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I might be a little biased on this review, but I could not help myself. This amazing one minute of my life was the birth of perfect harmony between music and art. So simple, no real deeper meaning, yet so beautiful. The dramatic piano music was basically directing the simplistic art that just seemed to morph into interesting tiny stories. One can't go wrong with watching this. You either hate it or love it but in the end the ONA is 1 minute long! So you'll either forget about the minute and move on or you'll treasure this one minute. I loved it. As soon asit finished I gave my laptop a round of applause - one (wo)man party here haha. Anyways, just watch it - nobody really seems to know this ONA ut everybody knows trash like Utsu Musume Sayuri although I kind of liked that too. All I can say about it is - WATCH IT- it is a beautiful piece of art. I can't promise you that you will love it though but just try it out.

Rate 3 No vocals art piece story unclear if there is a story hidden or if this just to fuck with you (hahaha, inside joke). You have what appears to be random black and white clearly drawn events. I am guessing it is a take on the idea of a cycle. We eat, sleep, have fun, Fu*$ and repeat. Which would make sense with the symbol/second name circle. Art Not as impressed. With art many things are happening. Humans have limited lines of focus. With color it stress what should be focused vs not. A pure black and white film loses that advantage. Also, the drawing could without a doubt beenmore detailed. Depending on a kid's ability in art they could drawn most of these pieces. I am talking about 6-10 year old. Sound I loved the music choice. It really blended nicely with the fast paced art. From start to end. character- not relevant ending remark: this is a show with no clear direction. It forces the viewer to determine which direction it goes and why. If you like filling in the blanks for plots you will like this.

Kabuki Sawako is a very strange person... quite the mad one if I happen to say so myself. This piece. "◯". Is just another one of her works that make you ask "why?". Your answer is, well, how would I know what goes on in her mind? It's funny. A circle; the perfect shape, yet it has been used in such a vulgar manner. A juxtaposition? Perhaps. A realisation that one of the most common shapes can be simplified to the likes of the ludicrous sides of man? Probably. Just some fun with a shape? Most likely. Whatever the cause for this work was, we arewelcomed with a ton of sexual imagery, some drug use and some normal symbols that all come down to the same thing, the circle. It's a strange piece, that's a given, but it also opens up the many ideas that are within the endless line… what more can you get in this neverending sequence?

This is a short about the cycle of life... more or less. So I guess that's why it's called ◯ (Do not mistake with The Big O, which is another anime) It will take you just one minute, if you're bored and you like watching random animations on YouTube, you might like this. The short was really unusual, probably made by someone high on a certain substance, but it is well animated nonetheless, although it's really difficult, if not impossible to make any sense of it; anyway, this won't matter much, you might as well appreciate the awesome piano piece in the background that synchronizes with theanimation.