Nagi Noda Tribute

So sad. The ridiculously talented young Japanese director Nagi Noda passed away last month. She was a director I would have loved to work with, indeed we tried to once for Nintendo but she couldn't do it. This news actually hit me quite hard, as I've been avidly following her work since seeing her music video for Yuki's 'Sentimental Journey'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZkcTMyrN5w

This obviously 'inspired' Mother's great Coke spot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGw_KYH63k

Although so young, she was just 35, the quantity and quality of the work she'd created was quite incredible. A small selection of her magnificence:

Mariko Takahashi's Fitness Video for Being Appraised as an "Ex-fat Girl".

The half-panda-half-something-else 'HanPandas'.

The incredible 'Hair Hats'.













And this 'flower creature thing'.

And this. Wow. Goodbye Nagi.