis. takachi of muque shares arrangement duties with natori, and TAIKING of Suchmos plays guitar.
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